Syracuse, N.Y. – A Syracuse man’s rap music video played for a jury showed him raising his arm and miming firing a gun. The lyrics included a line that a gang expert says refers to a rival ...

The bill follows the longest-running criminal trial in Georgia history, the prosecution of Jeffrey Lamar Williams II, also ...

The use of rap lyrics, and the targeting of rappers for what they rap about, is nothing new for those in the industry. Los Angeles rapper Drakeo the Ruler became the subject of a high-profile gang ...

The investigation targeted a rapper who went by Uzzy Snubbz, until he was shot and killed in Sacramento last year.

Courts already have to decide whether or not to admit lyrics, but the proposed legislation adds an additional requirement that would be beneficial for artists.

But also written online were the lyrics ... gang members seduce ­vulnerable youngsters into their postcode war with promises of fast cash and protection. Kelyan told his story using his drill rap ...

The bill comes after Fulton County’s massive organized crime-related trial of international recording superstar Young Thug ...

including that he was a member of a South Knoxville street gang, and says Saint-Germain "mentions specifically selling narcotics at school." The evidence? Rap lyrics. "In that post are the ...

Days after Mr Boothe’s death, gunman Kammar Henry-Richards bragged about the killing in a rap video called Kay-O Laughing Stock. The lyrics read ... the London Fields gang, with whom Mr ...