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(34 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2014, 10:39 PM Dec 2014

White hip hop artist under fire [View all]

Privileged white people should not "steal hip hop," said African American rapper Azealia Banks regarding Iggy Azalea, a white rapper.
Do you guys think it is acceptable for white people to be hip hop artists?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11308082/Azealia-Banks-Vs-Iggy-Azalea-White-people-shouldnt-steal-hip-hop.html

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White hip hop artist under fire [View all] termroffor Dec 2014 OP

It's not her being a rapper that bothers people Nevernose Dec 2014 #1

It is hard to tell what bothers "people" termroffor Dec 2014 #2

What's your take on it? arcane1 Dec 2014 #5

My take is that there is a difference between mimicry and celebration bhikkhu Dec 2014 #122

do you think it is acceptable for black people to be pop/country/classical/polka artists? msongs Dec 2014 #3

Duh termroffor Dec 2014 #4

Hierarchies of privilege are asymmetrical. Gravitycollapse Dec 2014 #18

Everytime I hear Kurska Dec 2014 #64

That some progressives are pushing segregationist ideas makes me sick. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #89

Imagine the history of popular music without "appropriation" shaayecanaan Dec 2014 #146

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No, it isn't about segregation. It's about respect. n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #173

Saying that cultures should not borrow from each other is segregationist. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #300

There's another thread about the difference between cultural appropriation gollygee Dec 2014 #304

Segregation? I do not think that word means what you think it means TampaAnimusVortex Dec 2014 #379

If you'd read any of the discussion so far gollygee Dec 2014 #381

Welcome to the Internet. TampaAnimusVortex Dec 2014 #382

Welcome to multitasking gollygee Dec 2014 #383

Nice fuzzy concepts there... TampaAnimusVortex Dec 2014 #384

Fuzzy to you gollygee Dec 2014 #388

It isn't segregation BainsBane Dec 2014 #259

One can criticize Iggy Azalea for being a tasteless jerk aping racist stereotypes... Odin2005 Dec 2014 #301

Minstrel shows. bravenak Dec 2014 #311

That I agree with. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #312

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And all art is a conversation. None of it happens in a vacuum. Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #283

+1 eom Kurska Dec 2014 #296

What about a black person singing Japanese folk music? shaayecanaan Dec 2014 #77

The Japanese don't think Westerners can write haiku Generic Other Dec 2014 #309

Meh...even IF that's true... NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #136

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sez you Shivering Jemmy Dec 2014 #285

It's a good thing I have a strong historico-theoretical basis for my opinion. Gravitycollapse Dec 2014 #286

I'm sorry but... pipi_k Dec 2014 #109

Hell yes I can! Oilwellian Dec 2014 #149

Charley Pride proves it's acceptable for black people to be country artists jmowreader Dec 2014 #121

Mexicans, on the other hand, have assimilated polka in the form of Norteño FrodosPet Dec 2014 #405

Pop and country derive from black music. So yeah, it's cool. Ken Burch Dec 2014 #152

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Country derives from Appalachian folk music. Which is European in origin. ancianita Dec 2014 #210

+1 Go Vols Dec 2014 #214

It was that music meets black blues, though. Ken Burch Dec 2014 #348

Yep. A cool thing about country is that it has evolved in its give and take with other musical forms ancianita Dec 2014 #349

Appropriation or one of the best C&R singers,ever? marble falls Dec 2014 #375

Ice, ice, Baby.. denbot Dec 2014 #6

What a racist pile of crap joeglow3 Dec 2014 #7

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Disgusting article. _Blue_ Dec 2014 #8

THANK YOU Skittles Dec 2014 #151

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She is Australian and changes her vocal style to sound like she's African American gollygee Dec 2014 #9

To be fair, the OP (unlike you) only used quotation marks when quoting someone. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #10

Again, it is about her changing her style of speech to mimic African Americans gollygee Dec 2014 #14

Kinda like Hillary with her I ain't no ways tired speech? Nt benz380 Dec 2014 #24

We one to DU! zappaman Dec 2014 #34

Since when do black women NobodyHere Dec 2014 #51

The way Charlie Pride... sendero Dec 2014 #74

Cultural appropriation is when dominant groups take over something from an oppressed group gollygee Dec 2014 #76

Cultural appropriation.... sendero Dec 2014 #80

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That isn't the same gollygee Dec 2014 #171

