Black Enterprise

Hip-Hop Community Pushes Supreme Court To End Practice Of Using Rap Lyrics To Justify Death Penalty Warrants

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 ...
Yahoo

Travis Scott Tells Supreme Court Use of Rap Lyrics in Death Sentence Was Unconstitutional

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...
Business Wire

Texas Attorney and Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Use of Rap Lyrics in Dallas Death Penalty Sentencing

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 ...
The New York Times

Hip-Hop Icons Tell Justices That Texas Turned Rap Lyrics Into a Death Warrant

Killer Mike, Travis Scott, T.I. and other artists said James Broadnax was sent to death row in Texas based partly on his artistic expression. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak is the chief legal ...
Rolling Stone

Travis Scott Tells Supreme Court Use of Rap Lyrics in Death Sentence Was Unconstitutional

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 ...
Complex

Travis Scott Tells Supreme Court That Rap Lyrics Were Used Unconstitutionally in Death Penalty Case

Travis Scott is telling the Supreme Court that the use of a Black man’s rap lyrics in a Texas death row sentencing is unconstitutional. On Monday (Mar. 9), Scott’s legal team (including Jay-Z’s ...
Fox Business

Recall issued for more than 12K adult bed rails over entrapment, ‘risk of death’

More than 12,000 adult bed rails were recalled over entrapment hazards that could lead to serious injury or even death, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall affects about 12 ...
The Irish Times

Oscar Wilde death bed photo sells for about 100 times its guide price

A photograph of Oscar Wilde on his death bed has been sold for £279,800 (about €320,000) in an auction at Bonhams in London. The photo had a guide price of £2,000 to £3,000. It was taken on the day ...
Page Six

James Van Der Beek and wife Kimberly renewed their vows from bed days before his death

James Van Der Beek and his wife renewed their vows just two days before the actor died of cancer. “Our friends got us new rings, filled our bedroom with flowers and candles and we renewed our vows ...
USA Today

Fortemotus Direct Adult Portable Bed Rails Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Asphyxiation; Violate Mandatory Standard for Adult Portable Bed Rails

This recall involves Fortemotus-branded adult portable bed rails, model USFTMTJAS008. The recalled bed rails have black tubing with black foam rubber handle grips, support legs and a fabric pouch, and ...
The New York Times

Death at a Mississippi Jail: Brutal Beating or a Fall From Bed?

An inmate says that no one wanted to listen when he tried repeatedly to confess to a crime at a facility known for violence. By Nate Rosenfield Brian Howey and Jerry Mitchell Nate Rosenfield and Brian ...
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Sleeping in a loved one's bed after death: Understanding grief and fear

Iran launches retaliatory strikes on Israel and US assets after security chief Larijani is killed Kristin Cabot gives update about former boss after viral Coldplay kiss cam McDonald’s newest $3 value ...