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"&lt;img alt=\"0501-emmett-till-lil-wayne-getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/05/01/0501-emmett-till-lil-wayne-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lil Wayne&lt;/strong&gt;'s \"apology\" to the family of civil rights icon&lt;strong&gt; Emmett Till&lt;/strong&gt; was NOT REALLY AN APOLOGY ... in fact, it fell way short ... a rep for the Till family tells TMZ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier today, Wayne &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/01/lil-wayne-apologizes-to-emmett-tills-family-for-rap-lyric/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;fired off a letter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to the Tills ... to \"acknowledge\" the hurt he caused the family when he compared Emmett's violent death with the violent way he has sex with women. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nowhere in the letter did Wayne say he was sorry for what he did. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, &lt;strong&gt;Airickca Gordon-Taylor&lt;/strong&gt; -- Executive Director, Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation and Till Family Representative -- tells TMZ the family does not view the letter as a formal apology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"While it&amp;#8217;s commendable that he has vowed to respect the legacy of Emmett Till and his memory to &amp;#8216;not use or reference Emmett Till or the Till family in his music,' this statement falls short of an apology, as none is mentioned.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're reaching out to Lil Wayne for comment -- stay tuned."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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