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Quinn, Eithne, White, Joy and Street, John 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9650-063X
(2022)
Introduction to special issue: Prosecuting and Policing Rap.
Popular Music, 41 (4).
pp. 419-426.
ISSN 0261-1430
Abstract
The state's coercive engagement with Black youth expressive culture, and rap music in particular, is a topic of mounting public and scholarly concern. Rap lyrics and videos made by defendants and codefendants are regularly used as evidence in court cases in ways that incite bias against young people in the dock. At the same time, the performance and circulation of rap music are increasingly monitored and constrained by the police and other bodies. Thus, as this special issue explores, the prosecuting and policing of rap music serves as a double-punch against Black youth: the state both showcases rap music as criminal evidence in the courtroom to lock down prosecutions and, at the same time, surveils rappers and suppresses the music's creation and dissemination and, in so doing, the income streams of those who make it.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cultural studies,music ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3316 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2023 14:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:59 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90699 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0261143022000642 |
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