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On Contact: Criminalization of rap with author Erik Nielson

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to author and associate professor, Erik Nielson, about the criminalization of rap.

Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis co-authored 'Rap on Trial – Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America.' The groundbreaking expose shows how for over three decades the criminal justice system has used rap lyrics to justify the arrest, prosecution and incarceration of increasing numbers of artistic young men of color.

On Contact: Criminalization of rap with author Erik Nielson

Author and social critic Chris Hedges hosts a weekly interview show called ‘On Contact,’ which will air “dissident voices” currently missing from the mainstream media. Hedges interviews the black sheep of the establishment, leading discussions that can’t be heard anywhere else.