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Thu May 2, 2013, 05:45 PM May 2013

Tyler, the Creator isn't the only asshole "hip hop" star...

Tyler is that jerk who created the Mountain Dew ad the company pulled.

But here's yet another "hip hop star" who is a royal asshole.


Lil Wayne's failure to say the simple words 'I am sorry' after rapping a crude reference to brutally murdered teen Emmett Till, has left the family of the civil rights figure hurt and still wanting an official apology.

The rapper sparked outrage when he made reference to the 1955 murder - which became a pivotal event in the civil rights movement - in comparison to a sex act and, after the family demanded Lil Wayne apologise, he wrote them a letter.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2318335/Lil-Wayne-fails-apologise-family-civil-rights-icon-Emmett-Till-comparing-brutal-murder-sex-act-rap-song.html#ixzz2SApF88MQ

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Tyler, the Creator isn't the only asshole "hip hop" star... (Original Post) Archae May 2013 OP
I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you. I expect better from hip-hop stars. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #1
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