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This combination of 1955 and 2013 photos shows Emmett Till in Chicago, about six months before he was killed in Aug. 1955 while visiting relatives Mississippi, and Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. performing in Irvine, Calif. In 2013, Lil Wayne recorded a verse using the name of the civil rights martyr in a sexual metaphor. Till, a black teen, was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. (AP Photo/Family Photo, Invision, Paul A. Hebert)

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This undated photo provided by the New Jersey Department of Corrections shows Vonte Skinner. Skinner, whose rap lyrics boasted he would "blow your face off and leave your brain caved in the street" will have his attempted murder case considered by New Jersey's Supreme Court, which will decide whether the words he penned should have been admitted at trial. Skinner's case is being watched closely by civil liberties advocates who contend the lyrics should be considered protected free speech under the Constitution. (AP Photo/New Jersey Department of Corrections)

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FILE - In this April 18, 2012, file photo, hybrid swine peer through a wire fence on a farm owned by Mark Baker near McBain, Mich. After seeking $700,000 in fines from Baker, the state of Michigan has abruptly dropped the case, acknowledging that Baker wasn’t violating the law by raising Russian boars and other exotic breeds of swine. At the same time, Baker’s lawsuit against the state Department of Natural Resources was thrown out, raising questions about the status of other pending cases against farmers and ranchers who raise the animals that state biologists and the domestic hog industry consider a menace. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, razor wire and towers contain the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, in Wetumpka, Ala. In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a scathing report that put a spotlight on what it called conditions of sexual abuse and harassment by correctional staff at the Alabama’s only prison for women. State officials vehemently disagree with the federal assessment. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

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In a Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Granite School District Police Chief Randy Johnson poses with one of the M-16s he received from the U.S. Department of Defense. The Granite School District in the Salt Lake City area obtained the weapons from a U.S. Department of Defense program that gives surplus equipment to police agencies. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT

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A Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, photo shows two M-16 rifles. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) ** FILE **

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In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, street artist Jay Shells installs a hip-hop themed banner at the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and La Brea Ave., in Los Angeles. Shells was painting one day when he caught the name of a nearby intersection cited in a hip-hop song he'd been playing. How cool would it be, he thought, if someone would put up signs all over town referencing the places mentioned by Nas, Mos Def, Jeru, Kanye and others? (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 a hip-hop themed banner is placed at the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and La Brea Ave., in Los Angeles. Street artist Jay Shells installed the sign after one day when he caught the name of a nearby intersection cited in a hip-hop song he'd been playing. Shells has put up scores of carefully drawn, hand-screened signs featuring the words of other rappers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)