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For defense attorneys seeking expert testimony or consulting expertise for cases where prosecutors are using rap artistic expression as incriminating evidence.

These experts have extensive experience studying hip-hop, building hip-hop academia, and producing hip-hop focused scholarship.   Many have experience serving as expert witnesses in criminal cases involving rap artistic expression as evidence.  

* = expert who completed the Criminal Justice Clinic's Rap Scholar Expert Training Program (see Completed Projects page) 

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Dr. Anthony Kwame Harrison*

Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech

Area(s) of Rap/Hip-Hop Specialty
Underground/DIY Hip Hop (especially from the mid-1990s to 2010s)
Filipino American Underground Hip Hop
Classic/Golden Age Hip Hop
Gangsta Rap

kwame@vt.edu

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