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Azealia Banks taking a pop at Iggy Azalea
Azealia Banks is off again, this time she's having a go at Iggy Azalea for not speaking out against Ferguson (I think!) Even though her career is based around black culture (although in a much ruder manner)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2860178/Battle-Azalea-s-Azealia-Banks-takes-aim-Iggy-labelling-igloo-suggesting-like-throw-jar-urine-Australian-rapper.html
Do you think this is fair?
Personally I don't, I think Banks is a one hit wonder who now makes a career out of slagging off other celebrities. I also think referring to Iggy as 'Igloo' is steering very close to the mark. If this were a white artist arguing that a black artist shouldn't be making money through white culture would this be bigger news?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2860178/Battle-Azalea-s-Azealia-Banks-takes-aim-Iggy-labelling-igloo-suggesting-like-throw-jar-urine-Australian-rapper.html
Do you think this is fair?
Personally I don't, I think Banks is a one hit wonder who now makes a career out of slagging off other celebrities. I also think referring to Iggy as 'Igloo' is steering very close to the mark. If this were a white artist arguing that a black artist shouldn't be making money through white culture would this be bigger news?
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What's he done? I think he's kept a low profile since retiring from management
A number of women are accusing him of rape from years back.
maybe he should go back home to scotland hide there :kitty:
This 'feud' has been plenty entertaining though. Iggy's inability to actually fight her own battles and having to have T.I. come and defend her (incoherently) is hilarious - surely any rapper worth their salt knows how to deal with beef?
Commentators on some gossip sites love her now shes trashing another white female artist, and as you point out, conveniently forgetting all the racist, homophobic remarks she's made herself. Her problem comes from the fact she can't stand to see a white woman with the career and media attention she thinks she's entitled to.
I don't buy any of the crap about "cultural appropriation". I wouldn't care if a black person decided to get involved in classical music, so why should they care that she's merely imitating an accent? She (Iggy) only makes herself look ridiculous and isn't hurting anyone. She has already conceded that she is a pop-rapper rather than a serious rapper. Everything is watered down for the charts anyway.
I think the hate for Iggy is entirely racism against the colour of her skin. If she happened to be a black Australian imitating an Atlanta African-American accent I don't think she'd get nearly as much shit.
I think some of the resentment towards her is the fact that is she was black she wouldn't be as popular as she is. It's not something I'd be moved to discuss in depth, I'm not fussed, but it does seem a big part of it is that a white girl can just come along, put on a black accent and become much more successful than her black peers.
I watched Bank's Hot 97 interview. She had some points to make but she was an emotional mess, she burst into tears several times, and she seems quite hypocritical too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFDS-VEEl6w (Also I haven't forgiven her for calling Ian Brown a racist just because of a loud sound check...)
I used to follow Liam calling Blur prats, Noel calling Liam a prat or Ian Brown acting like a twonk and Reni never showing up for Roses gigs.
A spade used to be a spade.
Now it's all internets fighting for PR purposes and I bet most of these 'arguments' are crafted for effect.
Basically Iggy Azalea is quite racist in her views of PoC which over the years she has shared on twitter and that's what started this all. http://piggyazalea.tumblr.com/post/79429483572/sharkeisha-a-lot-of-people-are-still-asking-me
But Azaelia is a mess and a racist and homophobe herself.
@cloudsailor - I do think the questionable things Iggy has said wouldn't have been noticed if anyone else had said them. She's expected to be more PC because of trying to insert herself into a minority community. That Piggy Azealia tumblr is more racist than anything Iggy has said or done.