Apparently, Mountain Dew's thoughts about physical abuse have changed over the course of the week. Mountain Dew has dropped rapper Lil Wayne as a spokesman, due to lyrics in which he compared the beating and death of Emmett Till to vigorous sex.
Members of the Mamie Till Mobley Foundation, which honors both the memory of Emmett's late mother and his haunting legacy, immediately took issue with the verse, reacting to Wayne's word choice with "utter shock,
NASHVILLE â€" 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
Mountain Dew has dropped its endorsement deal with rapper Lil Wayne in the aftermath of his controversial lyrics in the remix of Future's “Karate Chop.â€
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
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