{"id":300545,"date":"2024-05-14T01:24:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T06:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/papoose-and-torae-argue-for-ny-rap-on-trial-bill"},"modified":"2024-05-14T01:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T06:25:16","slug":"papoose-and-torae-argue-for-ny-rap-on-trial-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/papoose-and-torae-argue-for-ny-rap-on-trial-bill","title":{"rendered":"Papoose and Torae Argue For NY &#039;Rap On Trial&#039; Invoice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"cb-78691bbd5f6e1b643a382dc1573f240d\">\n<p>Hip Hop\u2019s birthplace, New York, is staging a different kind of battle involving rap lyrics \u2014 while some prosecutors want to pin crimes on artists through their lyrics, but rappers and lawmakers are taking immediate action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-bb078d88b2737d77f04eb63b890ffaa1\">\n<p>TMZ Hip Hop caught up with MCs <strong>Papoose <\/strong>and <strong>Torae<\/strong> following their impassioned appearance at the state Capitol in Albany, where they met with the Lieutenant Governor and other officials to campaign for Bill AB127.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-8a9c733867fab818c8d737c1da1fb4b4\">\n<p>The bill is intended to stop artists from having their lyrics used against them in court and Pap, Torae, <strong>Kevin Liles<\/strong> and other members of the Recording Academy all joined forces to raise the awareness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-18ff48a984efefc51a383a78e84ef474\">\n<p>They\u2019re both BK-bred from the true school of hip hop culture, and defenders of the nuanced and explicit detailing of crime-laden minority neighborhoods often heard in rap lyrics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p readability=\"2.5\"><!-- \/adman_adcode (middle) --><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e49904638375a9cac58632aa8b8236c7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>To be clear, they\u2019re advocating for MCs who rap about crimes \u2026 not for people who are actually committing crimes. The bill aims to prevent prosecutors from using artists\u2019 lyrics against them in court.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0aa57d3699353079935ac0dc8de438e2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-cb0391ad-f0f1-4891-b6c4-faaa09b2d2dd-695511003-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-cb0391ad-f0f1-4891-b6c4-faaa09b2d2dd-695511003-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kevin Liles\" alt=\"Kevin Liles\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715667437_708_Papoose-and-Torae-Argue-For-NY-039Rap-On-Trial039-Bill.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-44351f0f16d5e9cba2ce6c720636729b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.3658536585\">\n<p>We also got their take on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kendrick-lamar\/\"><strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/drake\/\"><strong>Drake<\/strong><\/a> beef, which from numbers alone, is hip hop\u2019s biggest battle to date.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d91845202d243b53fb1ec24388982f73\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"40.5508474576\">\n<p>Unlike some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/05\/10\/stevie-wonder-drake-kendrick-lamar-beef-distraction-real-wars\/\"><strong>alarmed reactions<\/strong><\/a> to the lyrical battle \u2026 Pap and Torae both feel you can\u2019t make an omelet without smashing eggs. In other words: rap is, and always will be, about competition, and the clash was, overall, good for hip hop.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e052b21d9cd8d671a33cee8b5a359ed7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fb812904bbe7bad57f5e6a5c6e45b3e3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Now that things have cooled off between K.Dot and the Canadian, Pap and Torae believe AB127 should be a priority for all MCs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-44d979a6b04f7ce3c25d8e1d62dfbd44\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>You can\u2019t have a rap battle if the lyrics are being annotated in a courtroom!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/papoose-and-torae-argue-for-ny-rap-on-trial-bill\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip Hop\u2019s birthplace, New York, is staging a different kind of battle involving rap lyrics \u2014 while some prosecutors want to pin crimes on artists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}