@IGGYAZALEA @QtipTheAbstract @Tip The problem isn't just that hip-hop's being "watered down." The problem is that it's being **gentrified**.
Yes @IGGYAZALEA @QtipTheAbstract all these facts are true. This is useful info to absorb as U find yourself in da midst of several people
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@harryallen@soniasaraiya@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract@Tip Did Eminem face the same scrutiny when he came onto the scene? -
@the_rantingpony@soniasaraiya@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract@Tip …1) whiteness and 2) expertise. -
@harryallen@soniasaraiya@QtipTheAbstract@Tip and, perhaps, his maleness? -
@the_rantingpony@soniasaraiya@QtipTheAbstract@Tip Almost certainly, I think, particularly given that the field is, traditionally, so male -
@harryallen@soniasaraiya@QtipTheAbstract@Tip v. true. thanks for the reply -
@the_rantingpony@soniasaraiya@QtipTheAbstract@Tip Thank you for your queries. -
@harryallen when@AZEALIABANKS started crying in that interview, I got it, I mean I rlly got how devastating this constant appropriation is - 4 more replies
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@IGGYAZALEA@Tip@QtipTheAbstract@AzaeliaBanks This is the actual question, not just for white rappers, but for **white anybodies**. ### -
@harryallen Man. You are spot on as usual
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@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract IGGY, IS NOT HIP HOP, SHES POP, NIGGAS AINT BUMPING HER ALBUM IN THE STREETS, At least not in LA. -
@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract It's like, we all know who's making money off of who, don't give a fuck, make yo money, it's business. -
@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract BUT, We who know the truth, know damn well, IGGY ALBUM IS POP, NOT HIP HOP, HELL T.I. Damn near Pop too. -
@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract But it's about money, I get that, But, stop co signing, and mocking our culture saying Iggy Hip Hop. -
@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract I know 87% of Digital sales are whites, SO ITS EASIER TO MARKET IGGY AND MAKE MONEY OFF OF HER. -
@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract But to call her album in front of the world hip hop, and give her album Best Rap album, THATS BULLSHIT. -
@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract Will Smith Protested the Grammies in the 80s cause of this bullshit, and, it's still going on now, WORSE. -
@Tip@IGGYAZALEA@QtipTheAbstract It's not all about race, EM, is a good rapper, it's about the product of her album, it's a POP ALBUM. - 7 more replies
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@IGGYAZALEA@Tip@QtipTheAbstract@AzaeliaBanks So, first, whatever the rapper's quality, white supremacy values white ability most highly. -
@IGGYAZALEA@Tip@QtipTheAbstract This is what@AzaeliaBanks meant when she said that "they do [this] to you just to fuck with you."
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