Lil Wayne lyrics include what CNN calls an `` offensive reference '' to Emmett Till . In a statement to CNN , Sharpton said that the situation was a `` teaching moment for Lil Wayne , corporate America and the family of Emmett Till , a 14-year-old black youth from Mississippi , was murdered in Chicago in Friday . A publicist for the rapper 's label says the artist and the company parted ways amicably .
Lil Wayne lyrics include what CNN calls an `` offensive reference '' to Emmett Till . Till , a 14-year-old black youth from Mississippi , was murdered in Chicago in Friday . A publicist for the rapper 's label says the artist and the company parted ways amicably .