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News During a performance, Lil Wayne changed up the lyrics of "Karate Chop" to apologize to Emmett Till's family.
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News Emmett Till's family is planning to pursue Lil Wayne's sponsors, as he has refused to acknowledge or apologize for his lyric that controversially referenced Till.
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Politics Anyone convicted could face upwards of 30 years in prison for their crimes.
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Crime It only took 120 years, but lynching is finally considered a federal hate crime in the U.S.
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News PepsiCo is cutting its ties with Lil Wayne following his offensive reference to Emmett Till.
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Music Snoop Dogg uses Bill Cosby as a political exemplar in his case against Carolyn Bryant Donham, the 83-year old woman involved in Emmett Till's 1955 murder.
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News Talib Kweli says he thinks Lil Wayne should apologize for his lyrics referencing Emmett Till, and explains how it affects society.
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News T.I. says that Lil Wayne "meant no harm" with his Emmitt Till line on "Karate Chop," and that people sometimes misunderstand where rappers are coming from.
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Gram The Miami Heat icon wanted to get a commemorative piece, but after showing it off, the tat was met with criticism.
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Random BabyNames.com, the largest source of baby names on the internet, highlighted the names of dozens of black people who died at the hands of injustice.
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Entertainment The actor faced immense backlash online after posting the tweets.
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News Following the backlash from Lil Wayne's Emmett Till line on "Karate Chop," Future weighs in and says it was not recorded with "bad intentions."
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