Lil Junkie Finally Issues Apology To Family Of Emmett Till.. Update: Till Family rejects "apology"..
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this Emmett Till controversy makes the rap industry look bad as ? ...especially being the fact that no rappers stood up and called wayne out
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Wow. Pepsi Dropped Wayne. Ross and Wayne both lost money over lyrics. But when you think about it, both were terrible wrong punchlines and lyrics. Again I'm not for cencership of artist. But when you have endorsements you have to understand Pepsi and Reebok appeal to many different demographics. Meek Mill was right that these companies profit off Hip Hop but when things get tough they will kick rappers to curb but Ross and Waynes lyrics were terrible as far as punchlines and message. I'm torn, I think a rapper should rap about whatever they want but at the same time just cause you have freedom of speech doesn't mean people can't question that speech. But I don't feel bad for Wayne. The Emmitt till line was a discrace to not only Emmitt but Black History, real talk.
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let everyone be crystal clear on what happened here:
1) neither this nor rick ross, were free speech issues. free speech is when government outlaws you from speaking about things. a private company can do whatever they want
2) ross was not fired for ? lyric and wayne was not fired for disrespecting emmett till. it is because both of these dudes played it off like it was no big deal and then issued apologies that weren't really apologies. if ross or wayne has simply said on the first day the blogs blew these stories up, "i am sorry for my words. I made a big error in judgment, i do not condone ? (disrespecting emmett till) i will donate money to ? foundation (NAACP) and i will make efforts not to ever cross this line again" then everything would be fine.
but they put on that cool hood ? stance, trying to play it cool. "i aint apologizing" is what they first said. then they kept up with that ? . no fortune 500 company is going to stand up for someone being so brazen. this is why they were let go. not cause of the line itself, it was their poor follow-up. -
How did Wayne getting dropped improve race relations in America? Is that ? ass family close to getting justice for that boy or are they still looking for another handout. It's cool. At the end of the day Wayne is alive and ? white ? that emmitt till could only dream about.
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tompetrez3 wrote: »How did Wayne getting dropped improve race relations in America? Is that ? ass family close to getting justice for that boy or are they still looking for another handout. It's cool. At the end of the day Wayne is alive and ? white ? that emmitt till could only dream about.
i wish u well in life, brother. i wish you well. -
SheerExcellence wrote: »tompetrez3 wrote: »How did Wayne getting dropped improve race relations in America? Is that ? ass family close to getting justice for that boy or are they still looking for another handout. It's cool. At the end of the day Wayne is alive and ? white ? that emmitt till could only dream about.
i wish u well in life, brother. i wish you well.
I'm just trying to figure out why the tills did this hating ass ? . Wayne didnt put the ? song out himself. They were to ? to go at universal so they went directly at the artist. That's ? . ? the tills. Emmitt should of had the burner on him. I don't see a civil rights icon I see a simp ? who died over white ? -
themadlionsfan wrote: »I see a lot of y'all ? getting it confused about Freedom of Speech....lol
I swear some of you dudes on this board are ? remedial.......Yes....Lil Wayne has the right to say anything he wants as long as its not slander or inciting a riot by law....however...If someone says something stupid...distasteful etc. then we have the Freedom Of Speech to make our grievances known.....he has the right to use that ? line and the Till family had the right to call him on his ? ....some of these statements and posters (dude with the ? ass Capt. America avatar) leave me in a state of bewilderment....a young black man was tortured...beaten and hung for whistling to a white woman simply because he had a bad stutter to help him with his speech and you want to use that for a corny ass punchline?....what...you ran out of played out ass, ? , ? and ? punchlines....and its dudes on this board who really wanna try and brush this ? off....scust...the death of Emmit Till was one of the first moments in history to where the plight of blacks in the south was put on full display for the entire nation to see....and this homosexual junkie used it as a wack ass punchline....and thats okay....? is wrong with you ? ?!
No, this is wrong.
