Why rap and drill are the folk music of today | Letters

Readers respond to an editorial about the continuing use of rap and drill lyrics in courtrooms as evidence of guiltI was very glad to see your editorial about the racist effects of assumptions about rap and related music (The Guardian view on rap and drill music: a song should not land the young in jail, 30 August). This has blighted the lives of many young black men, including those referred to in the linked article about the use of joint enterprise laws in the conviction of 11 teenagers for a