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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 37548" data-attributes="member: 81">Ever since being <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/young-thug-gunna-28-charged-rico/" target="_blank">arrested last month</a> on charges of racketeering, Young Thug has received plenty of <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/lil-baby-young-thug-in-great-spirits-rico-case/" target="_blank">support from the rap community</a> — even from unexpected sources, like <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/young-thug-bragged-shooting-yfn-lucci-mother/" target="_blank">YFN Lucci</a>‘s lawyer, who <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/yfn-lucci-slams-georgia-rico-law-young-thug-gunna/" target="_blank">called the RICO case against Thug “racist.”</a> The latest of Thug’s peers to weigh in on the ongoing case is The Game. The Compton rapper appeared on Complex with Speedy Morman where he discussed a number of topics, including the case against Young Thug and YSL Records and the <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/young-thug-lyrics-racketeering-case/" target="_blank">use of lyrics as evidence</a> in it.“I think it’s bullsh*t,” he said, with no equivocation. “Because when Sylvester Stallone plays Rambo, and he’s shooting up motherf*ckers, get in trouble in real life, they not gon’ bring up Rambo 1 through 5, and be like, ‘You’ve been violent your whole career.’ It’s entertainment. And these days, a lot of rappers are cappin’ in their music — I’m not saying that Gunna and Thug are — … but there needs to be a law passed where they cannot use rappers’ “entertainment” lyrics in a court case.”There’s good news for him on that front; the state of New York is getting nearer to <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/new-york-rap-on-trial-passes-state-senate/" target="_blank">passing a law</a> limiting the use of lyrics in criminal trials — and others, from <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-rap-lyrics-criminal-trials/" target="_blank">Jay-Z</a> to <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-new-york-rap-on-trill-united-states/" target="_blank">Bobby Shmurda</a>, support its adoption nationwide.Young Thug is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/the-game-young-thug-rico-case/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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