this is nightline sheeran winning a bitter copyright lawsuit, a jury finding that his grammy winning hit thinking out wow. ba loving you did not copy marvin gaye's let's get it on. the musician is saying about his victory. plus proud boy. former leader and three of his lieutenants found guilty january 6th. bid to overturn the 2020 election. today's verdict is very significant, in part because it holds this group accountable why prosecutors say the men saw themselves as donald trump's army. and united states, a drill

rap, beef and bullets, the wildly popular sub genre of hip hop cancer with me enemies influencing artists like i spiced known for hits like munch is what established so this is a drill record their destinies other they're calling each other's names out. but many people agree the drill and drill music is all about one thing. violence. critics like new york city mayor eric adams, sounding the alarm is contributing to the violence that we're seeing all over this country. plus may the fourth be with you love you. the force was definitely with carrie fisher, the beloved star wars actress receiving her star in the hollywood walk of fame. why her siblings were not invited. nightline will be right back. when you find your reason to go on. pull you passed the doubt

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good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with ed sharon singer songwriter had threatened to quit music if you lost his copyright infringement battle. a federal jury ruled that sharon did not steal from marvin gaye's classic let's get it on. but when jurors saying about the verdict here's abc aerial russia people are doing verdict today tonight that major legal victory for superstar ed sheeran, a federal jury in manhattan, finding the singer not liable for copyright infringement. i'm obviously very

happy with the outcome of the case, and it looks like i'm not having to retire from my day job after all, during the two week trial, at times the courtroom turning into a concert venue with a musician, playing guitar and belting out a mashup of songs from the witness stand in an effort to prove he did not. copy this hit song by marvin gaye. to wr topper. we'll be loving you 17 sued by the family of the late ed townsend, the co writer of let's get it on, claiming the grammy winner lifted the exact chords for thinking out loud. these chords are common building blocks, which were used to create music long before let's get it on was written the judge instructing the jury that similarities do not equate to copyright infringement. and after just three hours of deliberations, the jury siding with sharon we ultimately came

to what we thought was the right interpretation of the law that we were given. thanks to ariel. townsend's daughter testified she wanted to protect her father's legacy. we turn now to another jury verdict, this one in the nation's capital for members of the far right group. they're proud boys now facing decades behind bars after being filmed guilty for their role in the january 6th insurrection. a desperate attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and keep president trump in office. could be the most significant verdict so far. in connection with the january 6th attacks in the u. s campus today for members of the proud boys found guilty of seditious conspiracy convicted for plotting the assault in attempting to overturn the 2020 election to keep president donald trump in power. the jury has spoken and that's our system of justice. very disappointed in the verdict among the four enrique terrio, former leader of

the proud boys in organization, the anti defamation league calls a right wing extremist group. they are the latest victories in the justice department's methodical push to punish those responsible for january. 6th over the last two years, the doj has secured more than 600 convictions. the evidence presented at trial detailed the extent of the violence at the capitol on january 6th and the central role these defendants played in setting into motion the unlawful events of that day . enrique terrio wasn't at the actual riot on january 6th. he had been arrested days earlier from burning a black lives matter flag. a judge borrowed him from staying in the city, fearing he would incite more violence. but prosecutors told the jury to oreo was directing the action from afar when the air is when the night before the attack. he was captured in this video used, as evidenced by the justice department. here he is meeting with leaders of the oath keepers and underground parking

garage, including stewart rhodes , then leader of that group. and stuart pleasure. pleasure's online convicted rows of seditious conspiracy last year. today's verdict is very significant, in part because it holds this group accountable for them to have charged like seditious conspiracy. that's a major major major blow to the reputation, also part of the group convicted today, joseph biggs, biggs was seen at the capitol building using a walkie talkie coordinate with other proud boys. another member dominique zola, was the men seen in this video, smashing a window to get into the capitol building . he was found not guilty of the seditious conspiracy charge but was convicted on a number of other felonies. department of justice very rarely charges seditious conspiracy. it's a political crime, and i call it treasons cousin. it's a crime against the state. the government is the victim. with