Beg pardon? I don't think you mean he was well spoken for a person of color. Thats the way he talked marble falls Dec 2014 #376

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #36

My parents like a country music singer from (I think) Australia who fakes his southern accent. arcane1 Dec 2014 #37

Keith Urban, perhaps? n/t. Ken Burch Dec 2014 #372

I have a white friend who talks like he's black Reter Dec 2014 #11

Did you hear hte part about her being Australian? gollygee Dec 2014 #12

There are black people in Australia . . . nt branford Dec 2014 #22

black people in australia are not african americans unless they are visiting or expats JI7 Dec 2014 #33

I.... just. Wow Number23 Dec 2014 #47

I'm stuck on JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #156

"This thread is going nowhere" Don't ALL race threads on this clueless web site go nowhere? Isn't Number23 Dec 2014 #229

I kind of think the flattery thing gollygee Dec 2014 #238

I kind of think that you are absolutely right. Number23 Dec 2014 #240

And they Talk like they're from Alabama? bravenak Dec 2014 #53

I assume you saw her photo in the post, and Aboriginal Australians don't gollygee Dec 2014 #69

An entirely different race treestar Dec 2014 #114

Might be the main at ignorant thing... a la izquierda Dec 2014 #297

People do that with reggae all the time. Marr Dec 2014 #23

They made a cartoon of it shaayecanaan Dec 2014 #79

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How do you feel about actors faking accents? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #57

She isn't an actor n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #68

No shit. How do you decide in which artistic medium it is okay? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #94

She's an entertainer. Her job is to be entertaining. XemaSab Dec 2014 #354

When someone is acting and playing a part of someone who has an accent gollygee Dec 2014 #389

Oh, does she put on blackface? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #400

She puts on a cartoonish stereotyped version of African American speech gollygee Dec 2014 #402

I think the real issue... NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #403

I'm sure you do think that. n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #404

What does she do that is cartoonish? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #408

She does not use her natural style of speech. Instead, she fakes gollygee Dec 2014 #409

That is NOT cartoonish joeglow3 Dec 2014 #412

It is a cartoonish version of that accent gollygee Dec 2014 #414

What a pile of bull shit joeglow3 Dec 2014 #415

I don't have a personal dislike for her gollygee Dec 2014 #416

Larry the Cable Guy is on a stage, just as this singer joeglow3 Dec 2014 #417

He doesn't appropriate a stereotyped version of a speaking style of a person of color gollygee Dec 2014 #418

We are going in circles joeglow3 Dec 2014 #419

It's very sound logic. gollygee Dec 2014 #420

I get lost joeglow3 Dec 2014 #421

Assimilation is a survival skill gollygee Dec 2014 #422

I think it is bad that you see barriers people shouldn't cross joeglow3 Dec 2014 #423

I understand that's what you see gollygee Dec 2014 #424

None of which have anything to do with... NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #425

Yes, they have a lot to do with it gollygee Dec 2014 #426

Apparently "poorly faking a stereotyped version of an accent"... NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #427

It's like a minstrel show gollygee Jan 2015 #434

If she has any skills, I wish she'd start using them... Violet_Crumble Jan 2015 #429

I didn't realize you were Australian. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #430

I only became of her a few weeks ago... Violet_Crumble Jan 2015 #431

Happy New Year to you too. NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #432

You mean like... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #199

Is it hard being that obtuse? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #205

Whateva dude... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #207

Do you also blast the new cast of Annie? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #218

Annie is a fictional character gollygee Dec 2014 #220

As is the fictional character this artist is playing on stage. joeglow3 Dec 2014 #231

You are intentionally ignoring the issue gollygee Dec 2014 #233

Which artist? Iggy Azalea? Everything Sucks Dec 2014 #287

You think Madonna is the person she portrays on stage . joeglow3 Dec 2014 #292

How can I blast something I have never seen ... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #290

Why not? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #293

Racism sucks... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #329

I agree. It is very racist to claim someone can't sing a certain way because they are white joeglow3 Dec 2014 #332

Someone made the important point... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #333

I agree it is about intent. joeglow3 Dec 2014 #334

Actually, she changed her vocal style to sound like a southern rapper...not AA per se. PragmaticLiberal Dec 2014 #92

So should everyone be eternally wedded to the stereotypes we hold? bhikkhu Dec 2014 #123

