Lil Wayne's "apology" to the family of civil rights icon Emmett Till was NOT REALLY AN APOLOGY in fact, it fell way short a rep for the Till…
(CNN) — PepsiCo is ending its relationship with rapper Lil Wayne over what the company calls an “offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon” — 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was killed nearly 60 years ago. Till, a 14-year-old black youth, was
Just days after the rapper penned an apology, PepsiCo has dropped rapper Lil Wayne from its ad campaign because of controversy over lyrics he used in a song that referenced Emmett Till. Till was beaten to death in 1955, at the age of 14, after
Lil Wayne issued an apology for his lyrics referencing Emmett Till earlier this month, but Mountain Dew still opted to drop the rapper from an endorsement deal over the controversy. Credit: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic. Too little too late? Lil Wayne's
NASHVILLE (AP) — The family of Emmett Till says a letter from Lil Wayne fell short of an apology for his crude reference to the civil rights martyr, and they want a meeting with the rapper and representatives from PepsiCo to discuss their commercial
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