Among the numerous protests to take place over the past week in the wake of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the cop who fatally choked Eric Garner, was one at Bovard Auditorium at the University of Southern California last week.
According to MadameNoire.com, a die-in protest was scheduled at Bovard Auditorium on Thursday (December 4) during an Iggy Azalea concert.
In a Facebook invitation created by those who organized the die-in, Iggy Azalea was called out “for appropriating Black culture.”
“Are you angry that police are constantly getting away with murder and profiting off the loss of black lives? There may be cameras on them but that has not stopped them from innocently walking away from their crimes,” the Facebook invitation read, according to MadameNoire.com. “The cameras should be on US so WE can have our voices heard. Iggy Azalea will performing in Bovard at 8pm. Like her or not, she has garnered attention and fame for appropriating Black culture. This is our opportunity to take her platform and help bring attention to much more important issues.”
The Aussie rapper, who was recently nominated for four Grammy Awards, addressed the die-in on Twitter when one of her followers pointed out that an alleged die-in participant was there “to shut sh*t down.” Iggy then referred to the protestor’s actions as “trolling in a real life.”
Just recently, Iggy Azalea was criticized by fellow artist Azealia Banks for remaining “silent” on black issues.
Video from the die-in protest at Bovard Auditorium can be found below.
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Iggy Azalea killed Hip Hop. Where’s Nas at?
Shit’s been dead for a minute, this moron is just pissing on its corpse.
And we’re gonna act like Nicki kept it breathing? Macklemore? 2 Chains? Bobby Shmurda? Trinidad James? Drake, a.k.a. Degrassi boy? This jealous Azealia Banks bitch?
Iggy’s by far not the first person to fuck up the genre. Nicki hasn’t written one impressive bar in her deluded-ass life. They both make the same shit music, but ironically the one who’s a self-centered bitch you people WORSHIP and the one who’s pretty laid-back and genuine you shit on relentlessly.
Iggy will make rap more popular, she’s providing the missing link to Country&Western-Pop-Rap for Suburbia America, so it will open the door for many black Rappers to new white fans = more money.
what a joke. lol. butthurt niggas get over yourselves.
Is Iggy a dirty undercover cop or something? How does this protest outside a foreign pop singers concert bring positive attention to these issues? Why aren’t they protesting outside Jay-Z’s house since he hasn’t said anything.
because Jay is black
So they dont expect a black american to speak on real american issues affecting african americans but the white bitch from australia needs to be an ambassador for African American rights because she raps words together over a beat with a funny accent?
They want Iggy to comment because she’s the leader of the black race.
There could be no other reason to be fighting for a foreigner to talk about the black American struggle, to be doing idiotic things like demonstrating at her concert, unless you think she’s your ruler.
all protesters are trolling. ask yourself when has protesting ever made a difference? the rich white illuminati billionaires just laugh at you all.
Boston Tea Party, Arab Spring, Ghandi, MLK….
@all seeing eyes. Be careful what you post kiddo. You sound like a propaganda agent. Get a real job. In-person protests are a form of TROLLING??? Trolling is what you are doing. Keep repping the keyboard gang. You my friend just made the most uneducated, bottom dwelling sucker comment I have ever read in my life.
This has to stop. The elite are pushing these artists to create discontent among their fans and in turn starting a race war. It is not working though apparently and they will need to resort to martial law if it gets out of hand . They have underestimated the intelligence of the public and are now using celebrities (black,white, Asian,etc) to shift the power balance through media. You don’t seriously think they pay the celebs millions of dollars to just put out the rubbish they are…right? It is an agenda. They get f** in the A(literally) and it is well documented. They worship money and the Baphomet,Moloch,Orisis, etc. The key players involved don’t care if we all burn in hell for eternity nor the pawns sent to create the destruction you are seeing through social media. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These entities behind this will suffer a fate at the hands of God worse than anything that has been recorded in history. God’s people are under his protection and this is a promise. This is not from my mouth or a threat….. This is in the Bible in the book of Revelations. They attest to believe in the Bible (was not written by Freemasons or “Illuminati”) yet they use it as toilet paper. We (the awake) see you….All of you. This is the reason why we are seeing the levels of discontent rise up. Even children are onto what the New World Order seeks to accomplish. Remember….they are not smarter than you….they just have a financed military and Trillions of more money than you.
“Remember….they are not smarter than you….they just have a financed military and Trillions of more money than you.”…. you fucking moron, thats because they are smarter than you!