Cultural appropriation goes one way gollygee Dec 2014 #176

Isn't the AA culture the dominant force of hip-hop? _Blue_ Dec 2014 #239

Again, that is the whole point of how it's cultural appropriation gollygee Dec 2014 #241

I would rather look at Rihanna or Beyoncé than Iggy. Not so much with Nicki Minaj.. _Blue_ Dec 2014 #243

This is about cultural trends, not your personal tastes. n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #244

I think the cultural trend is that hip hop is AA dominated _Blue_ Dec 2014 #245

You don't hear the same stuff about Eminem gollygee Dec 2014 #246

Iggy's sound and style is popular. She shouldn't be punished for artistic success. _Blue_ Dec 2014 #247

She isn't being punished for artistic success gollygee Dec 2014 #249

There's nothing wrong with utilizing elements of the southern hip hop style. _Blue_ Dec 2014 #250

She is being scorned for mimicing someone else's sound. gollygee Dec 2014 #251

"he doesn't change his natural style of speech." EX500rider Dec 2014 #267

"only sings like that" gollygee Dec 2014 #269

You don't hear the same stuff about Eminem XemaSab Dec 2014 #355

Probably true. gollygee Dec 2014 #365

Oh, please. Everything Sucks Dec 2014 #371

"I would rather look at Rihanna or Beyoncé than Iggy." EX500rider Dec 2014 #265

More than 'pretty cute'. bravenak Dec 2014 #316

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Mick Jagger and Mick Hucknall are English, John Fogerty is American, and they do the same thing. Ken Burch Dec 2014 #350

I'm talking about the speech style when she raps gollygee Dec 2014 #351

i wouldn't call it a "speech" style. it's music. unblock Dec 2014 #353

No it isn't singing gollygee Dec 2014 #367

This is part of a deeper story for Azealia Banks. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #13

I would have told her: Welcome to the club, plus the exploitation and the people that have been.. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #35

Obviously if one cries one is always sincere and right AngryAmish Dec 2014 #65

I think you should watch the video before commenting. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #142

I agree her tears are real. aikoaiko Dec 2014 #327

she only gets emotional while talking about both her songs and slave reparations. Calista241 Dec 2014 #410

So, does she protest against Eminem? n/t bobclark86 Dec 2014 #104

Oh, does she ever. Dr. Strange Dec 2014 #150

Yep. She has. PragmaticLiberal Dec 2014 #175

Hip hop loves rapper feuds. aikoaiko Dec 2014 #15

All this has happened before and will happen again wyldwolf Dec 2014 #16

So say we all. dawg Dec 2014 #340

PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE, THIS IS NOT WHAT SHE SAID uponit7771 Dec 2014 #17

Cultural appropriation is an invalid concept LittleBlue Dec 2014 #19

yeah, here's an example - not quite the same thing... wyldwolf Dec 2014 #20

Now that I think about it, I don't see African Americans playing banjo very often either. arcane1 Dec 2014 #42

Or, The Other Way ProfessorGAC Dec 2014 #177

Ahistorical reductionism is not a valid intellectual position. Try again. Gravitycollapse Dec 2014 #21

Who exactly appointed you the judge of what is or is not a "valid intellectual position" branford Dec 2014 #25

My position is a universal in my academic concentration. Gravitycollapse Dec 2014 #44

A list of unprovable terms with no conceivable application LittleBlue Dec 2014 #191

Why do you state it can't be proven? kwassa Dec 2014 #248

Unprovable in what respect? If you want to be an absolutist, up your semantics game. Gravitycollapse Dec 2014 #279

Wow. MrScorpio Dec 2014 #61

WRONG! Native Americans certainly own the right to call their artwork "Native American". KittyWampus Dec 2014 #90

Nope. You're talking about trademarks LittleBlue Dec 2014 #185

Yes, Ayn Rand, you have the legal right to do a number of irresponsible things. n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #242

That is a matter of debate LittleBlue Dec 2014 #255

No, it's about irresponsibility and disrespect. gollygee Dec 2014 #271

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Don't... pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #26

traffic traffic, lookin for my chapstick. DawgHouse Dec 2014 #32

Ha! Desert805 Dec 2014 #62

It is acceptable if she continues to be successful. Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #27

What's that they say about "flattery?" nt kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #28

+1 Go Vols Dec 2014 #215

Ask Eminem. PeteSelman Dec 2014 #29

I don't know about racist backwoodsbob Dec 2014 #67

So, I just watched an Iggy Azalea video so I would know what the brouhaha is over TransitJohn Dec 2014 #82

