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Rap lyrics cant be used against artist charged with killing Run-DMCs Jam Master Jay, judge rules

Jam Master Jay's trial into his 2002 murder has begun, with the court hearing his killing was fuelled by "greed" and "revenge"

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Rap lyrics cant be used against artist charged with killing Run-DMCs Jam Master Jay, judge rules

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The man accused of killing Run-DMCs Jam Master Jay cant have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop as a platform for expression to many who had largely been voiceless.

New York (AP) — The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop as “a platform for expression to many who had largely been voiceless.” The ruling came in […]

The Jam Master Jay trial judge has ruled that rap lyrics cannot be used during the trial because they have no probative value to the matter at hand.

The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop as “a platform for expression to many who had largely been voiceless.” The ruling came in response to an attempt by federal prosecutors to introduce lyrics penned by Karl Jordan Jr. as evidence of his role in gunning down Jay, a pioneering artist whose birth name was Jas...