10 times Iggy Azalea Got It Wrong
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I-G-G-Why? - It hasn’t been an easy road for the Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. Between beefs, unearthed racial statements, and singles that don’t quite take off, the rapper has always been outspoken (mostly through social media). Well, she’s back again.Just last week Macklemore released a single called “White Privilege II,” which deals with the concept of white privilege and directly names Miley Cyrus and Iggy Azalea as artists that have appropriated Black culture for their own gains. Of course Iggy had something to say about it, which prompted Talib Kweli to get into an argument with the artist on Twitter.It never ends. So, in the meantime let's take a look back at all the times Iggy has gotten it wrong. —Jon Reyes(Photo by Bryan Steffy/BMA2015/Getty Images for dcp)
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Dying on 'Azillion' - To kick off the year, and to announce her sophomore album, Digital Distortion, she released the buzz track “Azillion.” In two weeks the track received 962,000 plays and she’s pretty pissed that her label doesn’t consider that viral enough, and even announced she’s trying to switch over to Def Jam records.Label switch when your rep in the U.S. is shaky? Don’t do it.(Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)
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Runaway WHAT?! - A 2011 track, “D.R.U.G.S.,” opens with Iggy rapping: “Tire marks, tire marks, finish line with the fire marks, When the relay starts I’m a runaway slave-master…”Not much thought went into that one, even if you were reworking a Kendrick line. It's not for you, Iggy.(Photo by Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)
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Sub-Zero-Tweet - The sub-tweeting. All of the sub-tweeting. It’s OD sub-tweeting. The Australian MC has sub-tweeted at Nicki Minaj, Azealia Banks even Rah Digga. Even Adele isn’t too proud to admit that she isn’t allowed on Twitter by her team. Give up the tweet, Iggy! Give up the tweet!To her credit, she directly addressed Azealia Banks after her infamous Hot 97 interview where she got emotional speaking about the topic of race relations in the U.S. The Australian rapper responded by calling Azealia poisonous and a bigot.(Photo by Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Black Voice, White Voice, Everybody Voice - When asked by Complex if she could understand why her “blackcent” could ruffle some feathers, she didn’t quite get the question and responded with this gem, “If you’re mad about it and you’re a Black person then start a rap career and give it a go, too. I’m not taking anyone’s spot, so make yourself a mixtape. Or maybe if you’re Black, start singing like a country singer and be a white person. I don’t know. Why is it such a big deal?”(Photo by Mark Horton/WireImage)
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Radio Silence - At the end of 2014, the U.S. was going through various detonations of racial powder kegs, most specifically the Ferguson riots and the grand jury verdict regarding Eric Garner’s death. Iggy really didn’t have anything to say. It was after Azealia Banks came at her that she responded by calling people’s outrage on social media as “trolling.” Smooth.(Photo by C Flanigan/WireImage)
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It's a Gender Thing? - Iggy cites that the reason listeners and media have gone after her is because she’s a woman. She even goes on to say that Macklemore doesn’t have to deal with any of the backlash she has, “Well, they don’t say that stuff about Macklemore. Yes, I think it has 100,000 percent to do with the fact that I have a vagina.” Interestingly enough, the Seattle rapper has been through the same line of questioning she has.(Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
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The Time She Said White People Needed More Representation - “When people choose me as the person they think should be speaking for them, I think, Well, I don't really care what someone in the industry or another artist has to say about it. Your opinion is biased anyway, because you want people to listen to your voice. So having actual people who choose me, it makes me think, I have a place, and I don't care what other people have to say about it. I was a fan of rap music growing up, and I didn't feel like there were enough characters that represented me and my situation. So I think it's needed."(Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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The Twitter Archives - For the sake of brevity we’re going to lump these together as one. As it turns out, over the years Iggy has posted some inflammatory observations about minorities in the U.S.A. Once uncovered, Iggy went on the defensive. It was only when she had to cancel her appearance at a gay pride event in Pittsburgh (because of the uncovered tweets) that she apologized.(Photo by GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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It’s Iggy, B***h - Iggy teamed up with Britney for “Pretty Girls.” According to Iggy it was supposed to be a classic even though the track peaked at #29 on the Billboard chart and didn’t really make any splash at all. Iggy was quick to blame Britney, citing lack of promo. Britney wasn’t a punk on this one. Considering her list of friends in hip hop is minute, you’d think she’d be a little sweeter with the pop peeps. Nope, wrong again.(Photos from left: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images, Ethan Miller/Getty Images)