The trouble started when Pepsico launched a new ad campaign featuring the Osbournes. Simmons felt that it was hypocritical for Pepsi to pull the Ludacris ads when the Osbournes are well known for their bleeping foul mouths. 

The boycott was scheduled to begin this week but Simmons� Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and Pepsico have reached an agreement that effectively ended the boycott before it began. 

"I want to make it very clear this has nothing to do with race," Simmons said last week. "It has to do with culture. If they said, 'We're worried maybe [Ludacris'] language isn't right, we decide not to use him,' that's fine. But they went ahead and put the Osbournes in their campaign� Ludacris' language wasn't acceptable?"

Pepsico has agreed to a �multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership� with the Ludacris Foundation and Rush Arts in order to head off the boycott. The Ludacris Foundation is a children�s charity founded by the rapper and Rush Arts is a New York based art gallery that showcases, promotes and encourages artwork and music by minorities. 

"We're excited about the possibility of Pepsi and Ludacris getting together," Simmons said, "and finding foundations and programs in our communities for kids at risk." .