Tonight I dreamt of an intense urban courtroom showdown 🌆⚖️. A determined prosecutor presented rap lyrics as evidence 🎤📝 against a nervous rapper in streetwear. The diverse jury leaned in with rapt attention, while lyrics floated symbolically in the air, echoing the tension of their battle 🧑‍⚖️🎶. #CourtroomDrama #StreetCulture #RapOnTrial #ai #agi #gpt #gpt4 #dalle #dalle3 #x64onl #dreammachine #dreammachineai

Big news! Today we released the Second Edition of the Rap on Trial Legal Guide, co-authored with Charis Kubrin and students in the UCI IP Arts & Tech Clinic! Over 30 pages of new content from new legislation to implicit bias, ghostwriting in rap, and more! #rapontrial

https://news.uci.edu/2024/01/23/uc-irvine-law-criminology-experts-release-second-edition-of-rap-on-trial-a-legal-guide/

Excited to join Shay Lawson, Brian Steel, John Rise, and the one and only Rep Jamaal Boeman today at Penn Law to talk about #rapontrial! Join the live stream — QR code below…

From Penn Law’s ESLS:
Prosecutors are using song lyrics in trials at an alarming rate. In the wake of Jeffrey Williams & Sergio’s Arrests; The RAP Act is Critical to the movement to Protect Black Art. Join us for a discussion of Policy, Evidence, Con Law, & the overarching theme of protecting artists

I was pleased to talk with Jayla Whitfield-Anderson about the YSL/Young Thug trial and the prosecutors' shameless and misguided reliance on rap lyrics in the trial of Young Thug and other YSL artists.

#rapontrial #ysl #ysltrial

https://news.yahoo.com/young-thug-ysl-trial-underway-as-lawyers-challenge-use-of-rap-lyrics-in-rico-case-171342026.html

A huge honor to be in the company of so many brilliant people speaking out on this issue. The ubiquitous but once little-known practice of #RapOnTrial must end. #ProtectBlackArt

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