Which is why KKK can go around saying "? "
Freedom of speech must be protected no matter how offensive it can be.
? outta here with that.
like I said....you ? are remedial....never once did I say Wayne should be censored....never once did I say Wayne doesn't have the right to say what he wants.....never did I say Wayne had his rights justifiably infringed upon....in fact I said the direct opposite....I said he does have the right to say whatever he wants....did you read the post or just skim through it?.......see what you fail to realize in your blind support that there are two coins to the whole Freedom of Speech rights...Wayne exercised his right to spit that weak, disrespectful, and ignorant line and thats cool....but on the flipside the Till family exercised their rights and voiced their displeasure....also when you spit some ? ? like that people are gonna call you out on it and if your only defense is the whole Freedom of Speech ? is the only thing to fall back...your Public Relations Team has to shift into overdrive.....yes....Wayne had the right to say it...but it was still ignorant, disrespectful and in poor taste.....and just as he has the right to say it....people have a right to be upset and also and the freedom of speech to voice their disapproval -
tompetrez3 wrote: »How did Wayne getting dropped improve race relations in America? Is that ? ass family close to getting justice for that boy or are they still looking for another handout. It's cool. At the end of the day Wayne is alive and ? white ? that emmitt till could only dream about.
? what the ? are you talking about?....he whistled at a white woman....he whistled at everybody because he had a stuttering problem....and his mother told him to whistle to help him better the problem.....dude...you and Wayne must be having sex because your responses are not normal on any level -
Well damn I was surprised by this one...crazy
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themadlionsfan wrote: »tompetrez3 wrote: »How did Wayne getting dropped improve race relations in America? Is that ? ass family close to getting justice for that boy or are they still looking for another handout. It's cool. At the end of the day Wayne is alive and ? white ? that emmitt till could only dream about.
? what the ? are you talking about?....he whistled at a white woman....he whistled at everybody because he had a stuttering problem....and his mother told him to whistle to help him better the problem.....dude...you and Wayne must be having sex because your responses are not normal on any level
Im tired of the old generation of black ? blaming all of America problems on hip hop. How did they manage to hear the line? Oh through nationwide distribution from universal media. They are the peddlers of this ? line not Wayne. Wayne didnt put the ? song out himself. Universal and epic making more money off karate chop than Wayne so they need to go at universal records. Getting him cut out his Mountain Dew deal was a ? move because they were pulling for straws. Hip hop is the black man platform for free expression. Who are they to say what Wayne can't say. If they don't like the line cut the ? song off simple as that. ? Pepsi and reebok. ? the tills. A ? has no type of freedom in 2013. We worse off than emmitt till days. ? whites, Mexicans, Arabs, Africans, police, media, schools and other blacks want us off the face off the earth. ? all y'all. -
A1000MILES wrote: »Wow...So he really got dropped...It's wild how both these situations are over lyrics said in songs that...
1. Aren't een gettin major spins like that...
2. Aren't een said artists' songs...Ross and Wayne done lost money over ? they said in songs that weren't een theirs...
...Rap music...Your final judgement day awaits...
That pick and choose nature of who to go at is why some will never take these protest seriously because it's more about not liking Wayne than actually having an issue with what he said
No matter how u slice it, Wayne deserves whatever consequences that he has to face for that blatant level of disrespect.. the ? needed to be brought back down to earth, period. Pepsi took the public backlash seriously, and thats all that matters. By the way, ur point is stupid as ? . -
obnoxiouslyfresh wrote: »themadlionsfan wrote: »I see a lot of y'all ? getting it confused about Freedom of Speech....lol
I swear some of you dudes on this board are ? remedial.......Yes....Lil Wayne has the right to say anything he wants as long as its not slander or inciting a riot by law....however...If someone says something stupid...distasteful etc. then we have the Freedom Of Speech to make our grievances known.....he has the right to use that ? line and the Till family had the right to call him on his ? ....some of these statements and posters (dude with the ? ass Capt. America avatar) leave me in a state of bewilderment....a young black man was tortured...beaten and hung for whistling to a white woman simply because he had a bad stutter to help him with his speech and you want to use that for a corny ass punchline?....what...you ran out of played out ass, ? , ? and ? punchlines....and its dudes on this board who really wanna try and brush this ? off....scust...the death of Emmit Till was one of the first moments in history to where the plight of blacks in the south was put on full display for the entire nation to see....and this homosexual junkie used it as a wack ass punchline....and thats okay....? is wrong with you ? ?!
