08/24/2025
Rap has always carried testimony, but in courtrooms across America, it has been treated as confession ⚖️👀
Over the past three decades, prosecutors have lifted lyrics off tracks and reframed them as evidence. It has collapsed the distance between industry persona and autobiography.
From Snoop to Thugger, we've compiled a list of times prosecutors have put rap lyrics on trial, showing what happens when bars move from the booth to the courtroom.
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