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Rap on Trial: How An Aspiring Musician's Words Led To Prison Time

Olutosin Oduwole was a college student and aspiring rapper when he was charged with "attempting to make a terrorist threat." We explore how perceptions of rap music may have played a role.
Olutosin Oduwole at his home in New Jersey.

Olutosin Oduwole was in his dorm room at Southern Illinois University when police knocked on his door one day in 2007. They were there to

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