these verdicts that just department reinforces that the interaction wasn't a spontaneous event. they got out of hand. but rather an attack plotted by two organized and identifiable groups. proud, western chauvinist proud western chauvinists back in 2018 nightline took a closer look at the origin of the proud boys. cheerios. three as the group rose in popularity, men from all across the country, joining the ranks of the controversial self described fraternity. the man who founded the group back in 2016 gavin mcginnis, known for saying things like this on his rebel media show, be dubious of muslims. if you see something, say something, the data says that women have become less happy since feminism. okay and i blame them being ripped out of the kitchen. i believe that 95% of women would be happier at home. i'm fine with being

perceived as a misogynist. but even back in 18, 2001 former member did feel there was some something more in city is taking over the group. as soon as i saw what the trajectory was had that kind of gut feeling, and i started moving myself away from dante nero is a comedian and podcaster. he said he turned his back on the movement after the deadly in ninth rally in charlottesville, virginia. everybody is not perpetuating violence, but the complicity nous in knowing that this violence is going on the climb, complicit nous and the fact that you're not checking people who have racist and violent tendencies makes you part of the problem eventually in 2019 mcinnis himself left the group officially disassociating myself from the proud boys. that's when enrique terrio became chairman, leading with the distinctly different style. mcinnes said he had disavowed that charlotte store rally years before mario was there. over the next years.

tardio was seen in photos, some posted on facebook with some of president trump's inside circle people like roger stone, sarah huckabee, sanders, even donald trump jr. and of course, there was a presidential debate in 2020 when trump refused to outright condemned the proud boys instead saying stand back and stand by his defense team tried to push the blame on trump , saying his comments at the rally before the riot are responsible like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. but prosecutors presented hundreds of messages exchanged by proud boys tardio riding on social media, do what must be done. in another message , tardio wrote. make no mistake we did this. the doj says the accused men saw themselves as donald trump's army. thirsting for violence in organizing for action. well, this marks a major victory in the fight against far

right groups. it does not appear , the power of their message is diminished. over the years, they became probably the most powerful hate group in the country. a certainly in terms of their street presence. been involved in a number of violent incidents throughout the trump era, and that continues on mental today in a 2018 investigation, the southern poverty law center found that members of the white nationalist forum cited the proud boys and gave him a guinness as their introduction to the alt right movement by 2021 proud boys. chapters were surging. the proud boys are where it's at in terms of real life activism on the radical right, the latest fbi report found hate. crimes overall did go up more than 11% from 2020 to 2021. even with today's big win, doj has said the pro boys were just the foot soldiers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. the department is

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frequently been linked to violence, most notably gangster rap. but critics say the hugely popular drill rap prominent use of so called distracts have taken things to the extreme, perpetuating a dangerous and sometimes deadly cycle of violence. here's a b c s. i should sing. i'm in a session got more jones. in my presence. it's all by sending blessings. send a message because we press morel is jacksonville born and raised rapper talented 12 with the sound that embodies a new generation of hip hop artists run let it brew didn't rolled up gonna pop, though this one got a message generation of artists who some say fairly or unfairly being blamed for spike in violence across the country. another local rapper is dead last night. officers responded to calls of shots fired violence that has already claimed the lives of too many no source shooters owned enough to course

blame has taken many forms over the years lately, that's subject genre drill again, but it's looking like the biggest target on its back. it's immensely popular, hard hitting in the lyrics are provocative. what is drilled in layman's terms? it's like a sub drop genre of hip hop, right dissing is what established oh, this is a drill record. they're dissing each other. they're calling each other's names out, which was like new like before in hip hop . if you did somebody you really didn't say their name. it was like subliminal so all that context made what drill is, it's like direct. this music beefing nobody innocent with you better lay down real my minutes. you probably heard of the popular names pop smoke out of new york , chicago's chief keef. dog the godfather of the genre would be going too far. and now a new crop of artists have taken up

