Rap Lyrics on Trial: Bill Would Limit Prosecutors’ Use of Words, Music as Evidence
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Nigel Duara/CalMatters
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September 14, 2022 at 8:42AM
A University of California, Irvine, professor acting as a witness for Bryant disgreed, saying that “geeked up” was commonly understood to mean intoxicated, and “laying a demo” meant to record a track. Bryant may have been convicted without the introduction of rap lyrics — prosecutors and police said he and another man were in the parking lot to rob a carload of people.