No, this is wrong.
Which is why KKK can go around saying "? "
Freedom of speech must be protected no matter how offensive it can be.
? outta here with that.
Nobody infringed on his freedom of speech
Hey, how you doing?
But seriously I don't think he should have apologized -
tompetrez3 wrote: »themadlionsfan wrote: »tompetrez3 wrote: »How did Wayne getting dropped improve race relations in America? Is that ? ass family close to getting justice for that boy or are they still looking for another handout. It's cool. At the end of the day Wayne is alive and ? white ? that emmitt till could only dream about.
? what the ? are you talking about?....he whistled at a white woman....he whistled at everybody because he had a stuttering problem....and his mother told him to whistle to help him better the problem.....dude...you and Wayne must be having sex because your responses are not normal on any level
Im tired of the old generation of black ? blaming all of America problems on hip hop. How did they manage to hear the line? Oh through nationwide distribution from universal media. They are the peddlers of this ? line not Wayne. Wayne didnt put the ? song out himself. Universal and epic making more money off karate chop than Wayne so they need to go at universal records. Getting him cut out his Mountain Dew deal was a ? move because they were pulling for straws. Hip hop is the black man platform for free expression. Who are they to say what Wayne can't say. If they don't like the line cut the ? song off simple as that. ? Pepsi and reebok. ? the tills. A ? has no type of freedom in 2013. We worse off than emmitt till days. ? whites, Mexicans, Arabs, Africans, police, media, schools and other blacks want us off the face off the earth. ? all y'all.
ok let me see if i understand your point. you saying its okay for wayne to say bad things about "old ? " (who died for lil wayne's rights, by the way), but it is not okay for the "old ? " to say bad things about what lil wayne says?
so in essence u are saying its okay to say foul ? about emmett till's and rosa parks and malcom x's but it is NOT okay to say bad things about lil wayne in response?
It seems like this is what you are ultimately saying, and if thats the case, then you need to ask urself if perhaps you are hanging on wayne's nuts a little too much. -
Cutler 26 INT's LOL! wrote: »Once again hate is blinding you ? ....but I guess ya'll got a moral victory. Wayne got dropped. Happy now?
lmao son you avitar is based off ? who dress like
go sip a non alcoholic cocktail and watch WWE lol nobody values you opinion on hip hop b
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mountain dew and pepsi dropped wayne
lol them ? were sponsoring his tour too (insert the 300 tour dates bcotton been posting for the last month nobody on the IC cares about) -
Future got to take some blame for this ? too.. he could have easily checked Wayne for that line, and we wouldn't even be having this discussion. These rap ? is punks tho... they quick to put money over priceless principles and standards
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ROZAYTABERNACLE wrote: »soufside.supastar wrote: »did pepsi drop nicki too? remember they signed her too but not much came outta that..BREAKING NEWS: NICKI MINAJ ALSO DROPPED FROM PEPSI
Pepsiland, California.
Minaj's reaction to being dropped.
This just in; after fellow labelmate and Young Money bossman Lil Wayne was dropped by Pepsi for his terrible lyrics, it seems Nicki Minaj is now facing the same fate, but for a different reason. According to Pepsi, "After a year or so of watching Nicki Minaj's music videos on mute, one intern accidentally unmuted the sound and we were shocked by what we heard. Never would we endorse an artist with such terrible music. We had no choice but to take our money back and drop her from the team."
