Rappers are banding together to advocate for a Texas man set to be executed next month largely due to his incriminating song lyrics. James Broadnax, a Black man, was only 19 when he was accused of ...

In 2009, James Broadnax was sentenced to death in Texas after being found guilty of murdering two men during a 2008 robbery in Garland, Texas. He received the death penalty after prosecutors used rap ...

Fat Joe is adding his voice to a growing call from hip hop artists urging officials to halt the execution of Texas rapper James Broadnax. Broadnax was sentenced to death in 2009 after being convicted ...

For decades, debates about whether rap lyrics should be used in criminal cases have split the courts and the hip-hop community. Now, rappers are banding together to advocate for a Texas man set to be ...