Atlanta rapper Alley Boy has reportedly died, with hip hop figures claiming kidney failure was the cause. No official ...

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 ...

The family of Houston rapper Judy World is mourning her death and demanding justice after the artist was fatally stabbed in an attack her mother says unfolded in front of her 10-year-old daughter.

James Broadnax wrote rap lyrics at 19 that were later used as evidence to convict him of double murder. After nearly 20 years on death row, he was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at the ...

The use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials is drawing renewed scrutiny as the case of James Broadnax heads toward a scheduled execution date. According to the Associated Press, Broadnax, who ...