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No Face No Case
I’m laughing cause here we have 2 dolls having a conversation about rap lyrics and Taylor Swift’s name is mentioned. Please do a part two and compare rap lyrics to Goodbye Earl by Dixie Chicks ðŸ¥. 😅
Y’all might as well lock up all rappers with lyrics of intent. You need to rely on physical evidence only. Counting on lyrics is lazy & plenty of men lie to seem tough in rap lyrics it’s apart of the “cultureâ€.
I hate rap
Absolutely,YES.
How are these real names:
Trontavious
Tenquarious
Quantavious
Cordarius
Marquavious
Quamarvious
Rodalious
Yes, my guys out of CCA in Gary Indiana, Bobby Suggs and his crew, were all sentenced to life in feds due to there rap lyrics
What’s the name of the song ?
Perhaps its time for successful rappers to rap about their abundant lifestyle and how it has changed from the street life. The less successful rappers could rap about re-grouping with the younger version of themselves to make better choices so that they could have stayed in school, gotten better grades, gotten better jobs and advance their communities by building them up rather than helping gentrification take hold. There are many other things to rap about – that would be to ME creativity. STOP the Killing and there is no need for SNITCHING!!!
Rap lyrics shouldn’t be used in court
What about Johnny Cash one piece at a time where he basically recounts how to steal a car.
Can you imagine if this is used , rap music would be essentially cancelled over night
The judge reading the lyrics 😂
Jesses questions are why I watch this channel.
I done diddley doodly
should it? sure
If the lyrics specifically give facts that only someone involved in someway would know… I guess I could see lyrics being used in some way. I’m just thinking about all the artists out there that use violence in their lyrics and a lot of it is for shock value and/or metaphor. It just seems like one of those really slippery slopes, like with Patriot Act, where the government can arrest, detain or invade the privacy of people that use language someone else doesn’t like.
Where’s the trial?
I would say it probably can't be used because its just a made up song .. if that was the case and they could charge him for a rap song. There would literally be no rappers and alot if other genes cus they would be all in prison
This guy's gonna walk. I just have the feeling.
I wish you would stop beeping out the swear words – it’s very irritating.
If they want to use it as evidance they need to lay foundation for it. Have proof for it., not just say hey this is who he is.
4:49 that and only that is the point. IF the lyrics describe an actual crime and contains stuff that only the person would know who did it, I´d say it may underline
other evidence. As far as I´m aware that has been done before, too. (not sure if that was in the US or in Europe though, it´s been a while 🙂 )
Lmao
I'm actually more surprised by the fact that those lyrics were written by an adult
This bleep, hey this that slime life, bleep, bleep and Bleep. 🤣
They don’t even know what he talking about. It seem like Rap is the new jail or death sentence.
Rap snitches, telling all they business, sit in the court and be they own star witness….
IF LYRICS CAN BE USED AS EVIDENCE, PEOPLE WHO SING LOVE SONGS SHOULD HAVE A JAIL FREE PASS FOR THEIR CRIMES
Lyrics aren’t evidence 🤦ðŸ¾â€â™€ï¸
What you say CAN and WILL be used against you in a court of law…
Yes and it should be
The answer to this question is no if looked at independently of all other evidence as creative license/expression falls under first amendment protection. So this alone would not or should not warrant a guilty verdict from a juror. However, if you review this in conjunction with all other evidence including other witness testimony corroborating these lyric statements and everything in its totality, then you would have enough to potentially convince a jury behind a reasonable doubt that these defendants going to trial are guilty of the charges in the indictment. Gonna be interesting in how the the state of GA presents this case @ trial.
😬😬😬😬
Free thugger
I think it should if it's connected to what was done I real life
No. Lyrics are circumstantial evidence at best. Let's get this outta here. ðŸ“
Why is this an issue? Multiple Defendants have implicated him in felonies.
Wow MSM really trying to defend YSL. I think Record, Alcohol and Fashion Companies are financing the PR spin for YSL. Maybe even payoffs to officials.
That's gonna set a dangerous precedent.
The judge reading the lyrics threw me out 😂
Most rappers rap about situations in their life and brag about it through their lyrics so yes I think they should be allowed in court
Put him in jail life sentence
Yes
As I believe this man is guilty for running a gang enterprise but its a slippery slope using art as evidence . This might be the end of alot of art we all enjoy.
Welp..
Young'n gunna learn a hard one. Talented but not very forward thinking. Stop snitching (on yourselves) Georgia DA has already shown us his cards.
Throw away the key. They are evil.
What about cardi singing about drugging men and robbing them??