Rap on Trial

• Authors have written about the phenomenon as experts in Rolling Stone and NYT: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rap-on-trial-why-lyrics-should-be-off-limits-116368/ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/opinion/rap-lyrics-on-trial.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/opinion/if-we-silence-hate-speech-will-we-silence-resistance.html

• Erik Nielson featured on NPR podcast Code Switch earlier this year https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/04/285718351/where-did-all-the-female-rappers-go

• Killer Mike, who will write the foreword, will have his own Netflix show in January 2018: “Trigger Warning is a six-episode ‘subversive comedy documentary’ style series”

• Both authors have served as experts in dozens of court cases • Authors have been approached about film adaptation by Kerry Washington’s production company and • Starting in February Erik will be working with Lisa Blatt of D.C. firm Arnold & Porter, rappers T.I., and Killer Mike and others to get a high profile “rap on trial” case to the Supreme Court

• Authors connected to a few politically active and highly visible rappers who are enthusiastic about the book