Bell was disciplined by his school in 2011, after he filmed a rap video containing offensive content about two of his teachers, basing the song on accusations of groping that girls at the school had made against two teachers. They agreed that the song caused a “substantial disruption” at the school. He added: “It was a protest song”. The brief explains the context of rap lyrics, pointing out that they aren’t generally meant to be taken literally.
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Rappers Killer Mike, T.I., and Big Boi filed an amicus brief Monday requesting the Supreme Court hear the case of a student who was suspended from his MS high school for recording a rap song that alleged two coaches had engaged in sexual misconduct with female students. Bell is trying to get his school record expunged, in part because the filming took place outside of school premises and during the school holidays, Stereogum report, but also because of the interpretation Bell’s lyrics. Killer Mike, whose visible political engagement has spiked as he endorses Bernie Sanders for president, said, “Anyone who is learned in law is capable of separating art and lyrics, whether you agree with them or not, and actual human behavior”. I think the courts understand it when it’s Johnny Cash.
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Mr Colum said that the student, who was suspended for six days and during which he was sent to an alternative school, had written the song at home and posted on Facebook.
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Taylor Bell, who raps as T-Bizzle, is now 22-years-old and is still very much heading towards a career in hip-hop.
Their brief continued: “Cash, of course, was no more guilty of these crimes than Eric Clapton and Bob Marley were of killing police officers when they recorded their respective versions of ‘I Shot the Sheriff'”.
When asked how he felt about these big names coming to his aid, Bell said, “It makes me feel like a kid in a candy store”. But they only sued the school for one dollar, with the intention of getting money being at the very bottom of their list of reasons for the lawsuit.
The Supreme Court will decide whether or not to hear this case in February.
The appeals court handling Bell’s case stated the need for new rules that allow school officials to monitor and punish student speech wherever it occurs.
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Itawamba Agricultural High School is the same high school that canceled a prom in 2010, due to a lesbian student wanting to attend with her girlfriend.
