Can Young Thug’s Rap Lyrics Be Used as Confessions in Court?
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- Опубликовано: 31 янв 2023
- Rap lyrics from Young Thug’s music were read aloud during his RICO trial after prosecutors submitted them into evidence. The state alleges the “Young Slime Life” co-founder’s lyrics speaking of crime are a confession and reality for the Atlanta music artist. The Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber discusses the issue with Constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt.
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The judge reading the lyrics threw me out 😂
He spitting😆
The Key and Peele sketch comes to life
😂😂 fr
The judge pronounced "hundred" as "hunnid" he lowkey an OG 😂
u know he bumpin slime language on the way to court
Pffft he’s got a past he just didn’t go get caught trust me your lawyer has broken the law b4
Lol
English please!
@@deborahwingard776 it IS english.
I'm actually more surprised by the fact that those lyrics were written by an adult
IF LYRICS CAN BE USED AS EVIDENCE, PEOPLE WHO SING LOVE SONGS SHOULD HAVE A JAIL FREE PASS FOR THEIR CRIMES
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What about cardi singing about drugging men and robbing them??
Women are held to a different set of rules.
@@GodWorksOut she's being held to do community service.
The judge reading the lyrics 😂
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.
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 :) )
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.
Jesses questions are why I watch this channel.
Rap snitches, telling all they business, sit in the court and be they own star witness....
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.
Art is subjective, not everyone out there considers this art! Do you?!
@@msandoval8027 it doesn't matter what I consider art . What matters is song lyrics are being used to prove something
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.
Times we are living; when lyrics like this is called 🎨 art.
What do you call art??
@@Caa310 definitely not this interchangeable auto tuning recycled trap clone
@@Caa310 A confession for $500 Alex.
@@chukozkorrea714 what music do you like?
@@Caa310 it's definitely not any of these generic interchangeable auto tuning recycled trap clone
The lyrics are statements against penal interest, it’s up to the defendant to explain them.
That's the role of the prosecutor. The defendant doesn't have to prove guilt or innocence. That's the prosecution's job.
@@kandykane2160 The lyrics speak for themselves; if the defense doesn’t have an explanation (that the lyrics tell a fictional story for example) then the jury will draw their own conclusions.
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Rap lyrics shouldn’t be used in court
Only if OJs “IF I DID IT” theory/statement is used against him
He already got acquitted. You can't be tried for same crime twice, double jeopardy.
@@phillipmartinez9232 yes…. Was merely making a point.
This guy's gonna walk. I just have the feeling.
He might get a shorter sentence than we think but he ain't just walking
What’s the name of the song ?
Why is this an issue? Multiple Defendants have implicated him in felonies.
Lol like something out of The Boondocks
How are these real names:
Trontavious
Tenquarious
Quantavious
Cordarius
Marquavious
Quamarvious
Rodalious
Yes
Where’s the trial?
Well once it matches up with real life. Then everything out there will probably get taking down from all platforms.
Yes if that interchangeable auto tuning recycled trap clone claims to live that life
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
I sure hope so....
Absolutely,YES.
What about Johnny Cash one piece at a time where he basically recounts how to steal a car.
or shot a man in reno just watch him die.
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 “culture”.
Yes and it should be
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!!!
YSL means Young Stoner Life
should it? sure
That's gonna set a dangerous precedent.
I think it should if it's connected to what was done I real life
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 🐥. 😅
No. Lyrics are circumstantial evidence at best. Let's get this outta here. 📠
No Face No Case
Dude the beeping is soooo irritating! lol play or don’t play 🙄🙄
Normal people don’t want to hear swear words after every 3 words .
Lyrics aren’t evidence 🤦🏾♀️
His rap and tattoos are evidence. Even confessions.
Ok columbo
@@Caa310 That's why Cops photograph tattoos. You didn't know that.
His rapper name is more than enough 😂💀
@@factsbased.7400 it's not the only reason, but yeah
@@jeepkid8068 you better be driving a jeep😂
This bleep, hey this that slime life, bleep, bleep and Bleep. 🤣
What you say CAN and WILL be used against you in a court of law…
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.
hmmm interesting
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
most does not mean all.
Can you imagine if this is used , rap music would be essentially cancelled over night
Throw away the key. They are evil.
Welp..
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
Yeah his name says I all...but we all know most rappers have killed or did some kind of crime
And how do we all know that? Prove it please 🙄
@@kaseenking7207 that's for the state to do not me lol
Free thugger
GUILTY OF ZERO TALENT!
I wish you would stop beeping out the swear words - it’s very irritating.
wow
😬😬😬😬
They don’t even know what he talking about. It seem like Rap is the new jail or death sentence.
Nope you can’t. If the courts used what we said while getting paid for it we all would be in jail
Yep they can. If other evidence also corroborates the lyrics. Real bodies.
Lmao
My first first comment 🤣🔥
I hate rap
I done diddley doodly
They just rap lyrics
And that interchangeable auto tuning recycled trap clone should live by them
@@chukozkorrea714 yeah whatever that means
@@wholelottaelevation6442 exactly what it says