Based largely on a rap he wrote, and accounts of two witnesses given years after the shooting, rapper Antwain Steward was arrested and charged with double murder. Critics contend rap is a musical art form that should not be taken as evidence of criminal behavior. But some prosecutors say they don't buy the argument that the work is all fiction.
Based largely on a rap he wrote, and accounts of two witnesses given years after the shooting, rapper Antwain Steward was arrested and charged with double murder. Critics contend rap is a musical art form that should not be taken as evidence of criminal behavior. But some prosecutors say they don't buy the argument that the work is all fiction.
Talk by Taylor Mali, one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the slam poetry movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of poet.
Talk by Taylor Mali, one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the slam poetry movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of poet.
Who is helped when we refuse to be accurate about rape? Certainly not rape victims. Last week, an Englishman was sentenced to five years in jail for raping a woman while she slept. As the judge put it, "She was a pretty girl who you fancied. You simply could not resist. You had sex with her".
Who is helped when we refuse to be accurate about rape? Certainly not rape victims. Last week, an Englishman was sentenced to five years in jail for raping a woman while she slept. As the judge put it, "She was a pretty girl who you fancied. You simply could not resist. You had sex with her".