{"id":1279,"date":"2019-08-11T17:05:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2019-08-11T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T21:05:11","slug":"rap-on-trial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2019\/08\/11\/rap-on-trial-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rap on Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewpress.com\/books\/rap-on-trial\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1278\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/files\/2019\/08\/COVER2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am excited to announce that my next book, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/thenewpress.com\/books\/rap-on-trial\"><em>Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America<\/em><\/a>, will be out on New Press in November of this year.\u00a0 This book, which I coauthored with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapontrial.org\/meet-the-experts\">Andrea Dennis<\/a> (University of Georgia), offers the first in-depth look at the (mis)use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials.\u00a0 Drawing on the 50+ cases I&#8217;ve worked on&#8211;as well as the hundreds that Andrea and I have identified across the country&#8211;we look at the history of the practice, the reasons for its growth, and the frightening ramifications for young men who are increasingly being incarcerated for their music.<\/p>\n<p>Early responses from readers have been very encouraging, and we are hopeful that the book will spark a much-needed conversation about the relationship between race, art, and the American criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>A major thank you to Michael Render (aka Killer Mike), who wrote the Foreword to the book and continues to be a prominent voice in the effort to expose rap on trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am excited to announce that my next book, titled Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America, will be out on New Press in November of this year.\u00a0 This book, which I coauthored with Andrea Dennis (University of Georgia), offers the first in-depth look at the (mis)use of rap lyrics as evidence in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/2019\/08\/11\/rap-on-trial-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rap on Trial<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/enielson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}