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Whoopi Goldberg is stepping behind the scenes in the film world, having signed on to produce a new movie on the story of Emmett Till. Read More »
Rap mogul Jay-Z and Suicide Squad actor Will Smith are teaming up to produce an HBO miniseries on Emmett Till. The two previously worked together to produce Annie. This time around, they're working with producer Aaron Kaplan. Read More »
Birdman, rapper and head honcho over at Cash Money Records, has gotten tired of all of the political correctness in hip-hop. He expressed his irritation with a rent wave of forced apologies on the air with MTV Thursday. The former Big Tyma said he considered rallying his troops and boycotting Reebok and Mountain Dew for dropping endorsement deals for Rick Ross and Lil Wayne respectively. Read More »
On the heels after the conclusions of the Trayvon Martin trial, Lil Wayne dropped the visuals for his highly anticipated video "God Bless Amerika" Monday. The patriotic video was shot in his hometown in Hollygrove, New Orleans and directed by Eif Rivera. Read More »
Lil Wayne is not heartless. Although his controversial Emmett Till reference on his song “Karate Chop,” featuring Future may have displayed a bit of insensitiveness and disrespect, Weezy is only human-or maybe he is not a human being. Either way the Young Money boss apologized to the Till family mid-performance during his “Amerika’s Most Wanted Tour” stop in Tennessee last week. The crowd was hype singing along to Weezy’s “Karate Chop” lyrics when the rapper replaced the controversial lyrics to say, “I apologize to the family of Emmett Till.” Watch the video below: Read More »
PepsiCo, makers of Mountain Dew, have announced plans to meet with the family of Emmett Till and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton today to discuss the recent controversy over former Dew spokesperson Lil Wayne's insensitive remarks toward Till in his verse on the remix of Future's "Karate Chop." PepsiCo has cut ties with Wayne in light of the controversy and is meeting with the family to address any concerns they may have. Read More »
The descendants of Emmett Till are pleased with PepsiCo and Mountain Dew for the "monumental" decision to drop Lil Wayne, for his offense lyrics on the song "Karate Chop." Airickca Gordon-Taylor, Executive Director of Mamie Till Mobley Foundation released a statement to AllHipHop, expressing her sentiments on behalf of those who supported Weezy's Mountain Dew termination. Read More »
Even though his offending lines have been removed from the remix of Future song "Karate Chop," Lil' Wayne is still feeling the heat for his words regarding slain teenager Emmet Till. Till's family is pushing for Mountain Dew to revoke their sponsorship of Weezy F. Baby for his insensitive remarks about Till. Read More »