Thank you for having an open mind gollygee Dec 2014 #96

Thank you, beat me to the punch. I don't care about Iggy personally but she stinks. sir pball Dec 2014 #216

It would be like saying Azealia Banks wears a straight wig to give herself a more anglo look... 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #30

If you think that hair is "anglo", you are ignorant of African-American style. morningfog Dec 2014 #38

I'm only pointing out how absurd and idiotic her attack on Icky Australian is 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #39

Faking a black accent is insulting as hell. bravenak Dec 2014 #103

You're first sentence treestar Dec 2014 #111

Immitation is not always flattery. bravenak Dec 2014 #116

I agree it is possible they are doing it to make fun of people treestar Dec 2014 #117

There is no reason for her to do it. bravenak Dec 2014 #120

"I think that may be why it irritates. She's pretty, rich, blond, famous." EX500rider Dec 2014 #305

Naw, playa, it was right the first time. bravenak Dec 2014 #310

American teens Everything Sucks Dec 2014 #335

They buy anything. Anything at all. bravenak Dec 2014 #336

Isn't most weave hair from India? XemaSab Dec 2014 #356

cultural appropriation is when a dominate group takes on, or takes over, gollygee Dec 2014 #72

Are there any other examples? treestar Dec 2014 #112

If you read about Native American spirituality and cultural appropriation gollygee Dec 2014 #131

I thought imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #31

Not always. gollygee Dec 2014 #78

Oh..I understand the topic and the issue. I say this with all kindness> BlueJazz Dec 2014 #88

Of course it is acceptable. You can't control music and art like something you own. Vattel Dec 2014 #40

Mick Jagger. Iggo Dec 2014 #41

Who stole from Muddy Waters JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #157

That's the point. Iggo Dec 2014 #180

Well - I think if she wants to be one of us JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #181

Can she take it? Here is her twitter log regarding the latest Banks poutrage... MelungeonWoman Dec 2014 #192

She comes across as very angry JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #202

As I said before, I thought parts were quite uplifting. MelungeonWoman Dec 2014 #219

To each their own. She's angry to me. - have an eta book rec JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #221

Fate? LOL gollygee Dec 2014 #222

My brother's best friend from high school - my friend JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #230

Whatever. MelungeonWoman Dec 2014 #235

I don't know either! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #236

And yet, like most popular male rappers, they're nowhere near exceptional in their rapping skills. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #253

you kids with your tight pants and the long hair olddots Dec 2014 #43

White appropriation of black culture is nothing new but Iggy takes it to another level Number23 Dec 2014 #45

I think you hit the nail on the head with yr post... Violet_Crumble Dec 2014 #66

Ugh. So she's clueless about black Americans AND black Australians?? Number23 Dec 2014 #124

She's also clueless about Australian hip hop... Violet_Crumble Dec 2014 #299

What a great post, Violet. And I agree with you Number23 Dec 2014 #361

His name's Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, and unlike Iggy he's amazingly talented... Violet_Crumble Dec 2014 #399

"difference between Iggy and Eminem and the Beastie Boys is that they've got talent and she doesn't" EX500rider Dec 2014 #306

No. bravenak Dec 2014 #314

Actually yes.....and if Eminem's talent is singing about raping Iggy I can do without, thanks.. EX500rider Dec 2014 #318

Did he really do that? bravenak Dec 2014 #322

Actually i agree, I think the Aussie accent would be cool in a rap also. EX500rider Dec 2014 #326

Good post. eom TransitJohn Dec 2014 #101

So it's about the money. It's really only offensive because she's successful. n/t hughee99 Dec 2014 #107

If you got that out of my post, out of the article in the OP and out of the comments in this thread Number23 Dec 2014 #125

When people become concerned about cultural hughee99 Dec 2014 #128

Black people have railed against cultural appropriation forever. To NO avail Number23 Dec 2014 #135

Ah, I see what you did there... hughee99 Dec 2014 #137

Yes, because no one ever railed before the Internet was created. Number23 Dec 2014 #139

So I should do a bit of research into the number of black people that railed about hughee99 Dec 2014 #140

As I said in my first post to you, your inability to read and process the lines of this conversation Number23 Dec 2014 #141

