On #HELF we have discussed the harm of lyrical content with a special focus on the Lil Wayne and Rick Ross incidents. Well now they have both been dropped from two VERY lucrative deals. Check below for more info...
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As for Rick Ross here's the latest
Rick Ross just learned a hard lesson about rape and money ... you embrace one, you lose the other ... because he was just DUMPED by Reebok.
As TMZ previously reported ... Ross has taken a ton of heat for his song, U.O.E.N.O ... in which he happily sings, "Put Molly [Ecstasy] all in the champagne. She ain't even know it. I took her home and I enjoy that. She ain't even know it." Translation -- date rape.
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As TMZ previously reported ... Ross has taken a ton of heat for his song, U.O.E.N.O ... in which he happily sings, "Put Molly [Ecstasy] all in the champagne. She ain't even know it. I took her home and I enjoy that. She ain't even know it." Translation -- date rape.
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Rick Ross's Response's
(Via Twitter)
& EVENTUALLY
Rick Ross Issues Official Apology For 'U.O.E.N.O.' Rape Lyrics
"Before I am an artist, I am a father, a son, and a brother to some of the most cherished women in the world. So for me to suggest in any way that harm and violation be brought to a woman is one of my biggest mistakes and regrets. As an artist, one of the most liberating things is being able to paint pictures with my words. But with that comes a great responsibility.
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Now... As for Lil Wayne...
(AllHipHop News) The family of Emmett Till simply wanted an apology from Lil Wayne after a song lyric offensively referenced their kin’s name.
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Lil Wayne Puts Mountain Dew in Crisis Mode
By TANZINA VEGA
Published: May 6, 2013
How much street cred is too much? For executives at Mountain Dew, that may have been the question of the day on Monday, as the brand looked to move beyond a public relations embarrassment that had led it to end a multi-million-dollar endorsement deal with the rapper Lil Wayne. The brand severed its ties because of pressure brought by the family of Emmett Till, the African-American teenager whose 1955 torture and murder in Mississippi for supposedly whistling at a white woman helped foment the civil rights movement.
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Lil Wayne's Response
Dear Till Family:
As a recording artist, I have always been interested in word play. My lyrics often reference people, places and events in my music, as well as the music that I create for or alongside other artists.
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