After Rah Digga’s initial comments about not considering Iggy Azalea a Hip Hop artist fueled a response from the Australian musician herself on Twitter, the former Flipmode Squad emcee replied in kind with a series of her own Tweets.
Responding to Azalea’s comments, Rah Digga started by qualifying her expertise, writing, “as a person that has studied Hip Hop since it’s INCEPTION I am HIGHLY qualified to speak on it.” Later, the Dirty Harriet emcee again praised another Australian rapper, Chelsea Jane, and hinted that her original comments were taken out of context. “Kinda hard to have an intellectual convo about Hip hop as a whole when the person you’re talking to makes it about 1 person,” she wrote.
I’m gonna keep this brief cuz I’m REALLY busy working with the Mayor and the city. We’ve created a hip hop school that PAYS homeless youth
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
As a person that has studied Hip Hop since it’s INCEPTION I am HIGHLY qualified to speak on it. *I DONE SEEN IT ALL*
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
Kinda hard to have an intellectual convo about Hip Hop as a whole when the person you’re talking to makes it about 1 person. Not my crusade
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
I just answer the questions I don’t press issues…the SAME questions just keep coming up tho…and I keep giving my SAME opinion *shrugs*
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
Long as the “response” isn’t an invitation to battle lmao…I can totally take it how I dish it…and keep it movin…
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
HER RIGHT HERE THO #BARZZZ —> RT @ItsChelseaJane Thanks for the props @therealrahdigga . That love and support is always appreciated.
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
Honestly, I have far worse grievances with black rappers…the whole bit bout informing/empowering youth…we couldn’t expand on that tho…
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
Next time I’ll try to be MORE clear when I’m speaking on someone specifically vs Hip Hop as a whole..tho I thought I did that several times.
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
And on that note gotta sign off. Got an early day rounding up dropouts and homeless kids and paying them to learn about Kool Herc #CULTURE
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
Shortly after, Busta Rhymes replied with support for his former Flipmode protege.
@BustaRhymes Right back at you big bro
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 25, 2014
Rah Digga also responded to the media attention and fielded questions from other Twitter users about her own current contributions within Hip Hop.
It’s crazy that my PERSONAL opinion of someone has probed this much discussion. ..I’m reading some crazy headlines today…like wow
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 26, 2014
Created a school out of it that pays city kids to use their brains. And you? RT @yellobb@therealrahdigga and wtf are you doing for it???
— Rah Digga (@therealrahdigga) September 26, 2014
Rah Digga’s original comments appeared in an interview in which she also spoke about her relationship with Busta Rhymes and advice for Remy Ma.
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