Now this has to be the most unfortunate report of the week, besides any deaths which are truly the most serious, and the guy in NYC struck by the branch while jogging, but this out of Florida reveals that a man was jailed for 2 years on account of some overly aggressive rap lyrics. How crazy is that? It was said before that Shyne was convicted partly due to the picture painted of him as violent due to his lyrical content and background. My question is, what happened to the old cliche," its just entertainment. Nearly every artist boasts about what they would do; now you can be sent to jail for it. UMM, anybody ever heard of freedom of speech....certainly not the judge and jury in his county...check it out:
The ACLU is considering the case of a Lakeland, Florida man, who has been sentenced to two years in prison over lyrics in a rap song.
In February, a song by rapper Antavio “T.O.” Johnson was posted to a MySpace page run by local label Hood Certified Entertainment.
Johnson was already in jail for violating his probation from a 2007 cocaine possession charge when the track “Kill Me a Cop,” was posted to Hood Certified’s page.
A Polk County gang detective unit found the song on the page and immediately began an investigation, which resulted in state prosecutors charging Johnson with “two counts of corruption by threat of a public servant.”
for more log on:http://www.yesimakebeats.com/07/31/2009/aclu-considers-case-of-man-jailed-for-rap-lyrics/
The ACLU is considering the case of a Lakeland, Florida man, who has been sentenced to two years in prison over lyrics in a rap song.
In February, a song by rapper Antavio “T.O.” Johnson was posted to a MySpace page run by local label Hood Certified Entertainment.
Johnson was already in jail for violating his probation from a 2007 cocaine possession charge when the track “Kill Me a Cop,” was posted to Hood Certified’s page.
A Polk County gang detective unit found the song on the page and immediately began an investigation, which resulted in state prosecutors charging Johnson with “two counts of corruption by threat of a public servant.”
for more log on:http://www.yesimakebeats.com/07/31/2009/aclu-considers-case-of-man-jailed-for-rap-lyrics/
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