demand like brooklyn rappers favio foreign sugar high like a fever, g. his mom enemies, the viral bronx native ice spices sound influenced by the new style of drill drill was coined by the late rapper packman. she family. that's the main reason drills get committed , exactly defines drill is up for debate. but everyone agrees that the drill and drill music it's all about one thing. violence jacksonville, florida is one of the latest american cities to see a huge rise in young drill artists. three jacksonville men face charges after a reported ambushed targeting rapper young and aced farms have become increasingly prevalent in these videos with content that assaults and challenges rival gangs and groups. they can lead to acts of retaliation over the last few years, jacksonville has seen an uptick in homicides. when i see

you. i'm gonna push your back, boy. get to spend through your set. we don't fight boys. reality reflected in 2021 when rappers spinner ben's with the chopper. shanghainese ft go smoke believed to be members of the gang 80 k smoke, i smoke attract calls out the names of murdered rivals over a vanessa carlton symbol, cavalier attitude towards life and death raises questions. at a young person's future. in the new rap game. that's here. this is this is the spot, but i know that my spending four times and baby four times respectively. rapping since they couldn't talk, you're hoping to build out a studio in the show. but for now they're making it work in their mom's closet. this is where you walk in when you're ready to record a song. do you

bring a mic in? how does it work? apple headphones. this will be plugged into my phone. and boom i wrote if the door is open and my sister she right there in the court running through here to where we can't shut the door and she mastering it. i would turn my back so i would keep my surround sound over here. memories dream is to make a name for himself in hip hop. in 2023 more or less means embracing drill messy. i see a dead man walking on the red hand walking isaan. the red red balling great around dead man. stop this genre about his reality. he doesn't shy away from addressing the violence, poverty and lost his face gave me medicine red spending back to lead dead daughter one beginning problem, but i enter problem is test, but he wants his songs to be therapeutic and cathartic. not vehicles for call outs and views really stressed. big a. y'all need meds kicks you like

martini red can't see what thoughts to be read. because now it's like everybody want to be the big guy. they want to be the front guy. they want to be the boss guy. they want everybody under them. we draw the land. where do we get to the point? to? where? soon as i get out this mike i'm at you. what is it that we have people getting beat up people getting killed? curious. how this affected you guys lost a brother to the street and violence. they lost their oldest brother. they say everyday battle. um are in miller's oldest brother, jamaar was never fully able to shake the streets in ohio, april 2017 34 years old. he was shot and killed just a few days shy of miller's 10th birthday. you always had your talent, but that was the day you found your focus. lot of more reason already got brothers that done wrapped dad and gave me a reason . then just what i experienced that gave me a reason. then you know, we got the baby goes. he motivated me. that gave me a reason. you did that. you know

what i'm saying? i know it was up there smiling like no cap. yeah we wrote a song about the loss of his brother. everybody grieves different. you know, and it's like he couldn't really find the words to say i just he was angry, really, really, really angry. and if you hear the song, you can hear the pain in his voice, he he went out for that one brother saying dad. different mothers still looked after each other. we always love each other. first day i learned that whatever i don't talk about, i can write it out and didn't talk about it to the mic. let nobody else have power over my emotions. and just like that. thanks to ocean for more on united states of drill rap, beef and bullets watch impact by nightline now streaming on julia coming up. may the fourth be with why the forests with star

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finally tonight on this may the fourth be with you day the late carrie fisher. princess leia gets her star on the hollywood walk of fame. the late star's daughter, billie lord war mentality dress with her mother's picture glitter on her mom star. my mom was glitter. she covered her world and it both literally and metaphorically. mark hamill fisher space brother, luke skywalker, also honoring the late actress, but the event was

not without some controversy. lord did not invite fishers, three siblings, writing in a statement. days after mom died, her brother and her sister chose to process their grief publicly capitalizing my mother's death by doing multiple interviews than selling individual books for a lot of money. they never consulted or considered how this would affect our relationship. the siblings deny profiting from fisher's death, saying she would have wanted them there. and that's nightline for this evening. catch full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back