Emmett Till

In 1955, a 14-year-old African-American boy, Emmett Till, was brutally killed for "allegedly" whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. His murderers were acquitted of the crime.

Lil Wayne apologized for his controversial lyrics on Future's song "Karate Chop", but that didn't stop Emmett Till's family from continuing their protests against Lil Wayne. As a result, Mountain Dew went ahead and dropped Weezy from his endorsement deal earlier this month. Future called into Big Boy's Neighborhood on Power 106 LA and spoke on the situation.

It looks like the Emmett Till Family and Lil Wayne have not made amends just yet. Airickca Gordon-Taylor, the spokesperson for the Till estate, says the family doesn't view Weezy's letter as a formal apology.

It's been about a week since Lil Wayne jumped on Future's track "Karate Chop" and made an (Unauthorized) part 2. But after all the public backlash about Weezy's disrespectful reference to Emmett Till, the boy's family has issued an Open Letter to Dwyane Carter. Check out the tongue lashing inside.

Many people were upset about Lil' Wayne's recent lyrics within the song, "Karate Chop" when he equated "BEATING THE P**** UP" to the Beating Death of EMMETT TILL!!!!  As rude, irresponsible, ridculous, insensitive and STUPID as that was... I am BAFFLED by something...

Hasn't this Hip-Hop thing gone too far yet?  What was initially meant to be a Socially Conscious and often times Fun, Happy, and Energetic means of delivering a message through the ART OF RAPPING, has become a  BREEDING GROUND FOR THE MOST IGNORANT VERBAL COMMUNICATION TO DATE...

The family of Emmett Till are very upset with the remix of "Karate Chop", because Lil' Wayne raps about domestic violence and beating up the universal gateway for life, like Emmett Till.