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Travis Scott, Young Thug, Killer Mike, and several other artists and scholars are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the April 30 execution of James Garfield Broadnax.
In separate briefs supporting Broadnax, the artists argue that using rap lyrics to justify a death sentence violates the First Amendment and effectively criminalizes the entire genre.
Broadnax was convicted of a 2008 double murder in Texas. He was 19 at the time. During the sentencing phase of his trial, prosecutors introduced 40 pages of his handwritten rap lyrics to argue that he posed a “future danger” to society, a legal requirement for imposing the death penalty in Texas. After reviewing the lyrics twice during deliberations, the jury sentenced him to death rather than life in prison.
In February, Broadnax’s legal team asked the Supreme Court to review the lower court’s decision and halt his scheduled execution. The artists’ briefs were filed in support of that request.
Travis Scott’s brief urges the SCOTUS to “clarify the constitutional limits” of using “protected artistic expression as evidence of criminal propensity.”
“The prosecutors argued Mr. Broadnax was likely to be dangerous in the future simply because he engaged in ‘gangster rap.’ Such an argument functionally operates as a categorical and straightforwardly unconstitutional content-based penalty on rap music as a form of expression.”
“Taking rap music out of context subjects the entire genre to prosecution.”
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Thank You Lord For Blessing Me With Such An Amazing Son. I Hope He Becomes 100x The Man I Am.