Andrea L. Dennis holds the John Byrd Martin Chair of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and was formerly an assistant federal public defender. A co-author of Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America, she lives in Athens, Georgia.
Watch authors Erik Nielson and Andrea Dennis discuss Rap on Trial, the use of rap lyrics to prosecute men of color, and systemic injustice with Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival founder Wes Jackson in an online event with the Brooklyn Historical Society.