Am I shocked to hear this? No...but it's quite disheartening. So Lil Wayne made a degrading reference in one of his rap lyrics to Emmett Till saying, "Beat that p---- up like Emmett Till."Emmettt Till's family wrote a powerful open letter in response to this lyric, but before I get into the letter let me just share the significance of Emmett Till's story for those who do not know. At the innocent age of 14, Emmett from Chicago was visiting some family in Mississippi. (Mississippi was known for it's extreme racism and ranked among one of the Southern States during the Jim Crow Era with one of the highest rates of hangings of black folk.)
Emmett was accused of whistling/flirting with a white woman. At night two white men came to his home, dragged him to a barn and beat him till his death and until he was unidentifiable. They gouged out one of his eyes, shot him in the head and disposed of his body in the Tallahatchie River. The salt in the river caused his face and body great swelling. When his body was found, it was returned to his mother in Chicago. She demanded a public funeral and for his casket to remain open so people would witness would had been done to this poor, young man.
Pictures of his disfigured face were posted in many newspapers and magazines, and it noted as a pivotal point in the fight for Civil Rights!
So here we are in 2013, with pea brain, knuckle head rappers, making nonchalant references and even worse sexual innuendoes in reference to a most tragic, grieving moment for blacks in America suppressed by Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan. They took the lyric from the original song, but here's some of what Emmett Till's family had to say in their open letter...
"...not only are you destroying the preservation and legacy of Emmett Till’s memory and name, but the impact of his murder in black history along with degradation of women.
It is critical that we stay true to urgency of the hour… our youth! Your “celebrity” thrusts you into the spotlight affording you the opportunity to embrace your role as a black man, father, friend, and artist that has the ability to reach international audiences. Are you bothered in the least by the staggering statistics of the extinction of our children?" --Huffington Post
They ask is he bothered, the unfortunate answer is no....because I believe he's part of the Illuminati and that evil entity has no regard for being respectful and considerate. It's all about the money, fame and brainwashing minds. You may believe that this entity is make believe and that it's ideologies are too extreme to possibly be real, but whether he is or he isn't, as well as other modern day rappers...what kinds of messages are they promoting? One thing's for sure...most of their messages aren't positive.
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