Dennis Murphy

Yeah, I mean, rap on trial is a huge issue that has gone back many years. That is a dangerous, slippery slope in hip-hop. There's a lot of people who make lyrics. If you based crimes on lyrics, almost every rapper, not even just rapper, a lot of musicians themselves would go to jail to base criminality on fictional characters. It's extremely dangerous.

Yeah, I mean, rap on trial is a huge issue that has gone back many years. That is a dangerous, slippery slope in hip-hop. There's a lot of people who make lyrics. If you based crimes on lyrics, almost every rapper, not even just rapper, a lot of musicians themselves would go to jail to base criminality on fictional characters. It's extremely dangerous.

Yeah. I mean, it's been a mess. Like, there's no other way to put it. There's been multiple judges. There's been lawyers who've been tossed. There have been viral testimonies from, you know, the guy who said he was high on the stand. The person said he didn't know when he was born and things like that. I mean, this has been as messy a court case as you can imagine.

Yeah. I mean, it's been a mess. Like, there's no other way to put it. There's been multiple judges. There's been lawyers who've been tossed. There have been viral testimonies from, you know, the guy who said he was high on the stand. The person said he didn't know when he was born and things like that. I mean, this has been as messy a court case as you can imagine.

Yeah. I mean, it's been a mess. Like, there's no other way to put it. There's been multiple judges. There's been lawyers who've been tossed. There have been viral testimonies from, you know, the guy who said he was high on the stand. The person said he didn't know when he was born and things like that. I mean, this has been as messy a court case as you can imagine.

If it wasn't such a serious case, this would be something like out of an episode of the TV show Atlanta. This was really around the city of Atlanta, the big water cooler talk, the barbershop. I mean, my barbershop had the trial on 24-7 when I was in there.

If it wasn't such a serious case, this would be something like out of an episode of the TV show Atlanta. This was really around the city of Atlanta, the big water cooler talk, the barbershop. I mean, my barbershop had the trial on 24-7 when I was in there.

If it wasn't such a serious case, this would be something like out of an episode of the TV show Atlanta. This was really around the city of Atlanta, the big water cooler talk, the barbershop. I mean, my barbershop had the trial on 24-7 when I was in there.

Part of this comes out of this sort of calamitous thing that happened a couple of weeks ago, which they had a witness sort of read out an Instagram caption. And it had the hashtag...

Part of this comes out of this sort of calamitous thing that happened a couple of weeks ago, which they had a witness sort of read out an Instagram caption. And it had the hashtag...

Part of this comes out of this sort of calamitous thing that happened a couple of weeks ago, which they had a witness sort of read out an Instagram caption. And it had the hashtag...

Yeah. So the defense was trying to make an argument that this was a prejudicial factor in this, that the jury found out that somebody was in jail when they're when they're trying to keep the jury sort of out of that, that information. And that really led to a moment where both sides sort of saw that a plea deal may be the quickest way and maybe the best way to get out of this.

Yeah. So the defense was trying to make an argument that this was a prejudicial factor in this, that the jury found out that somebody was in jail when they're when they're trying to keep the jury sort of out of that, that information. And that really led to a moment where both sides sort of saw that a plea deal may be the quickest way and maybe the best way to get out of this.

Yeah. So the defense was trying to make an argument that this was a prejudicial factor in this, that the jury found out that somebody was in jail when they're when they're trying to keep the jury sort of out of that, that information. And that really led to a moment where both sides sort of saw that a plea deal may be the quickest way and maybe the best way to get out of this.

So what he has pled guilty to was participation in a gang. He pled guilty to three drug charges, two gun charges. He also pleaded no contest to the charges of being the leader in the gang and conspiring to violate the RICO.

So what he has pled guilty to was participation in a gang. He pled guilty to three drug charges, two gun charges. He also pleaded no contest to the charges of being the leader in the gang and conspiring to violate the RICO.

So what he has pled guilty to was participation in a gang. He pled guilty to three drug charges, two gun charges. He also pleaded no contest to the charges of being the leader in the gang and conspiring to violate the RICO.

Yeah, basically, it's kind of an impasse.

Yeah, basically, it's kind of an impasse.

Yeah, basically, it's kind of an impasse.