The Resource Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America, Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike
Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America, Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike
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The item Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America, Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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- "A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color"--
- Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted liberally from his album Shell Shocked. Mac was sentenced to thirty years in prison, where he remains. And his case is just one of many nationwide. Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, or revelations of criminal motive--and judges and juries would go along with it. They've reopened cold cases, alleged gang affiliation, and secured convictions by presenting the lyrics and videos of rappers as autobiography. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. This book places this disturbing prosecutorial practice in the context of hip-hop history and exposes what's at stake. It's a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of contemporary hip-hop and mass incarceration. -- Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 203 pages
- Contents
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- Hip Hop : From the margins to the mainstream
- Rap enters the courtroom
- Lyrics, stereotypes, and bias
- What about the First Amendment?
- Aggressive prosecutors and untrained experts
- Surveillance, suppression, and the rise of gang units
- Isbn
- 9781620973400
- Label
- Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America
- Title
- Rap on trial
- Title remainder
- race, lyrics, and guilt in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike
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- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
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- trueRap music -- Social aspects
- trueRap musicians
- Rap musicians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
- trueSocial justice
- United States
- truePublic prosecutors
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color"--
- Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted liberally from his album Shell Shocked. Mac was sentenced to thirty years in prison, where he remains. And his case is just one of many nationwide. Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, or revelations of criminal motive--and judges and juries would go along with it. They've reopened cold cases, alleged gang affiliation, and secured convictions by presenting the lyrics and videos of rappers as autobiography. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. This book places this disturbing prosecutorial practice in the context of hip-hop history and exposes what's at stake. It's a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of contemporary hip-hop and mass incarceration. -- Publisher description
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- 1976-
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- Nielson, Erik
- Dewey number
- 345.73/0308996073
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF4757
- LC item number
- .N54 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Dennis, Andrea L.
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
- African Americans
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Freedom of expression
- Rap (Music)
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- Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America, Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike
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- xii, 203 pages
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- Label
- Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America, Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-194) and index
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- nc
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- Hip Hop : From the margins to the mainstream -- Rap enters the courtroom -- Lyrics, stereotypes, and bias -- What about the First Amendment? -- Aggressive prosecutors and untrained experts -- Surveillance, suppression, and the rise of gang units
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- 23 cm
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- xii, 203 pages
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- 2019035045
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- truePublic prosecutors
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc
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