Nice. Almost an entire post where you talk about me, hughee99 Dec 2014 #143

The profit is the result of cultural appropriation kwassa Dec 2014 #252

This is a specific case of a specific work that you are citing. hughee99 Dec 2014 #257

The style is part of the artistic work, and the style is what is being appropriated. kwassa Dec 2014 #263

So style is part of one's artistic work and is "intellectual property", hughee99 Dec 2014 #266

Cultural appreciation vs. cultural appropriation kwassa Dec 2014 #268

Okay, so this is not really what we were discussing before, where style is part of an artist's hughee99 Dec 2014 #274

It is sometimes hard to determine that line between the two. kwassa Dec 2014 #275

I don't disagree with anything you just said, but that brings me back hughee99 Dec 2014 #276

In as sense that is true, but in general ... kwassa Dec 2014 #277

Happens all the time in music. Look at what Geto Boys did with Scarface. joeglow3 Dec 2014 #261

I have no idea what you are referring to. "Scarface" the movie? kwassa Dec 2014 #264

They are a rap group with a member named scarface. joeglow3 Dec 2014 #294

Ghetto boys!!!! bravenak Dec 2014 #315

I still pop Uncut Dope into the CD player occasionally. joeglow3 Dec 2014 #319

LOL! I was listening to the Ten Crack Commandments earlier. On a CD. bravenak Dec 2014 #324

Did Michael Jackson appropriate White culture upaloopa Dec 2014 #378

Cultural appropriation has a definition. It has been posted repeatedly. Read it and understand. kwassa Dec 2014 #387

Sorry I am not buying it. I don't care what your upaloopa Dec 2014 #390

It isn't up to you whether it exists or not. Me, either. kwassa Dec 2014 #391

You can find a million words on line to support anything upaloopa Dec 2014 #392

No. You can't. kwassa Dec 2014 #393

Bull shit argument. upaloopa Dec 2014 #394

Alright. Let us see if you can actually construct an argument. kwassa Dec 2014 #396

I don't have to prove anything. upaloopa Dec 2014 #397

I win. You don't have anything. I knew it. kwassa Dec 2014 #398

No Michael Jackson did not. randys1 Dec 2014 #401

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #188

Nails it JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #159

"The modeling contract makes no sense - and shes not that thin." EX500rider Dec 2014 #331

! fishwax Dec 2014 #289

Nice to see you, fishwax. You're one of a handful DUers that has really tried to not make this place Number23 Dec 2014 #291

Most white people suffer from this shit, too XemaSab Dec 2014 #357

What do you think? Stellar Dec 2014 #46

No... Micheal Jacksons publicists/handlers (if not MJ himself) VScott Dec 2014 #54

That's still being questioned as far as I know. Stellar Dec 2014 #71

I wouldn't mind Iggy A. if she were a better rapper. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #48

I don't know the backstory to this JonLP24 Dec 2014 #49

Will post later. 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #50

looking forward to your input wyldwolf Dec 2014 #93

I am loathe to comment in these kind of threads ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #338

That one post was all that was needed on this OP. Thanks for saying it: she uses it to.... marble falls Dec 2014 #380

Meh. Disco sucked... rap blows... hip-hop is the bottom of the barrel . VScott Dec 2014 #52

Don't like him. bravenak Dec 2014 #55

Was there ever time when he didn't look ill? VScott Dec 2014 #56

I'm not quite sure if he once looked healthy... bravenak Dec 2014 #58

IGGY! NBachers Dec 2014 #60

I love Disco.... Stellar Dec 2014 #73

You've never heard "Lust for Life" or "Candy"? WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #386

Sorry... Stellar Dec 2014 #406

This right here. +1 nt Tree-Hugger Dec 2014 #108

I. Feel. It. WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #385

I don't have a problem with white people doing hip hop Kalidurga Dec 2014 #59

Little Richard and Pat Boone Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #63

As long as you have flow, who cares? nt Codeine Dec 2014 #70

It's a genre of music... Earth_First Dec 2014 #75

couple of cans d_b Dec 2014 #81

Just a few observations. wyldwolf Dec 2014 #83

there is sort of an implicit racism in implying southern black women sound a particular way. KittyWampus Dec 2014 #91

I agree it is very interesting treestar Dec 2014 #119

They call Aerosmith "the grandfathers of rap" because of "Walk This Way".. Ghost in the Machine Dec 2014 #144

Wah Wah Wah, Someone else wants to express themselves in the same medium as me. Taitertots Dec 2014 #84

