Travis Scott Leads Rap Fight Against Death Row Lyrics

0:00Entertainment headlines in two minutes or less. You're tuned in to entertainment and celebrity news today. Rapper Travis Scott is leading a push to help a Texas death row inmate, whose own lyrics were held against him in court. James Broadnax got the death penalty for two murders from 2008 after prosecutors shared 40 pages of his rap writings with the jury. The lyrics featured violent themes that swayed the mostly wide jury toward execution, instead of life without parole. Now Scott and other artists have filed friend of the court briefs urging the Supreme Court to step in. They argue this treats rap music as evidence of future danger, which violates First Amendment rights. Scott's team calls in an unfair penalty on a genre tied to minority voices and artistic expression. Killer Mike, Young Thug, and TI signed separate briefs in support. Rappers have fought similar uses of lyrics before, like in cases from 2015 and 2019, though the high court passed on. Those. Broadnax faces execution on April 30th unless the court acts.

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