VIDEO: Azealia Banks' interview with Hot 97 - talks about Iggy, Black Culture

[HANZ 4,380]

I can't with you, and you want people to believe you're not a racist.

 

(And by the by, this interview is the most viewed interview for them in MONTHS) 

I'm pretty sure Iggy Azalea being one of the main topics of conversation had a lot to do with this

 

[Navy 495]

If you don't think what she's "crying about" is important and she needs to STFU about it, well thats what I'm calling you

Call me racist all you want Im not I don't care :ohwell:

[inuborg 4,136]

I'm pretty sure Iggy Azalea being one of the main topics of conversation had a lot to do with this

 

But if she was a nobody then who cares what she had to say about anything  

[HANZ 4,380]

But if she was a nobody then who cares what she had to say about anything

my point still stands

 

 

and still waiting for an answers about my cultural situation

[inuborg 4,136]

my point still stands

 

 

and still waiting for an answers about my cultural situation

 

Yes because that what AB is saying should happened to people who appropriate  

 

Its a VERY specific issue when it comes to Hip Hop and Black Culture vs Whites. And I'm sorry that you are not getting it

 

 

 

Call me racist all you want Im not I don't care

 

Sounds like something a racist would say  

[FKAJAKE 5]

If you don't think what she's "crying about" is important and she needs to STFU about it, well thats what I'm calling you

 

telling a person who is crying that their opinion doesn't matter, classic racist.

 

 

i'm not even joking, Azealia is genuinely upset at the state of this country, and you want the black women to stop bringing racism up??? typical move of the oppressor 

[HANZ 4,380]

 

gurl I'm talking about MY situation, not banks

[inuborg 4,136]

gurl I'm talking about MY situation, not banks :air:

I don't care if you make sushi and watch Anime and listen to JPop, ****, I make sushi, watch anime, and listen to jpop

 

But if I can get on stage put on my best impression of a Japanese man and literally go "Ching ching chong" and be hailed the new king of JPOP then SOMETHING is wrong 

[Navy 495]

telling a person who is crying that their opinion doesn't matter, classic racist.

 

 

i'm not even joking, Azealia is genuinely upset at the state of this country, and you want the black women to stop bringing racism up??? typical move of the oppressor

Typical comment from an azealia stan :)

[Cody Draco 2,531]

Is it bad that I can see so many different sides to this topic, but not feel strongly in any direction? So many of you are right and make valid points in my opinion. :air:

[HANZ 4,380]

I don't care if you make sushi and watch Anime and listen to JPop, ****, I make sushi, watch anime, and listen to jpop

 

But if I can get on stage put on my best impression of a Japanese man and literally go "Ching ching chong" and be hailed the new king of JPOP then SOMETHING is wrong 

:megaflop:    :air:

[inuborg 4,136]

:megaflop:    :air:

Kinda abrasive I know,  

[Bebe 16,946]

So a white man becoming a legendary artist in a particular genre is racist and taking away from black people? Seems like it perpetuates a white / black divide if you can only make music based on ur skin color. Y'all don't realize how racist she is with this argument. 

 

It's really not about that. You are missing the point. All anybody is asking for is for mainstream hip-hop culture to be more representative.

There is a white girl from Mullumbimby who can't even freestyle, who raps with a fake "black southern" accent, who twerks and refers to herself as a "runaway slave master" who is profiting off black culture.

Meanwhile there is a large group of authentic black female rappers who are not putting on fake accents and can freestyle who have more skills than Iggy, but they are not getting a chance to participate and are shut down as ratchet and ghetto for doing the exact same thing Iggy is doing, but better.

Why is this Australian girl, who is so far removed from African American culture, being given chances that people within the African American community are not?

It's cool for Iggy to pretend to be black, but it isn't cool for the people within the culture to do what she is doing. That is the problem.

 

Frankly I think it is poor that Iggy isn't doing anything to acknowledge her privilege and doesn't involve herself with issues that affect the people within the culture she is exploiting.

 

 

 

I just realised that it's funny how Azealia accuses Iggy of race appropriation and refusing to talk about the issues affecting blacks...when she sings in Spanish on her album, a language of which she is not a native speaker, nor does she talk about issues affecting Hispanics. So, I gather that Azealia thinks it's one rule for her, one rule for everyone else, especially non-blacks. Music is for everyone and no one should be stopped from doing a certain kind of music because it's not historically common within their race to do so. It is the mixing of races and ethnicities in music that have created so many amazing songs and collaborations. I have never seen a community that is so protective of their "heritage" music more than the black community. Everyone else just seems to live and let live, thinking that it's great when people from other races and cultures put their music on a world stage, opening up the door for their native artists to be noticed too. I don't consider whites experimenting with urban music to be "stealing" it. Music can't be stolen, it was nobody's property to begin with. "Blacks were once/still are oppressed" is irrelevant to the discussion of white people singing black music.

 

I'm sick of white people being constantly painted as ignorant in any situation where racial issues come up. Presumed that they couldn't possibly understand because they're not from a certain community. Presumed that they can't understand because they've never endured oppression. Even that we should withstand racial criticism because it's not like we've already endured years of it like blacks have. I've even seen fellow whites claiming the same thing. And black people are treated different worldwide - Americans tend to assume blacks are treated the same everywhere. And not everyone has such a stick about their a** concerning race as Americans do. I think it's going to be a long time, if ever, that Americans decide to chill on the whole race debate and just move on like the rest of the world has.

AB grew up around the Dominican community. Speaking in a little Spanish is different from her, lets say, creating a Latin American album (which actually also incorporates African influences) and claiming credit for her Hispanic influences while pushing out people from the Latin American community.

I'm sure you can understand the frustration of the black community when they have been responsible for creating Jazz, Rock and Roll and Rap music and then they are essentially pushed out from their own genres.

Let's give a grammy award to white Macklemore instead of Kendrick or Drake who have more acclaimed albums and have sold more.

Let's sign and promote a white female rapper who creates pop songs and nominate her for best rap album in a world where black female rappers are struggling to get any recognition whatsoever.

Iggy can keep doing what she is doing, no problems, it would just be nice if she recognised her privilege and actually helped to open up conversations and help people from within the culture she is exploiting.

[Stephen 30,302]

damn ive probly watched this like 5 times already and she still makes me tear up every time...

[holy scheisse 21,708]

Isnt this the station of the jockey that introduces Desperado