{"id":1601,"date":"2024-07-03T01:24:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/rapper-b-g-must-show-song-lyrics-to-government-judge-rules\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T17:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:15:49","slug":"rapper-b-g-must-show-song-lyrics-to-government-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/rapper-b-g-must-show-song-lyrics-to-government-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper B.G. Must Show Song Lyrics to Government, Judge Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tWhen New Orleans rapper B.G. came home in September after serving an 11-year sentence following his guilty plea on two counts of possession of a firearm and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, the rap community rejoiced. He\u2019s the man responsible for entering the phrase \u201cbling-bling\u201d into the pop culture lexicon, after all.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut nearly a year later, the founding member of \u201990s rap group Hot Boys is facing an unusual legal challenge: On Friday (June 28), a U.S. District Court judge in Louisiana ruled that the New Orleans rapper must provide the U.S. Probation Office with a copy of the lyrics to his upcoming songs for approval before producing or promoting them.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe decision, handed down by U.S. district court judge Susie Morgan<\/strong>, came several months after B.G. (real name Christopher Dorsey) was arrested in March for performing at a Las Vegas concert alongside rapper Lil Boosie; apparently, B.G. needed prior permission from the court to associate with acts that also have felony convictions on their record, as Lil Boosie does. The probation officer in the case also cited B.G.\u2019s work with Gucci Mane, another rapper\/convicted felon with whom B.G. released a collaborative mixtape, Choppers & Bricks<\/em>, in December.<\/p>\n

\n\tB.G. was subsequently released on his own recognizance pending the judge\u2019s decision. Shortly after, the rapper expressed his frustration in an Instagram post<\/a>, saying in part, \u201cIt\u2019s crazy how after paying my debt to society with 12 and a half years of my life I come home and still ain\u2019t free\u2026I been doing everything the right way and it seems like that ain\u2019t enough.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAt a court hearing on June 18, B.G. and prosecutors confirmed they had reached a deal to modify the conditions of the rapper\u2019s supervised release following his March arrest but \u201cdisagreed\u201d over the prosecutors\u2019 request to prohibit the rapper \u201cfrom promoting and glorifying future gun violence\/murder\u201d in his music and at his concerts, according to the June 28 ruling.<\/p>\n

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