*Iggy Azalea fired off a series of tweets responding to comments about her “blaccent” made by Eve and Jill Scott.
The latter two were discussing Iggy and cultural appropriation during a radio show last week and targeted the Australian rapper’s “blaccent” as an example of her lacking originality.
Posting to Twitter on Wednesday (Jan. 28), Azalea suggested unnamed people — presumably Scott and Eve — just feel uncomfortable with who she is and would rather try to pin her to Australian stereotypes than accept this as real. She also offered advice to her young fans: “Be as complex and multidimensional and interesting as you possibly can.”
Read her full comments below:
There’s a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype. When people I’ve never met say I should act more like “myself”
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) January 28, 2015
I feel like they’re really saying “act more like how I sterotype you to be, so I can feel comfortable”
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) January 28, 2015
I’m myself as strange as I may be, daily. I think it’s really important we all feel free to explore or feel passionate about whatever u wish
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) January 28, 2015
And I hope all my young fans take what I’m saying and remember it if you ever find yourself in similar shoes.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) January 28, 2015
Be as complex and multidimensional and interesting as you possibly can.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) January 28, 2015
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