1. It was made popular in the 1'80s by acts such as 2 Live Crew and 6' Boyz.

2. When it comes to booty shaking, Luke of 2 Live Crew fame is the king, and he brought a posse of his infamous dancers onstage for a dance with Diddy and R&B heartthrob Omarion.

3. The growing use of lyrics in court has predictably bothered some defense attorneys, who worry about prosecutors introducing violent, curse–filled verses simply to make a defendant look bad in front of a middle–class jury. The fallacy of it is that it confuses art with fact,‘‘ said Bruce Rogow, who defended the Florida rap group 2 Live Crew on obscenity charges in the 1''0s. What you see are prosecutors reaching for anything they can to try to paint bad character.‘‘ Philadelphia defense attorney Michael Coard, who also teaches a class on hip hop at Temple University, said attempting to use rap as a window into a defendant‘s mind is especially problematic, given rap‘s tradition of overtly ridiculous braggadocio. It‘s about boasting.