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Sometimes it’s best not to try to defend the indefensible. While on Big Boy’s Neighborhood on Power 106 in Los Angeles on Tuesday (May 14), Future was asked for his thoughts on the “Karate Chop (Remix)” controversy. According to Future, Lil Wayne brought “positive energy” to Emmett Till’s story. For real. 

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Pepsi officials will meet today (May 8) with Emmett Till’s family along with civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton. The beverage company has suffered a pair of recent media blows after controversies involving Lil Wayne and Tyler, The Creator became part of the national conversation.

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Lil Wayne’s apology for his Emmett Till lyric wasn’t enough to save his endorsement deal with PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew. The company has officially dropped the rapper.

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Lil Wayne‘s week isn’t going to too well. Yesterday, before we knew he had been treated and released from the hospital for yet another seizure, the YMCMB rapper revealed a letter he wrote addressed to Emmett Till’s family. Weezy acknowledges the hurt his now infamous “Beat the pu–y up like Emmett Till” lyric on Future’s […]

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This took long enough. Lil Wayne has penned a letter of apology to Emmett Till’s family over the use of the late 14-year-old’s name in a vile lyric on his verse from Future’s “Karate Chop (Remix).”

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The family of Emmett Till says they plan to put pressure on the many sponsors of rapper Lil Wayne, namely his high profile endorsement deal with Mountain Dew. After the New Orleans rapper referenced the deceased teen in a verse on an unreleased remix of Future’s “Karate Chop” single, the Till family is dissatisfied with […]

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Lil Wayne is deep in drama and it’s only February. While he recently spoke on his issues with the NBA, and his Chris Bosh slander, on Miami radio, Tunechi has yet to comment on the disrespectful use of Emmett Till’s name in one of his rhymes. Now, Till’s family has penned an open letter to […]

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Lil Wayne has got to chill, but he probably won’t. It’s only February, but the YMCMB rapper has already blessed us with a few prominent struggle moments in 2013. 

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Elliott Wilson’s timing is looking impeccable with this one. Lil Wayne covers the latest issue of RESPECT, the magazine the veteran Hip-Hop journalist helms. 

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Like many, Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne’s distasteful use of Emmitt Till’s name, but he can’t seem to understand why no one warned the rapper beforehand. Wonder believes that rather than recording the lyrics, found on the remix to Future’s “Karate Chop” record, Weezy’s reference to the slain teen, should’ve never made […]

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Epic Records is feeling the heat from Lil Wayne’s disrespectful lyrics mentioning the late Emmett Till, on a Future track.  Weezy makes a distasteful comparison between the teen—who was viciously murdered for whistling at a White woman over 50 years ago—and his bedroom skills.

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Over the weekend, Future dropped a remix to his “Karate Chop” track that features Lil Wayne. During his verse, Weezy dropped a disrespectful punchline that used the name of Emmett Till. The family of the then 14-year-old Black boy that was murdered in 1955 in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman is none too happy […]