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02:30 on May 4 2013

Pepsi Drops Rapper Lil Wayne Over Song Lyric

Sky NewsThe face of Pepsi Co's Mountain Dew drink - Lil Wayne - gets the chop over a crude reference to a US civil rights martyr. more info
03:02 on May 4 2013

PepsiCo drops Lil Wayne over Emmett Till lyric in rap song

CNN ShowbizPepsiCo is ending its relationship with rapper Lil Wayne over what the company calls an "offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon" -- 14-year-old Emmett Till, w... more info
18:05 on May 4 2013

PepsiCo Drops Lil Wayne Over 'Offensive' Lyrics About Civil Rights Icon

StarpulsePepsiCo bosses have dropped Lil Wayne as its spokesman after the hip hop star upset the family of civil rights icon Emmett Till. more info
09:17 on May 4 2013

Mountain Dew drops Lil Wayne

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada PepsiCo Inc severed ties with rapper Lil Wayne on Friday over a graphic reference to slain U.S. civil rights figure Emmett Till in a song. more info

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