August 29, 2023
Pepsi Drops Ludacris After Bill O’Reilly Boycott – TIHH
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Aug. 28, 2002: Before the term "cancel culture" became a part of the social lexicon, Ludacris was canceled by Pepsi on this day in 2002 after Bill O'Reilly called out the soda giant for hiring "a man who degrades women."In 2002, Ludacris was one of hip-hop's biggest rap stars and Pepsi tapped him to be their pitchman. But on Aug. 27, 2002, Bill O'Reilly blasted Pepsi for making Luda their spokesperson during a rant on his popular Fox News program, The O'Reilly Factor. The famed conservative host urged his viewers to boycott the soda bottler for hiring a man who he deemed was...