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Boycott "Karate Chop" Remix by "Future & Lil Wayne"
- Posted to Boycott "Karate Chop (r… by Airickca Gordon-Taylor
I pledge to Boycott "Karate Chop" remix by rappers Lil Wayne & Future!
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How DARE you compare the atrocity of Emmett Till to the anatomy of a woman!!!! Rappers Future and Lil Wayne's release of the "Karate Chop"remix scheduled to appear on DJ Smallz's This Is That Southern Smoke Vol. 4 which drops during All Star Weekend, includes the egregious lyrics..."Beat that p-ssy up like Emmett Till".
The rappers metaphoric indiscretion is not only OFFENSIVE to the family of Emmett Till but our ancestors and to THEMSELVES as black men. How can a comparison be made between the gateway ofLIFEto the BRUTALITY and PUNISHMENT of DEATH? Have they no pride and dignity as black men? They are diminishing there own existence in a society controlled by a system that criminalizes black men at every opportunity.
The name Emmett Till has resonated over 57 years in effort to educate, in tributes to his life, to demonstrate the existence of modern hate crimes, and to continue the legacy of our rich cultural history. Numerous ballads and songs HONOR his memory and the brutal torcher he endured at the tender age of 14-years-old; during a time when black people weren't even considered humans beings.
It is disappointing, dishonorable, and outright disrespectul to Emmett Till's family and our community at large. The name Emmett Till represents the eruption of a great movement in our hearts as black people and in our country. Out of respect to the family please remove that portion of your lyrics. His mother Mamie Till Mobley is doing cartwheels in her tomb!!!!!!
Until the lyrics are removed we request everyone boycott "Karate Chop" remix! I also emplore the veterans of the rap and hip hop to mentor and sensor the newborns!
#BOYCOTTKARATECHOPREMIX
Lets unite in solidarity!
Airickca Gordon-Taylor, Estate Heir & Founding Director of the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation
Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation
"Hip Hop Wired" Link to article and song
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You guys need to chill about how it's discriminating against only black people, the way I see it, we're all one human race and its discriminating to all
Which is more shameful? the murdered or the family of the murderer? The effect to both are in different aspects and we shouldn't diminish or separate them. On the WHITE side of things we are yet again reminded of the idiocy and bigotry of our forefathers and feel we will never be separated from that shadow of ultimate sin they cast down through the ages. And now it will be immortalized playfully in song? Disgusting, no matter the color of the person doing it.
I join the cause as a WHITE man. Not solely because of the reason given by the pledge, but because the atrocity of hate crimes affects everyone!
This is evidently the results of being uneducated.He needs to study black history. Then perhaps he will form a different view of what is right and wrong.
Emmitt Till "GOD' Bless his Soul was one of my.Mother Best Friends and lived and played together in there SouthSide neighborhood of chicago. Shame and Disgrace of this young.Ignorant so-called entertainer! Peace & Love.
http://youtu.be/Gj2OxSfbrfI
"DISGRACE"
Truly a travesty! As a black man aged 32 who has grown up in this era of just down right bad and distasteful music I am truly ashamed that I ever supported this guy!
Don't feel bad it was marketed to us all. You know now and when you know better you do better right? Didn't Maya Angelou say that? All you can do is better than yesterday Mitchell.
WHAT IN THE HELL IS YOUR "(FUCKING)" PROBLEM WITH INVOKING EMMETT TILL's NAME IN A LYRIC SUCH AS THAT?
Most of his commentary is on point. http://youtu.be/VwuBUgh7Zi8
Very demonic in my opinion.
I smell BOYCOTT!~!