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News Talib Kweli Says Lil Wayne Should Apologize For Emmett Till Line Talib Kweli says he thinks Lil Wayne should apologize for his lyrics referencing Emmett Till, and explains how it affects society. By Rose Lilah April 03, 2013
News Lil Wayne Apologizes To Emmett Till's Family During Performance During a performance, Lil Wayne changed up the lyrics of "Karate Chop" to apologize to Emmett Till's family. By Rose Lilah July 14, 2013
News Lil Wayne Issues Apology To Emmett Till Family Over Lyric [Update: Till Family Does Not Accept It] Lil Wayne issues an apology to Emmett Till's family for his line in "Karate Chop (Remix)." By Rose Lilah May 02, 2013
News Mountain Dew Drops Lil Wayne Over Emmett Till Line [Update: Till Family Reacts To Drop] PepsiCo is cutting its ties with Lil Wayne following his offensive reference to Emmett Till. By Trevor Smith May 04, 2013
Crime Emmett Till Investigation Closed By DOJ Over "Insufficient Evidence" About Accuser Carolyn Bryant The two men who lynched the 14-year-old admitted to the murder, but they had already been acquitted back in 1955. By Erika Marie December 07, 2021
TV JAY-Z & Will Smith Producing Miniseries On Emmett Till's Mother For ABC Jay-Z and Will Smith team up with Marissa Jo Cerar for "Women Of The Movement," a six-part miniseries focusing on the story of Emmett Till's mother. By Aron A. August 30, 2020
News Future Explains How Lil Wayne Helped Shed Light On Emmett Till In Positive Way Future weighs in once more on Lil Wayne's Emmett Till lyric, explaining how it turned into something positive. By Rose Lilah May 14, 2013
News Emmett Till's Family To Go After Lil Wayne's Sponsors 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. By Trevor Smith April 27, 2013
Music Lyfe Jennings Confronts Charlamagne Tha God Over "Slave" Song Criticisms After beefing on social media last month, they talked out their differences. By Erika Marie October 15, 2019
Politics Carolyn Bryant, Emmett Till's Accuser, Dies The woman who caused Emmett Till's death has died. By Ben Mock April 27, 2023
News PepsiCo To Meet With Emmett Till's Family To Discuss Lil Wayne Controversy [Update: Statement Released Following Meeting] PepsiCo and Emmett Till's family plan to meet to turn Lil Wayne's lyric controversy into a teaching moment. By Rose Lilah May 08, 2013
News Future Weighs In On Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Line 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." By Rose Lilah February 16, 2013
Society Emmett Till Murder Investigation Re-Opened By Federal Government: Report New evidence has prompted the government to reopen the case. By Karlton Jahmal July 12, 2018
News T.I. Says Lil Wayne "Meant No Harm" With Emmitt Till Line 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. By Rose Lilah May 18, 2013
Pop Culture Jay Z & Will Smith To Produce Series On The Women Of The Civil Rights Movement Jay & Will are working on an anticipated show. By Chantilly Post August 06, 2019
Politics Emmett Till's Accuser, Carolyn Bryant, Seen In Kentucky It's been over twenty years since Bryant has been seen. By Lawrencia Grose August 06, 2022
Life Family Of Emmett Till Calls For The Arrest Of Carolyn Bryant After Finding Her Unserved Warrant Almost seven decades later, the family of Emmett Till discovered an arrest warrant for the woman who made allegations against him which led to his tragic death. By Lawrencia Grose July 02, 2022
Gram Dwyane Wade Receives Dr. King Tattoo & Fans Aren't Impressed The Miami Heat icon wanted to get a commemorative piece, but after showing it off, the tat was met with criticism. By Erika Marie August 28, 2020
Random BabyNames.Com Lists Names Of Black People Who Died At The Hands Of Injustice 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. By Erika Marie June 10, 2020

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