Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America /

Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America / Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike.

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A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color. Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of jus...

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Main Authors: Nielson, Erik, 1976- (Author), Dennis, Andrea L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2019.
Subjects:
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Rap musicians > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Freedom of expression > United States.
Rap (Music) > Social aspects > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Freedom of expression.
Rap (Music) > Social aspects.
United States.

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