Iggy Azalea Rant

I've had it. I'm so over it. Someone has to say it. I feel like we have a huge race issue in this country as it is, and now it's spilling over into the entertainment industry in a monumental way. Today I'm talking about Iggy Azalea and all the shit that's thrown at her from "professionals" who end up looking like little two year old babies who don't want to share their toys! 

It pisses me off that Azalea is criticized so much for being a white-female rapper. It's kinda the same way Macklemore are criticized, but this time it seems to be a lot more nasty. It seems like black Hip-Hop artists have a problem with white people being successful in this genre of music. Granted, it is a genre black people created, but does that mean white people like Macklemore and Iggy Azalea can't be inspired by it and make a career path of their own? 

In many ways, I feel like this is a race argument. White people are not trying to steal your shit from you. Iggy Azalea is simply carving out a place for herself in this world, and because of some mis-guided sense of entitlement, black Rap and Hip-Hop artists have taken great offense to it. "HOW DARE SHE MAKE MONEY OFF A GENRE OUR PEOPLE CREATED!" Who the fuck are you to say who can and can't make money off of anything? 

The amount of racism spewing from some of these well-known Rap and Hip-Hop artist mouths about white rappers just astounds me! What they don't realize is they're just widening an already HUGE gap here in America. Why can't people of any color just do their own shit without you getting butt-hurt about it? 

Yes, I did research, and I understand the history of Rap music. So don't be trying to lecture me about it. I understand the history, the origin and the reasoning behind it, yet I still don't understand why white artists are being persecuted for simply being inspired by Rap and Hip-Hop culture and carving out a career for themselves. The only explanation I can even fathom is because of racism. 

Whether all these black Rap and Hip-Hop artists criticizing Iggy want to admit it or not, they're racist. They don't mind if white people buy their albums or go to their concerts, but don't you dare try to become a white rapper. What they're saying is white people don't have the right to be in the Hip-Hop music industry because of our skin color. Because if we become successful artists like them, we will somehow be taking something away from them instead of adding to it. 

I mean, that's what I'm getting form all this. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not wrong, that was a rhetorical question. That's what some higher-ups in the Rap community are indeed saying to artists like Macklemore and Azalea. It's a bunch of bullshit and it needs to stop.

It's like telling a black person they can't be a Country Music star because they're black! It's absolutely absurd. I'm not saying black people haven't been through a lot. GOD ABOVE knows they have. Slavery, prejudices, segregation, etc. It's been a rough fucking ride for black people in America. I'm ashamed of that history, everyone is... well, maybe not super racist motherfuckers, but those guys can all just die in a fiery car crash. 

The problem I'm having is, if Iggy Azalea were a black rapper, there wouldn't be a problem. If she were a black male rapper, she'd be even more successful (But that's the sexism train, and we really don't want me to hop aboard that!). She's not trying to take anything away from anyone. She's just trying to live out her dreams. She idolizes the same musicians and Rap artists that most of the people who are criticizing her idolized. Downing her because she couldn't possibly begin to understand a culture that's not her own is just cruel. 

There's no way Iggy Azalea could possibly understand the hate and prejudice that comes along with her skin color, like black people can. But isn't that what black Hip-Hop artists are doing? Aren't they judging her based on her skin color? Aren't they letting their prejudices taint her talent? They're pretty much saying "Oh you're white, you can't sit with us." It's wrong in anyway you look at it. Iggy Azalea doesn't fit this "perfect" mold of a Rap artist, because of that, she's being chastised for it. It's wrong. 

The point of this rant is, should we really be making the crevices between our races bigger? Shouldn't we be trying to build bridges instead of burning them? With all the hate and craziness in the world right now, shouldn't music be a place for people to escape and not judge someone on their skin color? I know artists are always going to have beef with one another. They're always going to be arguing about something, but should these arguments really be about skin color? Can't we all just do our own thing without getting on each other's dicks about it? 

Sorry if this offends anyone. Someone finally had to say it. This is my opinion. Either way, Iggy Azalea is taking it all in stride. The more haters she racks up the bigger her check is going to be. That Heavy Crown, BITCH SHE GOT IT NOW! 

A salute to the haters.