Results: Hip-Hop Artists Who are Dropped for Offensive Lyrics

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05/04/2013

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Lil Wayne loses Mountain Dew sponsorship and was dropped by PepsiCo over controversial lyric in his music referencing martyred civil rights figure Emmett Till.
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1.
1.
Do you know who Lil Wayne is?
Yes
71%
761 votes
No
29%
318 votes
2.
2.
Do you think that PepsiCo did the right thing?
Yes
45%
482 votes
No
14%
155 votes
Undecided
41%
442 votes
3.
3.
Do you feel that music artists who lose their sponsors are hurt by the negative press?
Yes, I feel that they lose respect
39%
421 votes
No, this doesn't hurt their image
28%
306 votes
Not Sure
34%
365 votes
4.
4.
Have you ever been offended by lyrics in music?
Yes
55%
591 votes
No
45%
488 votes

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