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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated August 9, 2022
Last Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) introduced a bill entitled the Restoring Artistic Protection (RAP) Act, which would prohibit “evidence of a defendant’s creative or artistic expression” from being used against them during a criminal case.
This bill’s introduction occurred after lyrics authored by Young Thug, a rapper hailing from Atlanta, were employed during the indictment against himself and emcee Gunna, in addition
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