@ Facts…Aka (F Ass Coon Talking S***). Either you are a dimwitted self hating coon or a racist white boy acting like a coon trying to troll on a hip hop site because it makes you giggle inside. Just because the wealthy have a lot of money is NO INDICATION of their intelligence or intent. George Bush Jr. is a genius right? Oprah must have a high IQ to pull of her piece of s network too. Lol you imbecile. These people were given a platform by the elite. They paid a price and are paying for that “success”. Most of that large money is passed down through generations from old money generated from ill gotten gains. The tech billionaires (Zuckerberg,Gates,Jobs etc),aren’t the saint’s they try to portray in the media through philanthropy. All of it is blood money from oil,war profits, genocidal medicine, weapons manufacturing,big tobacco, pornography, social entertainment networks, drug trafficking, so on an on and on and on. KEEP PLAYING WITH me you little bird brain. See where it gets you you bum. You probably work at burger king and type insults on your moms 2001 Dell inspirion. FOH.
Man, you know what I’m sayin’ man. This stuff is messed up man. I don’t even know man. I don’t care man. I’m still fly and cool.
why are broke negros so mad at this cave bitch? she dont even sell albums like Nicki and she will be unheard of in 1-2 years…
I like you guy. I like words like negros and cave bitch. I also love how Nicki Minaj makes fun of white girls.
You know what’s hilarious? If Iggy had said anything about the “black issues,” Azealia’s jealous ass would be like, “Oh, so now you know what it’s like to be black? Don’t comment on what you don’t experience” and shit. I don’t like Iggy’s music either, but apparently she can’t fucking win. Especially not with that angry jealous bitch.
PREACH!!!!! theyre never happy, they also bitched when Macklemore was seen doing something, so the same would apply if Iggy dared to say something too
Yeah I said that on the last article, but yeah Preach!
YOu closet homos get way too sensitive when it comes to Iggy.
they can’t use your show as a platform for attention but you can use an American music genre for your platform towards attention, lol. you knuckleheads too stupid to see what’s going on with this chick.
thats real shit this bitch needs to go back to australia w her music n stay there we dont want her around
Best Comment of the year!
I can’t stand undercover racists and Iggy is one of them.
You are saying Iggy is racist? Prove it. I’ll do the opposite with comments from Banks to see who is the racist.
Az. Banks need to shut up
co-sign. that bitch always hating on iggy. like damn Az banks Shut your ugly ass up. your raps are garbage too. both azaleas arent good lyricist but at least iggy dont be hating on every bitch in the game
The fact that they actually protested makes me so happy 🙂
So true, Iggy better just shut up and accept that she’s the leader of the black race and we can’t do anything until she says something, forget about MLK it’s now Iggy.
This is a new low protesting at an iggy concert lmao. Y’all allready look like a complete joke looting stores and ruining your own communities in Ferguson but keep doing what you folks do. We the white man will continue to pay your pay checks while you continue to provide us entertainment and labour.
You are a troll or you are delusional.
the biggest L around here is a whitebread who follows an american black music genre but is a prejudiced foreigner. all types of failure in your words loser.
The first and third post here just sums up you people. Elevate your minds and go out into the big bad world and fucking interact with people you repressed fucks. Music was once a great form of communication for all sorts of political reasons, now that is all lost. Music doesn’t belong to anyone either, you either like the lyrics, the message, the melody or you don’t. If you look at someone and judge them on their skin colour instead of their words and actions you are the biggest stain on the civilised world. Don’t spread hatred through your inept minds. Freedom is very important but the sooner people a law passes for hatred the better, let’s just hope it doesn’t mean the internet becomes entirely policed.
yes Devil
Ok… I’m just going to go ahead and apologize on behalf of white men for this brainless dipshit’s comment. Not that I need to, cuz I certainly don’t identify with anything the dubfuck says, just the same… it’ll probably annoy a lot privileged racist a-holes, so why not?
I’m better than 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G combined because I fuck her right in the pussy and I swallowed their loads of rhymes! Therefore, I have both of their abilities combined!
iggy z so 2014..in africa we dont give a shit about cops kiling black citizens we care abt your charity money not your rights and shiiit
racist shit heads like you that speak hatred under the cloak of internet anonymity are cowardly pussies
She is irrelevant. Iggy didn’t even go gold after all this hoopla. Now that her career has faded, people will now start to dissect how ignorant her lyrics are. She only used the words that she could sound “normal” with her fake dialect, so it was all basic and simple. LMAO The jokes on you Azaleans. Use her CD as a coaster when drinking your truth serum.