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If they are bragging about committing crimes so be it. They are telling on themselves.

Why do they keep trying to portray it like they are just using lyrics? It’s lyrics that are all corroborated by actual crimes

This whole topic is GOOFY. If you commit a crime, you should pay for it. Who cares if it's in a damn song?! The blatant ignorance at this point is embarrassing.

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So are screen writers next?

It’s hard,man. “ You must be mindful “ like Mac said!

On one hand they complain about having their freedom of expression violated but yet boast about living that life and accusing other rappers of being studio gangsters.. can’t have it both ways. Stop confessing in their lyrics and this won’t happen.

The Key and Peele skit is coming to real life LOL

Rap music is the soundtrack to your favorite mob movie. Martin Scorsese has not seen a courtroom. Prove your case with no false additives...

If he didn't kill anyone then his gun should've proved that. As far as rearranging lyrics I am definitely against something like that. But I don't believe that's happening nowadays. Plus yrics are usually now used to show correlation and admission to crime. Not character assassination.

Many of these songs are laid as sound tracks for movie projects where the lyrics follow or describe the scene. That's my understanding. But if someone did something and worse about it that's not good.

Most rappers are criminals!

Can't tell everyone you're a criminal, then wonder why they believe it.

Crime is a crime period. Prosecutors have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime has been committed, with or without rap lyrics!

There’s lots of “you” in prison, Will I AM, because you keep killing each other and then bragging about it on wax.

Of course rap is the only genre they go after. You dont see country and rock stars signing about blasting their rivals and commiting crimes.

Imagine prosecuting every artist for expressing their deepest thoughts, poetry would not exist. This is a ridiculous

did anyone else hear about the ghost writers of rap or how a manager or producer may suggest the changing of a lyric to the artist who takes the suggestion - that is not all the artist. but the artist ends up on trial for the lyrics

This has been happening in Toronto for over 11 years.. that was jus my introduction. Surprised only now.. its becoming an issue internationally

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I don't think they should be used against you in court, most of the time the rappers are rapping about movies they have seen. Your taking away 🗣️ FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!!

Some rappers promote gang violence through their lyrics and videos.Hope the change.Rap have blessed so many lives and destroy so many too.

I REMEMBER WRITEING A RAP LYRIC IN SCHOOL THAT TEACHER SAW WHAT I WRITTEN THEY SENT MY ASS TO THE MENTAL WARD🤣 #JR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS I DIDN'T KNOW 🤷

They need to look at it as Criminals ruining the genre instead as musicians being targeted because some of these guys are criminals not musicians 🤦🏿‍♂️

Would they use Bob Marleys's lyrics from "I Shot the Sherriff" to obtain a post-mortem conviction?!

This is a REALLY slippery slope! If somebody is a criminal, why do you need the music as a confession? You don't have evidence? - video, phone calls, informants/undercover cops, phone/computer data, social media posts, documents, etc.? Nothing? Idk, to me it's sus that lyrics - artistic expression - are even necessary😬

White woman wrote how she killed her husband the judge wouldn't use her words why is this?

Think what you want but this wasn't just about music because a lot of rapper's nowadays are telling on themselves either through their music or on social media and they do it just for clout and bragging rights. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Some rappers embellish or down right lie so will they all be charged? Ridiculous!

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Don't self snitch.

I don't know who any of them are but glad that their lyrics are being held as evidence to a crime.

When I learned that Young was arrested, I was in pain, I even canceled my trip to Switzerland. Free the Black Young

Rap music is the only music that talks about driving around the block shooting people, and then mentioning their names in 20 other songs. No other genre of music talks about destroying their community. If they did, there lyrics would be used just like rap artist lyrics are. And I only listen to rap music. It’s gotten to the point where I hate these new artists. The only thing they talk about is shooting and guns and “sliding” on their opposition (opps). It’s an epidemic at this point.

2:40 why not country music? a lot killing words

What happen to the days when hip -hop was a lyrical art and saying this type of music wouldn’t last and it’s the most popular genre ever. However, the heart ❤️ of hip-hop is not doing so well and it’s been because of gangsta rap which is different types of hip-hop but gangsta rap and hardcore hip hop always had A bad rep since the 80s

Mac was the first rapper lyrics they use in court. I remember that. Damn

my professor has us watching this video for an upcoming midterm.

i feel like dats how they be coming up w the crazy bars🗿

So, are they gonna do this to Snoop Dogg and the rest too? Then you mean to tell me that I will arest Farruko and Kendo just cause in one of their old song they where saying they were shooting at it each other but in reality it was just talking sht?

