Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in 2020, leaving his immigration status in limbo even two years later.Ĭongressmen Hank Johnson (left) and Jamaal Bowman, sponsors of the RAP Act legislation introduced in Congress in July (Getty Images) And the London-born 21 Savage was arrested by U.S. Researchers have detected a bias in how hip-hop artists’ work is perceived.
Dina LaPolt, a veteran music and entertainment lawyer who has represented numerous rappers, detailed a similar case in Maryland involving the use of a rapper’s lyrics as evidence that she called “blatantly racist” and said set a “dangerous precedent.” LaPolt later wrote a white paper titled “Rap Music and the American Justice System” showing the extent of such cases around the country. In one study LaPort cited, participants were presented with an identical set of song lyrics - but when told they were rap lyrics and not country/folk, they were likely to find the words violent and autobiographical.
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