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Coverage dated January 30, 2024

Rap lyrics can’t be used against artist charged with killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, judge rules

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New York (AP) — The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop as “a platform for expression to many who had largely been voiceless.

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  1. WOWK Charleston

    Rap lyrics can’t be used against artist charged with killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, judge rules (opens WOWK Charleston)

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    New York (AP) — The man accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay can’t have his rap lyrics used against him at trial, a Brooklyn judge decided Tuesday in a ruling that doubled as a history-filled paean to hip-hop as “a platform for expression to many who had largely been voiceless.

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    Rap lyrics can't be used against artist charged with killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay: Judge (opens NBC New York)

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    Prosecutors tried to introduce lyrics penned by Karl Jordan Jr. as evidence of his role in gunning down Jam Master Jay, a pioneering artist whose birth name was...

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