New York rapper Talib Kweli isn’t here for Iggy Azalea‘s new GQ magazine feature. The hip-hop veteran has ripped the Australian hip-hop artist over white privilege remarks.
Kweli went to Instagram Friday (April 20) to single her out.
Back in 2016, Talib clashed with Iggy over her feeling dissed by rapper Macklemore’s “White Privileges II” song.
The fact @iggyazalea thinks Macklemore song was a diss to her, instead of actually listening, is proof of her privilege. Fuck Iggy Azalea.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016
True story. I actually rooted for Iggy when she first came out. But she's disrespected hip hop culture one too many times.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016
(Receipts. I don't make assumptions.) RT @QuintaleAzalea: where did she say she took it as a diss ? this assumption? pic.twitter.com/xSFv1yPEpa
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016
(Her response was wack AF cuz she validated that fan tweet) RT @QuintaleAzalea: that was a fan, not her. She was responding to a fan.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016
(Stole from Kendrick, tweets "nigga" dissed qtip, dismisses privilege) RT @ChellaChicago: what did she do to disrespect the culture ?
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016
Invincible from Detroit is a white female rapper who will rap BaRS around many. But she don't appropriate culture so u don't know her.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016
Iggy almost immediately responded to Talib’s bashings.
The tensions sparked when Macklemore’s “White Privileges II” song landed online hours prior.
“You’ve exploited and stolen the music, the moment,” Mack raps. “The magic, the passion, the fashion, you toy with / The culture was never yours to make better. You’re Miley, you’re Elvis, you’re Iggy Azalea – Fake and so plastic, you’ve heisted the magic/ You’ve taken the drums and the accent you rapped in/ You’re branded ‘hip-hop,’ it’s so fascist and backwards.” (“White Privileges II”)
Iggy initially addressed the verbal jab on her Twitter page once the song went viral.
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