Black History: Emmett Till

Black History: Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American boy who was brutally killed by racists in Mississippi, in 1955.
"His mother insisted on a funeral service with an open casket to show the world the brutality of the killing"; shocking images of his mutilated body were published.
"Till's murder is noted as a pivotal event motivating the African-American Civil Rights Movement."
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Comment by BK_Malik on February 16, 2013 at 4:28pm: Right on time Brother Faisal!! We shouldn't have let him slide on the Rodney King quote either. What really bothers me is that he doesn't seem to comprehend what is wrong with him using our people's violent tragedies as sexual metaphors, what's next; whip it up like a slave master?

Comment by faisal x on February 16, 2013 at 3:25pm: Today in Black History Month Muse,
Lil Wayne, The rapper and Head Niggro in Charge of Young Money Records (Drake, Nicki Minaj, Tyga and a few other highly celebrated pawns) made unprecented Black History by paying homage to Emmett Till in his Lil Wayne (son of Birdman) birdbrain way.
Till was 14 yrs. old when he was kidnapped, had one eye gouged, beat to death, and tied to a 70 lb. cotton gin and drowned in the Talahatchie River in 1955. Till's crime: allegedly whistling at a white woman.
Lil Wayne also known as Weez(le)y raps on the Future (another rapper) song "Karate Chop" proclaiming he would "beat up" a woman's private parts like Emmett Till.
Lil Wayne confused by the backlash wondered why nobody said nothing when his famed lyric "beat it like a cop, beat it like a cop, Rodney King baby, I'm go'n beat it like a cop" catapulted the single Mrs. Officer to #5 on Billboard's R&B charts and MTVs top 25 hip hop songs of 2008.
Epic (fail) Records' H(ouse)NIC, LA Reid pledged to release another aversion of the song minus the questionable lyric in the future (no relation to the Aforementioned rapper). LA Reid purportedly called the Till family and personally apologized.
Lil Wayne still confused by what all the hooplah is about could not be reached for comment after we did not try to reach him.
More Muse @ 11.