Prosecutors wanted to prohibit the rapper “from promoting and glorifying future gun violence/murder” in songs and at performances, but judge issues different decision New Orleans native recording ...

Rapper BG, who is living under federal supervision after his release from prison, is also having his lyrics supervised. The "Bling Bling" artist must provide the federal government with copies of his ...

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with attorney Alexandra Kazarian about the ways in which rap lyrics are used in the criminal justice system. Should the government have the right to police a musician's ...

In a bizarre data point for the growing movement to keep rap lyrics out of the courtroom, Hot Boys rapper Christopher “B.G.” Dorsey was recently ordered to provide the government with a copy of any ...

Last year, Louisiana rapper B.G. was released from federal prison after serving a 10-year stint for illegal gun possession. However, a new report today suggests that he won’t be returning to business ...

On July 2, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ruled that B.G. must turn in his written lyrics to the government before releasing them. The ruling is the latest setback the rapper born Christopher Dorsey ...

No one believes that country music legend Johnny Cash shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. When Cash in 1968 released “Folsom Prison Blues,” a ballad about shooting and killing a man for no ...

Rapper B.G., who was recently released after serving 11 years in prison on a gun-related charge, has been ordered to have all future songs approved by the government, according to a report. The rapper ...

HOLLYWOOD (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A rapper must have any new lyrics approved by the government. A federal judge ordered hip-hop artist B.G., short for Baby Gansta, to have all of his future songs ...