Should have pleaded the fifth in that studio… but we move!
The trial resumed with the judge allowing Kelsey Harris’ “Bussin Back” diss track towards Megan thee Stallion into evidence.
This is the song:
According to reports DDA Kathy Ta called investigator Jody Little to testify about reviewing the lyrics of Kelsey Harris’ Nov 2020 song “Bussin Back.” DDA also admitted one page of lyrics of the song to evidence.
Ta specifically drew attn to the lyrics “(Who shot ya?) ‘Cause you know it wasn’t me / I was 10 toes down whenever you had beef.”
When Mgdesyan cross examined, he asked Little about other lyrics: “Sucking dick behind my back, who really on they knees?”
Ta specifically drew attn to the lyrics "(Who shot ya?) 'Cause you know it wasn't me / I was 10 toes down whenever you had beef."
When Mgdesyan cross examined, he asked Little about other lyrics: "Sucking dick behind my back, who really on they knees?"— Louder Than A Riot (@LouderThanARiot) December 19, 2022
We are not sure how the lyrics will sway the jury, but since they were allowed as evidence, we are assuming, they are quite significant.
About using rap lyrics
In July according to CNN A new piece of legislation introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday would ban the use of lyrics from being used as evidence in legal claims.
The bill, dubbed the Restoring Artistic Protection Act, aims to limit the extent to which an artist’s “creative or artistic expression” can be admitted against a defendant.
“Except as provided in subsection (b), evidence of a defendant’s creative or artistic expression, whether original or derivative, is not admissible against such defendant in a criminal case,” the bill states.
The subsection includes exceptions, where the lyrics may be admitted if it has been determined that the defendant “intended a literal meaning,” they intended to adopt a literal meaning of unoriginal content, if the lyrics include specific references to the alleged crime, the lyrics are needed to determine facts of the case or if “the expression has distinct probative value not provided by other admissible evidence.”
Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia, a cosponsor of the bill, said the bill targets an issue of free speech.
“Without further Congressional action, the freedom of speech and of artistic expression present in music will continue to be stifled, and that expression will be chilled, until the voices behind that protected speech are silenced,” Johnson said in a statement.
Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York, another cosponsor of the bill, said in the same statement that he was “deeply moved” by the story of a 17-year-old serving a life sentence after having been convicted in part on lyric evidence and “continues to pursue his art in the face of our carceral systems that would otherwise stifle Black art.”
“We cannot imprison our talented artists for expressing their experiences nor will we let their creativity be suppressed,” Bowman said.
Leaders and members of music industry groups including Atlantic Records, SAG-AFTRA, Universal Music Group and the Black Music Action Coalition have expressed support for the bill.
kelsey literally said in her diss song to megan “if i really had the gun you would’ve heard about a murder” and you want me to feel sorry for her? LMAO
— 5hahem aka Dr. Durag (@shaTIRED) December 15, 2022
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#kelsey ain't the only one with rap lyrics
Check out what Megan said in Shots Fired they need to present that in court too.
# Torylaneztrial #kelseyharris #shotsfired #torylanez pic.twitter.com/ApggHw379s— Infanta ChristinaL. ?? ?? (@InfantaChristi1) December 19, 2022
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Nah wait the Kelsey chic rap too ? this trial some real life love & hiphop shit lol
— Tone Status (@SSmokewell) December 19, 2022
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