Taylor Swift saw a video of Steve Kerr quietly slipping her lyrics into NBA press conferences — and wanted to post it. According to an ESPN feature by Wright Thompson, the Golden State Warriors coach ...

*After languishing on death row in Texas for nearly two decades, James G. Broadnax was executed on April 30, 2026. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted him of robbery and double murder. Broadnax ...

After languishing on death row in Texas for nearly two decades, James G. Broadnax was executed on April 30, 2026. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted him of robbery and double murder.

James Broadnax’s execution exposes how prosecutors weaponize rap lyrics against Black artists, sparking nationwide push for legal protections. Travis Scott and two other major rappers failed to sway ...

Archaeologists from the ancient ruined site of Pompeii have used AI to digitally generate a portrait of one of the 2,000 people who died during the volcanic eruption that destroyed the Roman city. The ...

Maryland's new PACE Act makes it the third state to pass laws restricting prosecutors' use of rap lyrics in criminal cases. Maryland has passed a new law as part of a nationwide effort to limit ...

The Maryland House of Delegates on Tuesday approved legislation that would restrict how prosecutors can use a defendant’s creative expression, such as lyrics and art, in criminal and juvenile cases.

March 18 (Reuters) - Music company BMG Rights Management has sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic in California federal court for allegedly using its copyrighted lyrics ‌to train the large ...

The “Michael” artist argued the jury may have been encouraged by prosecutors to confuse creative expression with real life. A coalition of hip-hop artists and advocates is calling on the U.S. Supreme ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A coalition of artists, entertainers, music industry leaders and professors, including Grammy Award-winning rapper Killer Mike, Young Thug, T.I., Blackish star Anthony ...

Some of rap music’s biggest names have come out in support of a Black man, whose rap lyrics were cited during his sentencing in Texas. He is on death row. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted ...