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The Blurry Line Between Rap Star and Crime Boss

The Blurry Line Between Rap Star and Crime Boss

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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As a racketeering trial begins in Atlanta, much of the focus is
on the high-profile defendant, the best-selling rapper Young
Thug.

Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times,
explains why, in a sense, hip-hop itself is on trial.

Guest: Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading:

A judge ruled in November that at least 17 specific sets of
lines from the Atlanta artist and his collaborators could be used
by prosecutors in the racketeering trial of YSL, a chart-topping
hip-hop label and collective.

Here’s what to know about the trial.

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