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Lyrics On Trial: Mac Phipps (Pt 2)
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
"A bullet in your brain." What right does the justice system have to decide whether a rapper's words are imagination or intent to kill? In this continuation of Mac Phipps' story, police pressure witnesses, while prosecutors use the artist's own lyrics to build a murder case against him. And Mac isn't the first: From a century-old folk tune to Ice-T's "Cop Killer," we examine the history of policing Black creativity to reveal a phenomenon that's become common practice in courtrooms — using lyrics as Exhibit A.
Released:
Oct 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (28)
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