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re: Iggy Alazea and hip hop's problem with her whiteness
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:32 am to Dire Wolf
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:32 am to Dire Wolf
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her career by stealing black musical sounds and styles and using her whiteness to sell them to the masses
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she has done little to actually give back to the hip-hop community except be flagrantly offensive
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many people in the hip-hop community feel that Azalea is actively working against black interests because she appropriates traditionally black styles and totally divorces them from their political content
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accusing Azalea of ignoring racism in her home country as well as in America.
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She's taken hip-hop's sounds, but hasn't given back to the culture in any meaningful way when many white rappers have done the opposite
I don't really give a shite about IA at all, but this actually makes me want to like her a little bit. frick every single person those quotes are talking about. It's fricking refreshing for a celebrity to want to stay out of the political spotlight for a fricking change...I guess these idiots think the masses actually give a single frick about what they think about Ferguson or some other bullshite (though, I guess sadly, some do actually care).
And surely the complete irony of their accusations of racism against her almost solely because she is white goes straight over every one of their fricking heads.
Idiots.
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Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:33 am to JBeam
She's about as hip hop as Gwen Stefani.
This post was edited on 12/23/14 at 8:34 am
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:34 am to Dire Wolf
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It turns out many people in the hip-hop community feel that Azalea is actively working against black interests because she appropriates traditionally black styles and totally divorces them from their political content.
welcome to 2nd gangsta rap era, which is the late 90s. they're a little late here
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thanking her for speaking openly and passionately about the issue of cultural appropriation.
oh man don't get me started. the constantly shifting standards on how we can discuss culture in the urban community
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Azalea has been manipulating hip-hop culture for her own gain, and she cares not at all for the broader hip-hop community or the music's place in our culture. She's taken hip-hop's sounds, but hasn't given back to the culture in any meaningful way when many white rappers have done the opposite. Macklemore has showed support for Ferguson protesters. Action Bronson passed judgment on the Eric Garner ruling, calling it "disgusting."
holy fricking shite
let them rot
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:35 am to CocomoLSU
90's hip hop was actually fun music to an extent as well. Dance parties, having fun, etc. It changed when gangsta rap came to exist.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:35 am to CocomoLSU
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quote: her career by stealing black musical sounds and styles and using her whiteness to sell them to the masses
I guess rappers never sampled music by a white artist.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:36 am to Mr. Tom Morrow
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And when did being a hip hop artist mean you have to serve the black community and their struggles?
If you look back to when hip-hop started, the early stars, came from tough environments, so it was typically natural to be down with the struggle. That is what their songs were based on. These days not everyone came from a tough environment, but the assumption of giving back is still there.
I still remember Dr. Dre being called out in an article for giving money to USCw. (for some kind of academy or whatever) and not to a HBCU.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:37 am to CocomoLSU
quote:I'm positive I've heard a song or 2 of hers before but I couldn't tell you which one it was. But i completely agree, this makes me want her to be even more successful and to do even less for the hip hop community.
I don't really give a shite about IA at all, but this actually makes me want to like her a little bit
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:37 am to Dire Wolf
IWHI in a heartbeat. She's fricking sexy and I can't pinpoint what it is about her but man I'd smash...
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:37 am to Dire Wolf
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A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip
Lol what?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:39 am to theronswanson
That dude has been around forever.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:39 am to shel311
Another random thought that I can't prove and am not interested enough to try and do so...
I'm guessing her main fanbased is that 14-30 year old white, suburban girls, which would further make this even more ridiculous.
Would I be close?
I'm guessing her main fanbased is that 14-30 year old white, suburban girls, which would further make this even more ridiculous.
Would I be close?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:40 am to Peazey
what's an albino sista gotta do to?shoot a honkey or riot? 
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:40 am to shel311
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It's not merely that.
It's they don't like a white, Australian woman being at the top of the food chain. If she were mid-level, no one would care. If she were at the top and black and never supported the cause, no one would care or say anything.
She doesn't owe black people, white people or the hip hop culture or anyone, for that matter, anything...and that's ok.
Always loved these lyrics from Eminem's Without Me:
No I'm not the first king of controversy
I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley
To do black music so selfishly
And used it to get myself wealthy
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:41 am to bigrob385series
She's also banging a black guy. Sistas don't like that.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:41 am to c on z
quote:so why is a white Australian born singer being expected to contribute to black people?
I still remember Dr. Dre being called out in an article for giving money to USCw. (for some kind of academy or whatever) and not to a HBCU.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:41 am to TDsngumbo
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IWHI in a heartbeat. He's fricking sexy and I can't pinpoint what it is about him but a man I'd smash...
Fixed
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:42 am to Dire Wolf
Hell, I'm gonna go buy her album now just to piss them off more.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:42 am to Dire Wolf
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Macklemore has showed support for Ferguson protesters. Action Bronson passed judgment on the Eric Garner ruling, calling it "disgusting."
So in order to give back, you have to support the protestors?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:42 am to Dire Wolf
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Iggy Alazaa
What is this? The Muslim version?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 8:42 am to jbgleason
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Somebody is really going to need to speak to Darius Rucker about singing Country then
Hootie? frick that. What about Charley Pride?
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