Lyrics being used in court cases has remained a hot topic in recent months amid the ongoing YSL RICO case, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis recently said that if rappers speak about crimes on their songs, they will be used in court.
Williams stated during a press conference over the indictment of 26 suspected members of Drug Rich Gang, "I think if you decide to admit your crimes over a beat, I’m gonna use it. You do not get to commit crimes in my county and then decide to brag on it, which you do that for a form of intimidation and to further the gang, and not be held responsible."
As the debate continues, The Breakfast Club weighed in, with Charlamagne Tha God speaking to a caller who said that they are in favor of rappers being prosecuted for lyrics about alleged crimes. Charlamagne then stated, "'Cause these n***as is not remaining silent. These n***as is goin' in the studio with beats and they loud as hell! 'I killed him! I shot him! I kicked down his door! I beat up his dog and threw his girl on the floor! Robbed him of his chains, robbed him of his car, look at my face so you can know who I are!"
Charlamagne then stated that it's the previous generation who is to blame for the current generations' actions, as he explained, "Listen, here's the moral of the story: a lot of this is our fault. And the reason it's our fault is because so many rappers from our generation, from the 1900s, were lying. Lying they ass off! And it made a bunch of kids think the way to get in the game was to be the biggest criminal alive. And guess what? You can't do that! You can't be the biggest criminal alive and be a rapper at the same time."
He closed by saying, "But it's our fault because we should have never let rappers lie like that for entertainment. Because if it's just art, then we have to demand that some of these people change the content of their art, because all it's doin' is gettin' a bunch of people indicted and influencing a generation of kids wrong."
