Days after PepsiCo. Inc. officially cut ties with Lil Wayne, the renowned soda beverage company has decided to meet with late civil rights symbol Emmett Till's family.
According to reports, the face-to-face meeting will take place today (May 8).
PepsiCo Inc. officials will meet Wednesday 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. The meeting to be held at PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase comes as an outcry over offensive lyrics increases.







JUSTIN BIEBER will have a "brief cameo" on "The Simpsons" this coming Sunday. He's voicing an animated version of himself. The episode is titled "The Fabulous Faker Boy".
HIGHLIGHTS: JENNIFER LOPEZ was on a video shoot in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, when gunshots were reportedly fired nearby. Her security team rushed her to safety, which HAD to remind her a little of the time she was rushed away from that notorious nightclub shooting in 1999 when she was with DIDDY.
R&B singer Trey Songz reportedly caught a big break in a recent strip club assault case which accused him of hitting a woman in the face with cash during an album release party last summer.
HIGHLIGHTS: During an Australian radio interview, CHRIS BROWN admitted he and RIHANNA aren't together. He said, quote, "I'm always gonna love that person. I can't be focused on wife-ing someone that young. I need to be the best Chris Brown I can be."
HIGHLIGHTS: JUSTIN BIEBER was "attacked" onstage in Dubai last night. Security immediately went after the guy...and Justin's piano was knocked over in the madness...but Justin is OK. His rep says, quote, "All is fine. A man ran onstage...tried to grab Justin...{and} knocked the piano over. He was a fan."
We're always hearing about artists making INSANE demands in their tour riders...and this one is definitely worth mentioning: