P**** A** CRACKER: Shocking Trayvon t-shirt bearing rapper's crude lyrics go on sale

An explosive new t-shirt has come out with a picture of Trayvon Martin’s shooter, George Zimmerman, with the words ‘P***Y A** CRACKER’, adding fuel to the racial firestorm following the shooting of the unarmed teen.

The first picture of the offensive shirt was posted on Twitter showing Florida rapper Plies who has joined the growing list of celebrities supporting the Martin family’s fight.

The slogan on the t-shirt appears to be a lyric from the lesser-known rapper’s song, 100 Years, which he used to describe racist judges who hand down excessive prison sentences to black defendants.

Offensive: Florida rapper Plies wears the controversial t-shirt with shooter George Zimmerman's face and a lyric from one of his songs

The shirt is just the latest in a string of home-made merchandise to have surfaced amid the growing public campaign to reinvestigate the shooting of Trayvon Martin by volunteer neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman.



Plies, whose real name is Algernod Lanier Washington, has a criminal history of his own and was arrested for illegal possession of a concealed weapon after a 2006 fight ended with six rounds of bullets being fired.



All smiles: The rapper is also releasing a tribute song, the profits of which are due to go to the Martin family

Two members of his entourage were arrested for attempted murder.

In the song, he raps: ‘P***y a** cracker give a n**** a hundred years/ have ya mama leavin’ out the courtroom in tears/ crackers don’t love to have a n**** breathin’ for real/ take a n**** life from him they don’t know how it feel’.



In addition to the controversial t-shirt, which is reportedly on sale in Florida, Plies released a tribute song, ‘We Are Trayvon Martin’ which will be on sale through iTunes starting Tuesday. All profits are said to go to the Martin family.

Compared to the Plies t-shirt, most of the merchandise on sale has been relatively tame but all show a strong message of support for the Martin family and call for the immediate arrest of George Zimmerman.

Though the teen’s parents have encouraged the public to get involved in spreading the cause, Trayvon’s mother has taken formal steps today to gain some control over the production of merchandise.

Big name: Rev. Al Sharpton (left) joined Trayvon Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton (center) and Tracy Martin (right) at a community forum on Monday

Next step: Ms Fulton (left), seen here with Reverends Al Sharpton (center) and Jesse Jackson (right) filed a patent on two phrases relating to her son

It was revealed today that Sabrina Fulton, the boy’s mother, filed two petitions last week to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to specifically gain the rights to the phrases ‘I Am Trayvon’ and ‘Justice For Trayvon’, both of which have been frequently used by protesters across the country.

The patent application shows that she is specifically looking for control of the use of those phrases on CDs and DVDs, so it should have little to no effect on the creation of t-shirts or hoodies for the cause.



Calmer: Other t-shirts, like the one worn by this Florida woman, show their support for Trayvon Martin without using swear-riddled lyrics

Support: New York state senators Kevin Parker (left), Bill Perkins (center), and Eric Adams (right) all wore hoodies in a senate session on Monday