I almost turned it off in the first few seconds. They really try to use Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen, specifically the lyrics about how he just killed a man, as an example of how since it's not Hip Hop he can say those things and no one is trying to use that a evidence against him. Dude, that song isn't Queen literally saying "We literally killed a man" like how some Hip Hop artists do. I'll keep watching, but that fallacious argument is not giving me the impression this is going to be an honest account of stuff.

hip hop to the younger gen they don’t see hip hip as self expression

Mac is THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME. Even above Pac. Because he did not steal anyone's songs, he did not use writers, he was not sent from the government and etcetera. Dawg the G.O.A.T.!

I don’t think raps are gang related bragging rights. They’re what the artist sees n feels as they become adults. Obviously there is a huuuge percentage that blow themselves up and make them sounder harder, but it’s the same idiotic argument that violent video games cause teens to be violent. The stupidity of people taking a video game or a verse as facts is as stupid as the people their actually taking these verses with THAT MUCH intention. Lotta those people are in the courtroom.

The Beatles white album lyrics were used in the Manson trials

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If you’re doing crimes and rapping about it then I do think it’s fair game for prosecutors to admit your lyrics as evidence. Now, let’s be clear that rap is an art form and can be performative. Not everyone that raps about crime is actually doing crime. There’s so many other things to rap about instead of bragging about your street credit.

I'm black, I love hip hop, and Eminiem and J.cole are my favorite artist, but Imma be real. Gun violence is too much and we have to stop talking about it in our music. That and rapping about abusing women, ain't cool imo.

Anything you say or do can be used against you in a court of law just because you gave yourself a nickname and make music doesn’t make you any exception rap music is the only music targeted this way because it’s the only music that has artists referencing murders I will refer you to Pooh sheisty and lil durks song back in black when you are ready come and get it Tupac back in blood and there’s a lil durk interview where he coughs to prevent his friend from admitting to his gang activity im assuming

Well they all SHOULD be in jail if there going by the RAPPERS LYRICS

What about them part- Norwegian hate-wars microphone rehearsal and command, using microphones to scream kill blacks?

All Young black artist. Come sign with Big time records

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Pops : Aim am down the barrel at the back stop Rap: Hold it sideways, close your eyes and squeeze it till it’s empty

Anything goes to convict black men. Can you use actors actions and words against them? Ok then. If none of the executives that profit most from the music can’t be arrested then how should the artist who is making a small percentage? The music is owned by the label in most cases.

Shouldn't they have more than that to even lock you up what's next a movie

getting 20 years for nothing, wtfffffffffffffff

2:06 ppl gonna catch her on streets soon, just watch

Most people rap about alot of stuff don't mean they did it or doing

What about Blind Channel or Rain City Drive can their lyrics and music put them in jail? These people to me are all fake gangsters using drill rap to make money. It's up to the legal system to separate the real from the fake. I don't believe in the illuminate, but I know rich and famous people have a lot of influence on society. I hope justice is done and I hope it's based on facts not songs.

YALL DONT SEE HIP HOP LEADING THE YOUTH TOO THE SYSTEM. They turned Hip Hop too a Trap recording label 🏷 stop playing 😆

I got in trouble for tha same thing, but this was in 2006. Bottom line is, back than, certain people could not STAND RAP AT ALL, but instead of saying they can't stand rap, they will do some other stuff to get you :( IN 2023, it has got a lot better, just don't get stuck with a lame old prosecutor and you should be fine :)

Art imitates life. Case closed.

Mac was the best in No Limit .They did him bogus

Yeah right

Lol are you going to prosecute all artists? Good luck

OMG you all need to fine something else to talk about

I'm behind fani Willis, lock them up!

He gonna win this case!

First amendment right. Should be protected under freedom of speech and opinions.

So why drake not in jail

Yeah... how is this any different that when someone commits a mass shooting and people look back at their facebook posts or whatever and find disturbing language? I think it's totally fair. That shows their state of mind. So, let's not be hypocrites here. If you are going to be singing about violence, murder and other criminality, maybe you should put in a disclaimer that this is all fictional, rather than trying so hard to make your fans believe you are an authentic gangster or whatever. You can't have it both ways. Or just don't do it at all. Rap has a rich history or not being so overly aggressive and pollute the minds of kids with that sort of stuff. Also, it is a complete fabrication that rap is the only music style that has issues like this. Ever heard of Marilyn Manson, for example???

