Cases involving rock or heavy metal lyrics were typically thrown out before going to trial, he added.Ĭongressmen Hank Johnson (left) and Jamaal Bowman, sponsors of the RAP Act legislation introduced in Congress in July (Getty Images) “It’s another attack on Black men, it’s another attack on Black art, and we have to do everything we can to protect Black art and also Black freedom of speech.”Īs of 2020, Bowman said, prosecutors in over 500 criminal cases have used artists’ lyrics as evidence against them - and virtually all of them were young Black male rappers. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), one of the sponsors of the RAP Act, told TheWrap, adding that he believes the bill could pass the House by the end of the calendar year. “When we start criminalizing the First Amendment, you no longer have a democracy, and democracy is already hanging by a thread,” U.S. Many decry the legal system’s attack on Young Thug as well as other hip-hop artists nationwide as a fight over artistic expression for young Black men who have been unjustly targeted for their creative output.
Congress after being introduced last month. Atlanta Rap Star Young Thug Arrested in Sweeping Bust of ‘Slime Life’ Street GangĪnd many in the industry are actively lobbying for federal legislation, particularly the Restoring Artistic Protection Act - or RAP Act - that is currently making its way through the U.S.
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