Minaj shows support for Pepsi's longtime rival Coca-Cola, in between bouts with T.D.A. (Top Diva Around) Mariah Carey
In response, Minaj had this to say, "Pepsi is like Mariah Carey, old, washed up, and stop being relevant in the 90's. Me and Coca-Cola are the best around and always will be. Call me Dj Khaled cause WE. ARE. THE. BEST." Minaj went on to rant for another 30 minutes, but because of her constantly changing to strange accents, referring to herself in the 3rd person, and make strange noises throughout the entire rants we could not understand enough to quote what she said. Even our top translators who formerly worked for the government could not understand the strange language this woman was speaking.
What people want to see more of from Miss Minaj.
Although Nicki Minaj referenced Coca-Cola in her interview as if they were her new sponsors, they had this to say, "Even though our competition has gone on record to say that Miss Minaj's music is, as they called it, "complete doo doo grits on the sidewalk on a hot summer's day" we do not openly share this opinion. We are not currently sponsoring Nicki Minaj, but would consider it if she made a career change to porn."
-Rozaytabernacle. IC News.
@ROZAYTABERNACLE
lmaoo dead at the ending: Reporting live from the bushes Rozaytabernacle IC News back to you Day Day
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Obviously Wayne and some of you in here were never taught this rule as a child: If you say or do something wrong, you face the repercussions.
If wayne doesn't have enough sense to say "alright, this might be too far" then losing the endorsement is on him. he could've easily said "beat that ? like sucker punch" on some lame punchline like he always, he could've name dropped a boxer, or some other ? .
You gotta look at this from the business's point of view too. They need the public to buy their product. If they're standing behind rappers that have lyrics implying they're drugging women, or comparing sex to emmitt till, that is going to ? the public off and make them look bad. Now they might only ? a small group off, like the women who were protesting about ross' lyrics, but then that spreads to other people who hear about it, and then that's a large portion of a company's customers ? off at them.
Now if all these people start boycotting the company that hurts the company, that's why it's better for them to just cut their loses and end the deal. but they have to do it quick, cause if they wait too long the damage will already be done. If reebok or pepsi took their sweet time like ross and wayne did with their "apologies" it could completely ruin the companies' reputations. and as some of you may or may not know, reputation carries you a long way.
I bet 95% of you that are defending wayne (except tomp, im pretty sure you're mexican) wouldn't feel the same way if it was a white rapper that said that line. would you? -
Monizzle14 wrote: »Cutler 26 INT's LOL! wrote: »Once again hate is blinding you ? ....but I guess ya'll got a moral victory. Wayne got dropped. Happy now?
lmao son you avitar is based off ? who dress like
go sip a non alcoholic cocktail and watch WWE lol nobody values you opinion on hip hop b
being a wrestling fan>>>>your obsession with young money, big sean, and dave matthews band, bro -
SheerExcellence wrote: »tompetrez3 wrote: »themadlionsfan wrote: »tompetrez3 wrote: »How did Wayne getting dropped improve race relations in America? Is that ? ass family close to getting justice for that boy or are they still looking for another handout. It's cool. At the end of the day Wayne is alive and ? white ? that emmitt till could only dream about.
? what the ? are you talking about?....he whistled at a white woman....he whistled at everybody because he had a stuttering problem....and his mother told him to whistle to help him better the problem.....dude...you and Wayne must be having sex because your responses are not normal on any level
Im tired of the old generation of black ? blaming all of America problems on hip hop. How did they manage to hear the line? Oh through nationwide distribution from universal media. They are the peddlers of this ? line not Wayne. Wayne didnt put the ? song out himself. Universal and epic making more money off karate chop than Wayne so they need to go at universal records. Getting him cut out his Mountain Dew deal was a ? move because they were pulling for straws. Hip hop is the black man platform for free expression. Who are they to say what Wayne can't say. If they don't like the line cut the ? song off simple as that. ? Pepsi and reebok. ? the tills. A ? has no type of freedom in 2013. We worse off than emmitt till days. ? whites, Mexicans, Arabs, Africans, police, media, schools and other blacks want us off the face off the earth. ? all y'all.
ok let me see if i understand your point. you saying its okay for wayne to say bad things about "old ? " (who died for lil wayne's rights, by the way), but it is not okay for the "old ? " to say bad things about what lil wayne says?
so in essence u are saying its okay to say foul ? about emmett till's and rosa parks and malcom x's but it is NOT okay to say bad things about lil wayne in response?
