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 .
Lil Wayne 's lyrics include what PepsiCo calls an `` offensive reference '' to Emmett Till . Till , a 14-year-old black youth from Chicago , was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 . A publicist for the rapper 's label says the artist and the company parted ways amicably .