Emmett Till's Family Writes Open Letter To Lil Wayne About 'Karate Chop' Lyrics. Rapper Has Not Yet Reached Out To Them [Letter Inside]

 

They say words can hurt just as much as any weapon when used in a derisive manner. That's why today after many people have already forgotten, Lil Wayne's offensive lyrics about Emmett Till in the "Karate Chop" remix released a week ago still haunt his family.

 

Till was 14-years old when he was brutally murdered in 1955 for whistling at a white woman. While Epic Records CEO LA Reid has reached out to the family and apologized for the song and vowed to remove the offensive lyrics, Wayne has yet to communicate with Till's relatives.

 

 

The family has penned an open letter to the rapper, which Vibe has published.

 

"How would you feel if your child was beaten beyond recognition, body mutilated, disfigured, tortured  for hours, unnecessarily shot after being beaten to death, lynched in barbed wire, weighed down by a 70-pound cotton gin fan and tossed in a river with intent to never be found again?" part of the letter reads.

 

Read the rest of it below.

 

 


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Comment by CaLi714`GIO-Unit`213CaLi on February 21, 2013 at 2:34pm
THE TRUTH: F*** YOU AND YOUR FAMILY B****
Comment by T.T.S. on February 21, 2013 at 2:30pm
Lil Wayne is an as*hole for saying stupid sh*t all the time BUT these people are just looking for attention and possibly some money from Wayne, just to "make their pain go away". ( LOOOOL ) GTFOH
Comment by williamwallace on February 21, 2013 at 12:36pm
you people, let me be respectful and say some, some of you people are a complete waste of human flesh, the boy was brutally tortured and murdered for no other reason than the color of his skin. The body wasnt even identifiable. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, HIS OWN MOTHER COULDNT RECOGNIZE HIM...pathetic. Your whole life revolves around and ethernet connection until reality strikes i.e., your mom gets cancer, your dad has a heart attack, your dog drinks anti-freeze hahaha, please grow up folks lol, GOD BLESS
Comment by THE TRUTH on February 21, 2013 at 12:24pm
f*** the family and f*** wayne nd everybody its been like 70 years from whats happened nd they act sensetive.
Comment by immortal805 on February 21, 2013 at 12:15pm
did u guys know he used emmett till on another punchline a few years ago, it was on "it's me snitches" freestyle look it up
Comment by SFM SLIMM on February 21, 2013 at 12:12pm
THAT'S LIKE ME SAYIN F*** THE KATRINA STORM AND EVERYBODY WHO WAS APART OF THAT HOW WOULD U FEEL LIL GAY B**** N****
Comment by acha franklyn on February 21, 2013 at 12:09pm
I do not know much about it......what did the family do when it happened then....the killers were left free but wayne is been treated like the killer.....he just made the boy popular
Comment by Shone on February 21, 2013 at 12:06pm
They should be thankful wayne even mentioned his name....90% of the people out their didn't even know about him. I didn't but I could care less about this.
Comment by The handsome Hustla on February 21, 2013 at 12:01pm
I am not even black and those lyircs botherd me ...it was verry disrespectfull and wrong on his behalf I hope he changes the lyircs and takes the song down for the family they wrote a great letter and I wish the best of luck to them and their foundation its a great movement
Comment by Jus P on February 21, 2013 at 11:38am
Emmett Till should have never hollered at the that white girl, knowing what the consequences was going tobe.

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