Lil Wayne Loses Mountain Dew deal

Who is to say they don't? That's a pretty tough statement to make.

Considering that's a dark period in our history...the respect should be there. They prb understand that, or maybe one person helping to make that decision understands that was a stupid line, on par with the Ross line in terms of disrespect.
 
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Who is to say they don't? That's a pretty tough statement to make.


Considering that's a dark period in our history...the respect should be there. They prb understand that, or maybe one person helping to make that decision understands that was a stupid line, on par with the Ross line in terms of disrespect.
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The respect should be there? Lol yea it should be. But Iil Wayne said that line months ago and when he said it he was criticized but it was subtle .When the family decided to boycott recently and the spotlight was on Mountain Dew that's when they finally did it. Mountain Dew like reebok hoped these things would blow over and when they didn't, they dropped em. When it threatened their profit margins they took action. Again their corporations.
 
Wayne is corny, but MAN is he hilarious

IANAHB2 has me rollin when I play it, from the first second til the end :lol:
 
the mountain dew commercial was stupid as hell. if they tryin to sell the drink...well..fail.

but more importantly..


who drinks mountain dew still?
 
clarkchaz1988 said:
The respect should be there? Lol yea it should be. But Iil Wayne said that line months ago and when he said it he was criticized but it was subtle .When the family decided to boycott recently and the spotlight was on Mountain Dew that's when they finally did it. Mountain Dew like reebok hoped these things would blow over and when they didn't, they dropped em. When it threatened their profit margins they took action. Again their corporations.
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accountability 
 
Dude is a clown. It BOGGLES my mind how grown *** men can act like that. I guess that's what fame and $$ will do to you.
 
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Dude is a clown. It BOGGLES my mind how grown *** men can act like that. I guess that's what fame and $$ will do to you.
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Actually, people close to him says how he acts when he raps =/= how he really is. Apparently, he is a nice "southern gentleman."
 
Heh. I wouldn't want Wayne representing my company , just because he's lil Wayne. He's the ugliest man alive, so his face incorporated with my company's a no no. Then he promotes Xanax and sizzurp to the point were he has society thinking drug addiction is OK. These company's who get rappers to represent there company are not to bright
 
Sir Charles said:
Actually, people close to him says how he acts when he raps =/= how he really is. Apparently, he is a nice "southern gentleman."
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I mean I would hope so. Because the Weezy I have seen as extremely low levels of maturity
 
Overreaction just like the Ross thing IMO. If this at all motivates Wayne to stop spitting such terrible bars though, I'm all for it.
 
Rappers getting what they deserve. Snitching on their own ignorance and recording it for release online...
 
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Yeah that's some BS...

Gotta love it though as a mainstream rapper Eminem has said some of the worst things in rap, but yet he never lost not even one endorsement :smh:
 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Officials with PepsiCo Inc. apologized during a meeting Wednesday with relatives of civil rights icon Emmett Till who were offended by a rapper who had a promotional deal with the company, the Rev. Al Sharpton said.

Sharpton said a statement that the morning meeting he brokered at company headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., was "positive."

PepsiCo and Lil Wayne ended their commercial relationship last week over vulgar lyrics the rapper included in a song that referenced Till, a black teen who became a civil rights icon after being killed while visiting Mississippi. Sharpton had urged company officials and the family to meet this week.

The company also faced criticism recently over a Mountain Dew commercial by rapper Tyler, the Creator, of Odd Future that critics say promoted racial stereotypes and violence against women. That ad has been pulled.

Rick Ross also recently lost his deal with Reebok after his lyrics appeared to glorify rape by describing a scenario in which he had his way with a woman incapacitated by drugs.

Sharpton says his National Action Network and the Till family will work together to help rappers become "more engaged and conscientious of civil rights history."

The Till family thanked Sharpton in a statement texted to The Associated Press and noted, "We look forward to on-going and meaningful collaborations which bridge the music community, corporations, grassroots organizations and youth."

The company declined to comment beyond what had already been issued by Sharpton and the Till family.

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