It seems like this is what you are ultimately saying, and if thats the case, then you need to ask urself if perhaps you are hanging on wayne's nuts a little too much.
He didnt say nothing foul about him. He actually telling the truth emmitt got beat. What's so wrong or disrespectful about that? I mean if the family keeps on reviving the ? played out sob story over and over we might as well call it as it is. Yes he got beat so Wayne didnt say anything disrespectful. He has a right to say whatever he wants in his lyrics. Once again if they felt so bad about the line they should of went at universal instead of Wayne. Like if anybody give a ? about Mountain Dew dropping Wayne. There are more opportunities out there for him because Wayne is a PROGRESSIVE southerner instead of living in the past like a ? ? scared of white folks like the Tills. -
I vastly prefer the one without him anyway. He ruined the song.
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Peezy_Jenkins wrote: »Monizzle14 wrote: »Cutler 26 INT's LOL! wrote: »Once again hate is blinding you ? ....but I guess ya'll got a moral victory. Wayne got dropped. Happy now?
lmao son you avitar is based off ? who dress like
go sip a non alcoholic cocktail and watch WWE lol nobody values you opinion on hip hop b
being a wrestling fan>>>>your obsession with young money, big sean, and dave matthews band, bro
real music >> fake scripted storylines for preteen and teenage males and i don't have any obsession with young money or big sean lol ? even snoop dogg doin a few tour stops with dave matthews this year. The roots worked with them as well and their musical collaborations >> your sorry excuse for rap songs lmao.
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I done read it all now. I can't even comment because that ? would be a long ass summary with a thesis and footnotes.
People really take ? for granted. Slavery and the civil rights movement wasn't even that long ago and we got black (i assume) people acting like the ? didn't even happen.
How can anyone even begin to say some disrespectful ? that's been said in here? -
I done read it all now. I can't even comment because that ? would be a long ass summary with a thesis and footnotes.
People really take ? for granted. Slavery and the civil rights movement wasn't even that long ago and we got black (i assume) people acting like the ? didn't even happen.
How can anyone even begin to say some disrespectful ? that's been said in here?
First off everybody on this site aint black. Never have been. All you need is internet access. -
SheerExcellence wrote: »let everyone be crystal clear on what happened here:
1) neither this nor rick ross, were free speech issues. free speech is when government outlaws you from speaking about things. a private company can do whatever they want
2) ross was not fired for ? lyric and wayne was not fired for disrespecting emmett till. it is because both of these dudes played it off like it was no big deal and then issued apologies that weren't really apologies. if ross or wayne has simply said on the first day the blogs blew these stories up, "i am sorry for my words. I made a big error in judgment, i do not condone ? (disrespecting emmett till) i will donate money to ? foundation (NAACP) and i will make efforts not to ever cross this line again" then everything would be fine.
but they put on that cool hood ? stance, trying to play it cool. "i aint apologizing" is what they first said. then they kept up with that ? . no fortune 500 company is going to stand up for someone being so brazen. this is why they were let go. not cause of the line itself, it was their poor follow-up.
@four9erbosspimp this is for you too since you can't seem to comprehend...Everyone always promotes the "I give no ? " attitude but nobody wants the consequences. It's not just Wayne and Ross you see it in ? people say everyday. Bragging about not caring about how people react to ? they say then acting surprised when there's real consequences for their actions. As fans we can't condone that ? , promote that ? , then act surprised when accountability is forced on you for what you say/do in life.