Yes. mmonk Dec 2014 #85

Ridiculous. 99Forever Dec 2014 #86

I guess Macklemore is an evil monster, too? Odin2005 Dec 2014 #87

Iggy pisses me off a little, and *I'm* white myself. dawg Dec 2014 #95

Elvis Presley. Iggo Dec 2014 #97

I'm guessing you haven't heard Iggy Azalea. dawg Dec 2014 #98

Oops. That was meant as a reply to the OP. Iggo Dec 2014 #99

Elvis Presley. Iggo Dec 2014 #100

Led Zeppelin... bobclark86 Dec 2014 #105

Here's a 12 second clip ... dawg Dec 2014 #102

it certainly acceptable for them to spend lots of money on it lame54 Dec 2014 #106

1st this thread is useless without a Iggy vid... EX500rider Dec 2014 #110

Wonder why she doesn't just do that in her own accent. treestar Dec 2014 #113

My guess is.. EX500rider Dec 2014 #115

Yeah, I wonder how they would feel about that if it's so treestar Dec 2014 #118

If she were to hang out with me JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #160

However you and your sister might not have fit in with some black strippers in Miami either. EX500rider Dec 2014 #308

Definitely not JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #320

That's could also be considered a Southern accent ErikJ Dec 2014 #132

She isn't southern. gollygee Dec 2014 #174

"She's putting on a style of speech that is not authentic to her" EX500rider Dec 2014 #223

Yes, of course she thought it would make her more popular gollygee Dec 2014 #226

So if that's the look or accent she like to use, she can't? EX500rider Dec 2014 #228

She obviousy is capable of it gollygee Dec 2014 #234

So what's your point? LincolnsLeftHand Dec 2014 #258

It is irresponsible and disrespectful. gollygee Dec 2014 #270

"Wonder why she doesn't just do that in her own accent." EX500rider Dec 2014 #307

She's wrong. bravenak Dec 2014 #317

Actually her current popularity proves her right. EX500rider Dec 2014 #321

I still think she would do even better acting real. bravenak Dec 2014 #323

I'd think it would get her attention treestar Dec 2014 #328

Another video Everything Sucks Dec 2014 #288

Other than the fact that I hate rap... NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #126

+1 It's just repackaged Disco. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #190

Anyone who believes in racial appropriation is a segregationist and instant racist. chrisa Dec 2014 #127

Why would anyone want to "steal" it? VScott Dec 2014 #154

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #189

Oh...you're back. cyberswede Dec 2014 #197

did you check out the edit? uppityperson Dec 2014 #198

I missed the edit. *grump* cyberswede Dec 2014 #203

he edited to add the message body vs just title, to make sure it was hideable uppityperson Dec 2014 #204

Oh...then I did see the edit... cyberswede Dec 2014 #208

how do you make it? as kids we liked cold rice with milk, sugar, cinnamon for breakfast, it got uppityperson Dec 2014 #209

We ate that for breakfast! My mom added raisins & served it hot. cyberswede Dec 2014 #212

So you're a Dan Snyder fan, who thinks redface on football fans is just 'honoring' Native Americans? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #254

You shouldn't use words you cannot define. Gravitycollapse Dec 2014 #280

lol chrisa Dec 2014 #281

If you don't know what it means to be a segregationist or racist... Gravitycollapse Dec 2014 #282

I like Iggy POP ErikJ Dec 2014 #129

Heard this song in the car a while back. johnp3907 Dec 2014 #346

the Beastie Boys 'Paul's Boutique' is widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop albums.. frylock Dec 2014 #130

I kind of like Iggy Azalea's response in the article. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #133

Because of course hip-hop has never, ever had anything at all to do with race or politics. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #138

Was a pretty good slap down i thought also... EX500rider Dec 2014 #224

I wish somebody would steal hip hop and hide it away forever workinclasszero Dec 2014 #134

Then do it better than her madville Dec 2014 #145

I don't see Banks or anyone else saying white ppl shouldn't be hip hop artists fishwax Dec 2014 #147

Acceptable? You mean like the Beastie Boys? flvegan Dec 2014 #148

Iggy's music Jamaal510 Dec 2014 #153

"I also think it's strange how similar her name and Azealia Banks' name are." EX500rider Dec 2014 #225

Personally I think they both sound like crap. dilby Dec 2014 #155

It's acceptable if they're talented Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #158

