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ComingSoon is debuting the exclusive trailer for Gravitas Ventures' upcoming music documentary Cover Your Ears.

Rappers have long had their music used as evidence against them in criminal trials. California could soon limit the practice

Artists like Lil Durk and Virginia rapper Monster Corleone are adding disclaimers to songs, telling listeners (and cops) that their lyrics are fake. Here’s why.

The 88-page indictment charging the rappers Young Thug and Gunna with racketeering along with 26 others made headlines last month, but it was hardly surprising to legal experts familiar with these increasingly common prosecutions.

UC Irvine Profs Talk Rap On Trial, Criminalization Of Black Art By Sameer Rao | July 11, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT Like jazz before it, rap music spent several decades moving from the margins to pop cultures center, becoming a global economic and political engine in the process. The genres also share two other important and inextricable qualities: roots in disenfranchised African American communities, and constant targeting by the criminal justice system, say the authors of a new book...