Introduction to special issue
Prosecuting and Policing Rap
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3204399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eithne Quinn (0000-0003-4359-8017, University of Manchester), Joy White (University of Bedfordshire), J Street (0000-0001-9650-063X, University of East Anglia) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 419-426 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261143022000642 |
| OpenAlex | W4308030399 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
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
Art · Art history · Criminology · Literature · Lyrics · Media studies · Political science · Popular music · Punk · Sociology · State (computer science · Visual arts · Computer Science · Latin American and Latino Studies · Music History and Culture · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |