Hip Hop Group 2 Boycott PEPSI
 

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Angered at Pepsi for placing foul-mouthed Ozzy Osbourne in a Super Bowl commercial only months after yanking rapper Ludacris for his vulgar language, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons said Tuesday he will announce this weekend plans for a boycott against the soft-drink giant, accusing Pepsi of applying a double standard.

"The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) plans to announce and detail a proposed boycott of Pepsi during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Atlanta," a spokeswoman for Simmons and the non-profit hip-hop group he helped found, said.

"The boycott is being called in response to Pepsi dropping Ludacris as spokesman and subsequently picking up the Osbournes, who are no less vulgar," she added.

Simmons is credited with bringing hip-hop culture into the American mainstream over the past 20 years. He is also the founder of Def Jam Records, a unit of Vivendi Universal

A spokesman for PepsiCo, Inc., said the Ludacris controversy was an unfortunate experience.

"It was our mistake, we learned a lot from it and we've moved on," the spokesman said.

"We respect Russell's interest in bringing hip-hop talent to a larger audience and we have worked together to do just that," he added.

The controversy regarding the Ludacris spot dates back to a few months ago when conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly pointed out that the rapper was foul-mouthed, accused Pepsi of being "immoral," and urged a boycott.

Pepsi caved in to the pressure, yanking its 30-second television spot, stating it had received several consumer complaints about Ludacris' sexually explicit, profanity-laden song lyrics.

The spot itself, called "Party," was created and produced by UniWorld, and featured a party in full swing in a barn, with Ludacris onstage, rapping. The commercial did not contain any four-letter words.

O'Reilly, however, reportedly got a hold of Ludacris' lyrics from his song catalog. Those lyrics were laced with vulgarities.

Pepsi has a history of yanking controversial spots, such as one in 1989 with Madonna featuring her "Like a Prayer," a song which debuted at the same time as her video. The "Like a Prayer" video featured religious imagery that sparked consumer protests.

Simmons' move is strategically timed. By announcing the boycott of Pepsi in rival Coca-Cola's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, during a star-studded and high-profile weekend featuring professional basketball's all-star game, fashion, parties and entertainment will get almost as much attention as the players themselves.

If you boycott Pepsi. . .
 

these are ALL of Pepsi's products. :eek:

Also add KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut to this list
If you are going to boycott Pepsi, then it goes further than the soda. Here is a listing of what they supply:
Lay's potato chips
Lay's Bistro Gourmet potato chips
Lay's kettle cooked potato chips
Wavy Lay's potato chips
Baked Lay's potato crisps
Maui Style potato chips
Ruffles potato chips
Baked Ruffles potato chips
Ruffles Flavor Rush potato chips
Doritos tortilla chips
3D's snacks
Tostitos tortilla chips
Baked Tostitos tortilla chips
Santitas tortilla chips
Fritos corn chips
Cheetos cheese flavored snacks
Rold Gold pretzels
Funyuns onion flavored rings
Sunchips multigrain snacks
Cracker Jack candy coated popcorn
Chester's popcorn
Grandma's cookies
Munchos potato crisps
Smartfood popcorn
Baken-ets fried pork skins
Oberto meat snacks
Frito-Lay dips & salsas
Frito-Lay nuts
Doritos, Cheetos & Chester's snack crackers
Fritos, Tostitos & Doritos snack kits
Pepsi-Cola
Caffeine Free Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi
Pepsi ONE
Wild Cherry Pepsi
Pepsi Twist
Mountain Dew
Diet Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew Code Red
Mug Sierra Mist
Slice
Lipton Brisk (Partnership)
Lipton Iced Tea (Partnership)
Dole juice drinks
FruitWorks juice drinks
Aquafina purified drinking water
Frappuccino coffee beverages (Partnership)
SoBe juice drinks and teas
AMP
Gatorade
Propel Fitness Water
Tropicana Pure Premium
Tropicana Season's Best juices
Tropicana Twister juice drinks
Tropicana Smoothies
Tropicana Pure Tropics juices
Dole juices
Quaker Oatmeal
Quaker instant oatmeal
Cap'n Crunch cereal
Life cereal
Quaker Toasted Oatmeal cereal
Quaker 100% Natural cereal
Quaker Squares cereal
Quisp cereal
King Vitaman cereal
Quaker Bagged cereals
Quaker Oh's! Cereal Mother's cereal
Quaker rice cakes
Quaker Quakes rice snacks
Quaker Chewy granola bars
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal bars
Rice-A-Roni side dishes
Pasta Roni side dishes
Near East couscous/pilafs
Aunt Jemima mixes & syrups
Quaker grits

****:eek: :eek: Lay's and Mountain Dew -- I knew about Mountain Dew but had forgotten about SLICE and never knew Lays.***

Whose going to do a FULL BOYCOTT!?? Does it REALLY matter in the grand scheme of things?

gc

Off topic...
 

I didn't know that Pepsi (or Pepsico, I should say) STILL makes King Vitamin cereal? Does anyone else remember that? It have a picture of a chessey white man wearing a crown on the box.
http://www.toastyfrog.com/images/lay.../vitaman_2.gif

CTFU!!!!!

Back to the article....

Yeah, Pepsi is wrong for that.

Shouldn't the pressure be on Bill O'Reilly
 

Because that azzclown was the one who fired up Pepsi to "can" Ludacris, as it were.

As an aside, O'Reilly's one of these ill-informed people who distinguishes between "good" blacks and "bad" blacks.
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: