Timothy Wellbeck is the director for the Anti Racism Center at Temple University. He's also an Afrocology professor there and civil rights attorney in Philadelphia. As a whole, I generally discourage the practice of prosecuting rappers with their art. "At its core, rap lyrics are a form of artistic expression," he says.
Two of the biggest rappers in the world, Young Thug and Gunna, are behind bars. And their bars will likely be used as evidence when they go to trial.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and edited and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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