CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Rap lyrics written by a man convicted of killing a Reno drug dealer were allowable evidence at trial because they described details of the crime, a divided Nevada Supreme ...

David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and author who brought us Bobos, Patio Man, and other armchair sociological formulations, is at it again. In today’s column, Brooks takes his shtick overseas ...

NEW YORK — When police arrested Ronell Wilson, his pockets were stuffed with the type of violent poetry that boys have been scribbling in notebooks since the advent of gangsta rap. In his lyrics, ...

For several years now, many of us "old school," "back in the day" black folks have been warning that gangsta rap is a curse that we will regret having tolerated. Of course, we are referred to as ...

TRENTON — The state Supreme Court ruled today that notebooks filled with gangster rap lyrics written by a man accused of attempted murder cannot be used as evidence to help prove a motive. A trial ...