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Don't know how this could stand up in court if there is no evidence of an actual crime being committed. If that is the case they might as well arrest the entire group from NWA.
Don't know how this could stand up in court if there is no evidence of an actual crime being committed. If that is the case they might as well arrest the entire group from NWA.
Not much of a rap fan here but I thought we had a first amendment in the US. We might not like the speech but we really don't need to get on the slippery slope of censorship, no matter the reason.
Isn't there supposed to be some sort of amendment thingie dealing with that, or does that not extend to those people T-310 comes up with remarkably witty names for?
Not much of a rap fan here but I thought we had a first amendment in the US. We might not like the speech but we really don't need to get on the slippery slope of censorship, no matter the reason.
I agree. What passes for rap today sucks! I still like the older stuff though. At any rate, I don't support censorship, and as urbanlife said (and I actually agree with him) we'd have arrest all of the members of NWA as well.
Looks like the question will be whether or not he was singing about events that actually happened. That's what the law in question is about. He's not being prosecuted for writing lyrics, he's being prosecuted for profiting from a crime. Did anyone even read the article?
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...a little-known statute in the California Penal Code, which "makes it a felony for anyone to participate in a criminal street gang, have knowledge that a street gang has engaged in criminal activity, or benefit from that activity."
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