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Future Says Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Line Was Educational [#BIGDUMMYFILES]

DJ Supreme — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:50:02 +0000

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. According [...]

Emmett Till Family Doesn't Accept Lil Wayne's Letter of Apology

Trent Fitzgerald — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:09:40 +0000

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. According to her, although the missive was carefully written, there was no actual apology mentioned for what he did. In [...]

Emmett Till's Family Open Letter To Lil Wayne

Jazzy T — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:10:37 +0000

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. 14 yr old Emmett Till [...]

IRRESPONSIBLE MUSIC INDUSTRY!

Todd Anderson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:28:18 +0000

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…WHY ISN’T THERE THE SAME…OR EVEN MORE… UPROAR ABOUT THE USE OF THE [...]

IS "BEAT THE "P*****" UP" OK?

Todd Anderson — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:49:09 +0000

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 Ignorance associated more and more with what Hip-Hop & "The Rap Game" has become, is epitomized by (in my opinion) "THE RING LEADER OF MUSICAL IGNORANCE"...L

Does Future's "Karate Chop" Remix With Lil' Wayne Cross The Line?

Chris Reynolds — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:08:01 +0000

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. Creativity is one thing, but disrespecting our ancestors is way out of bounds and not to mention the domestic violence for which he [...]