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Jesse Jackson Jr. Under Strict Medical Attention

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) On February 15th, former Chicago congressman Jesse Jackson Jr was charged for conspiring to allocate $750,000 in campaign funding to personal expenses. In a February 18th statement, his father and illustrious civil rights leader Jesse Jackson says his son is “struggling with the highs and lows of his bipolar disorder”. The statement from the 71 year old Baptist minister also stated that his son is receiving strict medical attention for a bipolar disorder he has been battling for over eight months. Back in November of 2012, after five months of inactivity due to a medical leave, Jackson Jr won his re-election but later resigned. His wife, Sandi Jackson is a former alderman and is facing a separate felony charge for filing false tax returns for six years. Both of their separate legal teams confirmed that they will both plead guilty to their charges. Ms. Jackson faces up to three years in prison while Mr. Jackson Jr could face up to five years in prison and have his federal pension of $45,000 revoked. Jackson Jr already been ordered to pay back the $750,000 he stole and could face an additional $250,000 fine. The Chicago Tribune spoke to an expert on federal sentencing, Ohio State University law professor Douglas Berman about the possible sentencing for Mr. Jackson Jr. Berman states Jackson Jr’s lack of a criminal record, mental illness and willingness to plead guilty will help his case but according to Berman he could still face “a year and a little more”. The date for their  sentencing has not yet been announced.

Jesse Jackson Helps Settle Dispute Over Offensive Lil Wayne Lyric, Epic Records Apologizes

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne sparked a controversy this week when his verse on Future’s “Karate Chop (Remix)” began circulating the net. Wayne has a line on the song were he makes a reference to the Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African-American from Chicago, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955. “Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels/Beat that p—y up like Emmett Till,” rapped Lil Wayne on the song. Till’s surviving family members put out a statement saying that they felt the line was offensive and disrespectful, and wanted the song to be edited so that was not any mention of Till’s name. Airickca Gordon-Taylor, director of the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation, told the Chicago-Sun Times, “My agenda is not to be disrespectful to Lil Wayne, even as much as I feel he’s been disrespectful to my family. We just want Emmett’s name removed from that song.” Gordan-Taylor reached out to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to help her foundation contact representatives of Lil Wayne to discuss getting the Till line removed. Jackson was able to conduct a conference call with the head of Future’s record label, L.A. Reid. Reid told Jackson that the version of the song featuring Lil Wayne was leaked, and that the official release will not have the Emmett Till reference. The Mamie Til Mobley Memorial Foundation Facebook page also posted that Reid personally apologized to the family. The AP is reporting that Epic Records released a statement Wednesday evening  saying that the label is attempting to pull the leaked remix version of “Karate Chop.” “Out of respect for the legacy of Emmett Till and his family and the support of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. …we are going through great efforts to take down the unauthorized version,” the statement read. Epic does plan to release an official version of Future’s song without the lyrics referring to Till. The legacy of Emmett Till is a very sensitive topic for many in the African-American community. While visiting family in Mississippi, Till was murder by local residents for whistling at white woman. The killers shot Till in the head, gouged his eyes out, and wrapped his body in barbed wire before tossing him into the Tallahatchie River. Mamie Till, Emmett’s mother, insisted the her son have an open casket funeral so the world could see the bigotry and violent nature of the segregated south. The horrific pictures of Till’s beaten body were widely published in the black media and helped initiate the Civil Rights Movement.