Who determines talent? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #193

Yes, I'm outnumbered by preteens Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #194

I am right there with you joeglow3 Dec 2014 #195

If you have this playing every day in the car Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #201

And my parents said that about Pearl jam, Nirvana, sound garden and Alice in chains joeglow3 Dec 2014 #206

I am old Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #211

I must be older joeglow3 Dec 2014 #217

This 'old' parent was saying that about Hanson, S club 7 and the Spice Girls... Violet_Crumble Dec 2014 #298

I had it playing everyday in the car BumRushDaShow Dec 2014 #213

Actually tying a record set by the Beatles is pretty impressive.. EX500rider Dec 2014 #227

That's a good question. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #256

Those programs u list are small niche programs joeglow3 Dec 2014 #260

That works too. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #262

There have also always been distinctions between young and "old" parents. joeglow3 Dec 2014 #295

OP - see this post re lies America tells itself about black women JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #161

Haters gonna hate. _Blue_ Dec 2014 #169

White people? yes. Bradical79 Dec 2014 #172

Why not? CrispyQ Dec 2014 #178

Wow! A person who has spent MelungeonWoman Dec 2014 #179

I have spent *all* of my life in the deep south. dawg Dec 2014 #339

This is how she sounds when she speaks gollygee Dec 2014 #342

Right?!?nt bravenak Dec 2014 #352

Yes bigwillq Dec 2014 #183

"Artist" lol phil89 Dec 2014 #196

If the quote is accurate (never a given), then Banks does not understand music. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #200

There is only one question that has to be asked: "Is s/he any good?" Warpy Dec 2014 #232

Eric Clapton. Iggo Dec 2014 #237

Clapton's got bigger problems... sweetloukillbot Dec 2014 #273

Source? truebrit71 Dec 2014 #344

Here he is complaining about loss of English identity.... sweetloukillbot Dec 2014 #345

And here's a story with the quote and citations sweetloukillbot Dec 2014 #347

"I was too drunk to censor myself" XemaSab Dec 2014 #358

What about this? U4ikLefty Dec 2014 #272

Iggy's been quite gross, but rap/hip-hop aren't giving their beats back to the Art of Noise anytime MisterP Dec 2014 #278

Racists just can't help themselves AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #284

Chris Lilley explains the problem fully in ' Angry Boy's ' orpupilofnature57 Dec 2014 #302

"White hip hop artist under fire" NCTraveler Dec 2014 #303

Iggy has been getting flack for a while. bravenak Dec 2014 #313

Is it acceptable for white people to play jazz? Or for black people to play classical? hatrack Dec 2014 #325

That's not really the issue. Everything Sucks Dec 2014 #337

anyones free to 'make music & try to sell it' Iggy is not a decent musician anyway. Sunlei Dec 2014 #330

While I normally wouldn't wade into this mess Veruca Salt Dec 2014 #341

The world doesn't revolve around America.nt redgreenandblue Dec 2014 #377

Yup, exactly. Veruca Salt Dec 2014 #411

First time I heard her i thought she was taking the piss.. truebrit71 Dec 2014 #343

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Tick tock... nt cyberswede Dec 2014 #362

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Hee! Dazzling repartee! cyberswede Dec 2014 #364

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...yet cravenly self-delete. cyberswede Dec 2014 #368

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Why on earth would I do that? cyberswede Dec 2014 #374

This article was correct in comparing Iggy Azalea to a minstrel show. octoberlib Dec 2014 #360

Talent? VScott Dec 2014 #407

Is this like mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2014 #395

AB looks to be one fucked up person joeglow3 Dec 2014 #413

People will vote with their dollars. JEFF9K Jan 2015 #428

I dont think her success has anything to do with racism or mimicry. DCBob Jan 2015 #433

People had a lot of fun going to minstrel shows too. n/t gollygee Jan 2015 #435

For clearly different reasons.. DCBob Jan 2015 #436

I don't know gollygee Jan 2015 #437

I suspect very few fans of Iggy ever think of the racial aspect you are claiming here. DCBob Jan 2015 #438

She gets more attention because she's white gollygee Jan 2015 #439

Racial not racist. DCBob Jan 2015 #440

Maybe but not in this case. gollygee Jan 2015 #441

I think she is simply copying a music style that is very popular and profitable. DCBob Jan 2015 #442

A complaint by ONE performer constitutes "under fire"? brooklynite Jan 2015 #443