Hip Hop on Trial: 5 High-Profile Rappers at the Center of Courtroom Drama

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Five of the biggest names in hip hop are currently at the center of high-profile trials for murder, gang activity and assault with a firearm.

Taking center stage right now is Young Thug and his ongoing RICO trial in Georgia.The alleged suspect in the 1996 death of Tupac Shakur remains on house arrest in Nevada after being charged in the rap icon's homicide.The alleged killer of Migos rapper Takeoff awaits trial in Houston.Rapper YNW Melly faces the death penalty as he heads toward his retrial in a double murder case in Florida.

'In some ways people might look at this, take a cynical view and say that this is just a way that a police department is trying to create positive PR for it, so to make it seem as if they're doing a job that they have not been able to do for the past 30 years,' Carson said. 'And I can certainly understand if folks approach thing in that way.'Newsweek reached out to Arnold and the Clark County District Attorney's Office for comment.

 

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