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*Officials from PepsiCo Inc. are scheduled to meet today with members of Emmett Till’s family and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton continued to press for the meeting last week after the company’s partnerships with Lil Wayne and Tyler, the Creator, of Odd Future to promote Mountain Dew sparked controversies. PepsiCo and Lil Wayne have since [...]
*Odd Future rapper Tyler the Creator is calling the criticism surrounding his online ad for Mountain Dew “ridiculous,” particularly the blog post written by Syracuse University professor and social analyst Dr. Boyce Watkins, who called the spot “arguably the most racist commercial in history.” On Wednesday, PepsiCo removed the spot after it was criticized for [...]
*The commercials we see these days are racy and some are even being called racist. But, we are going to leave it up to you to pass judgement on one commercial that is walking a very fine line. Are you familiar with Mountain Dew’s goat named Felicia? Well, we weren’t either! But she’s featured in the latest [...]
*Add Jamie Foxx and 50 Cent to the group of celebrities who are supporting Frank Ocean’s recent decision to come out of the closet. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Foxx told MTV: “Elton John did it. For Frank Ocean to do it and be hip-hop and black, he’s breaking ground, and kudos to him. At [...]
*A photographer who claimed Odd Future member Left Brain (born Vyron Turner) assaulted her at last month’s Voodoo Experience festival in New Orleans filed charges against the MC on Friday, reports MTV News. Amy Harris accused Turner of slapping her across the face and knocking her camera lens to the ground in the Oct. 30 [...]
*Although it may seem longer than it has been, the happy, handsome couple Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated three years of marriage with a trip to the Bahamas over the weekend. Of course they were bombarded with plenty of cameras and press, but they were able to finally find some secret space to enjoy each other’s [...]
*Heavily hyped, up and coming hip hop group Odd Future started some mess, sort of, this weekend after a disastrous stage performance over the weekend at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. It all started out with some sound issues. They didn’t even get through their first song without having to stop and [...]
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