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发帖数: 29846 | 1 PepsiCo ending ties with Lil Wayne
May 3, 2013
, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo says it cutting ties with Lil Wayne after the
rapper made a crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song.
Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music, had a deal to promote the
company's Mountain Dew soda.
The controversy erupted after Wayne referred to beating someone during a
sexual act and said he wants to do as much damage as was done to Till.
The black teen was visiting family in Mississippi in 1955 when he was killed
, allegedly for whistling at a white woman.
PepsiCo Inc., based in Purchase, N.Y., said in a statement Friday that Wayne
's "offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the
values of our brand." | j*****v
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