In the YSL Woody video, @2:58:00 Woody confesses to shooting 2 people that day; hence the reason for the reckless driving, the bullets in his pants, and the reason for offering as many lies as the police wanted him to tell on Young Thug smh. Woody thought that he was caught red-handed with shooting 2 people, hence the reason he kept asking what was he REALLY being charged with. The African American male officer kept telling him that he was being charged with reckless driving and no valid license ONLY due to the bullets were federal. The female detective mentioned a gun as reverse psychology - she knew Woody was hiding something much bigger than reckless driving and ammunition with no gun, because Woody kept OFFERING information about Young Thug, in exchange for Woody's freedom. The detective knew that Woody knew that a petty driving charge and ammunition didn't carry much weight/jail time (Woody had already ditched the gun, and she didn't know that he had shot 2 people). You can tell that the gun was never found, hence the reason they didn't press Woody about what he had done (shot 2 people), they never mentioned ballistics or gun powder residue on Woody's person (cause they didn't know about the shooting until 2:58:00), they never asked why he changed into someone else's dirty pants with bullets in the pockets. Plus, Woody had already ditched the gun, hence he knew that whatever gun the police had did not belong to him; which is why, when the female detective mentioned the gun, Woody then denied having a gun my mentioning that there were 2 other people in the car with him; that the car belonged to his girlfriend; that his girlfriend will have to turn herself in and take the gun charge smh; and the fact that he had shot 2 people was the original reason for trying to offer LIES on Young Thug - Woody thought the police knew that he had shot 2 people, but they didn't know, the detectives were simply PHISHING for info. The detectives probably have the gun now, cause Woody probably told them where to go find it smh. In the YSL Woody video, @2:58:00, Woody confesses to shooting 2 people that day. hence the reason for the reckless driving & the bullets in his pants. The detectives mentioning a gun and saying that they wanted to help Woody, if he can help get the child killers off the street, was reverse psychology. Woody didn't snitch, he lied on Young Thug to save himself - MOTIVE TO LIE. Woody admitted to hating Young Thug because Young Thus is rich - MOTIVE TO LIE. Again, Woody thought he was caught red-handed for shooting 2 people - MOTIVE TO LIE. The video leak was a setup by the prosecution and so was the pill passing incident in open court. The prosecution released the tape hoping Woody would be murdered, so it would look bad for Young Thug and enough to make the RICO stick. If you watch the tape, it is clear that they have no RICO case. The RICO charge is a historically racist and unconstitutional charge anyways, hence the reason the judge keeps denying the defense's motions smh. The officers on the tape only wanted Young Thug or anyone with a big name - they don't really care about justice for murdered women and children. They wanted Quavo until Woody said that Quavo was broke smh. Their whole case was built on Woody's confession, Woody confesses to shooting 2 people @2:58:00. Therefore, the RICO is invalid because clearly Woody was lying to get out of attempted/murder charges by asking for immunity in exchange for Young Thug. That pill passing incident and the tape leak were both setups. #FREEYOUNGTHUG #FREERKELLY

He got locked up Young thou

This is unreal. Government officials violating the first amendment to boost their careers is shameful.

U can say what u plz if u not already in question of now what u saying...if u wasn’t really living it u can keep running ur mouth

Dam thugga

Hip Hop is a rich culture, and storytelling is a crucial aspect. And it’s foul how law enforcement twist the words of artists, but it’s not what you say it’s how you say it.

Hulu... Lol... Who watches that horrible network

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I know someone who was raped. The rapist wrote a letter acknowledging the rape. When his victim wanted it addressed in court, her lawyer told her that he and his defense would get off by simply claiming that he wrote it as a joke...This after he'd acknowledged it during the hearing for the restraining order. The same tactic could apply here...

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Alot of the rap out these days is about killing other gang members . Doing hits .more less it sucks and is garbage... real rap was in 80s and 90s which we will never see again cause these record labels only care about money and not what issues one song can bring with a diss ... 💯 Just speaking facts 💯

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Are lyrics considered FACTS??? How is that possible? Some of these songs are written by ghost writer's.... The judge is not thinking about this. This is FICTION NOT FACT. WE MAY AS WELL ARREST LITTLE BOY BLUE.

If you rap about your crime ... (sic) what do you expect? Gangsta rap gives no one hope. Go to school and get an education instead. Help to improve the life of others. Rap music doesn't do any good in helping the down trodden, those with food insecurities and the poor and homeless get ahead.

young thug... who?

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