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You know, cash money, well, which is part -- cash content is the publicing arm, i had to deal with it directly when lil wayne lost the deal. the guy, frank cooper, senior vice president and chairman of pepsi weeks and days before then, reverend sharpton got involved after the wayne thing was in, the statement was out, the video was pulled. you know, it happens, but -- >> why did sharpton get involved with it? >> because it's great press and maybe he thought he could do something. but there's also money exchanged. a lot of these organizations they contribute to nonprofits. nonprofit's a busines...

The motown stuff. i just saw the play "motown." it was uplifting positive stuff. i want to be clear though. is al sharpton friends with lil wayne, does he like lil wayne, is he trying to do something good for lil wayne? >> youtube the video, lil wayne, this is reverend sharpton, in 2008 for six minutes makes a record. that's not the person i would have signed with, but i don't know the business deal. i don't know the business deal. >> i don't know why sharpton would inject himself. if mountain dew wants to get rid of lil wayne because of this terrible rap, all right, why would sharpton insert ...

>> now, if you're hearing that piece of gar barjs mountain dew pulled an ad it had with ill sharpton. presto. does the name al sharpton ring a bell. they were outraged by that stupid rap. and by the way, if you want to know what emmett. rekilling kennedy, we physically examined why he was murdered. in a statement sharpton said, quote, national action network doesn't want the end result to be the penalization of artists, although they clearly need to be corrected, unquote. well, that's kind of wholistic, isn't it? here's a shocker. the parent company of lil wayne,

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