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The role hip-hop played in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case

Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

We speak to Justin Tinsley, senior culture writer for Andscape, about the role hip-hop played in publicly maligning artist Megan Thee Stallion during her three-year-long legal battle against rapper Tory Lanez.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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