Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’
- Posted on April 1, 2026
- By The Guardian
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Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’

James Broadnax was a teenager when a jury convicted him of capital murder, with his rap lyrics presented as evidence he posed a threat of ‘future dangerousness’