The University of Richmond will host a panel discussion on the future of free expression, featuring rapper Killer Mike among the panelists.

The event, scheduled for Fridy, Sept. 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Modlin Center for the Arts Camp Concert Hall, is free and open to the public but requires tickets, which may be reserved online.

Panelists also will include Mike Curato, an author; Emerson Sykes, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney; and Mary Anne Franks, a George Washington University Law School professor.

Erik Nielson, a liberal arts professor at the University of Richmond, organized the event and will moderate alongside former Free Press Managing Editor Bonnie Newman Davis.

“We look forward to bringing together this panel of artists and experts who understand as well as anyone the importance of free expression,” said Nielson, whose research examines the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court.

The discussion will focus on the current state of free expression in the U.S. and its future prospects.

“While free speech is supposed to be protected by the Constitution, those protections are not absolute or consistently extended to all Americans,” Nielson added. “We will grapple with the implications of that and more during this event.”