After legendary Tribe Called Quest rapper and producer Q-Tip took to Twitter yesterday to write an extended Hip Hop history lesson aimed at Iggy Azalea via Tweets, the Australian rapper’s mentor and unofficial steward T.I. responded with his own Tweets last night (December 21).
“You have to take into account the HISTORY as you move underneath the banner of hiphop,” Q-Tip wrote yesterday in a barrage of Tweets all with Iggy Azalea’s name attached.
T.I. granted authority to Q-Tip’s position but also came to the defense of some white rappers and Iggy Azalea in particular, writing, “not all white people out to steal our culture..”
Azealia Banks quickly responded to T.I.’s Tweets and wrote, “I’m REALLY starting to realize how indoctrinated and conditioned T.I. is. And I don’t think I should tease him about it anymore.”
Read all of T.I.’s response below and Banks’ rebuttal directly after.
Harlem rapper Azealia Banks, who has consistently made headlines in recent weeks for her take on both Iggy Azalea and T.I., responded in kind to T.I.’s Tweets, writing, “This rant reeks of thesaurus and bamboozlement.”
For additional Iggy Azalea coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
All these fools are big ass retards who cares about the color of mans or womens skin! Shut the f*&k up already!
Banks….just let it go, u lost, accept that L and keep it movin.
ASS is ASS, and IGGY got ASS. BANKS don’t so she can STFU, SMFH….
Banks straight up doesn’t like white people. Every time someone shuts her down she stands her ground as an insecure, racist piece of shit. That’s it. Fucking idiot puts a ballerina on her album cover and wants to bawl her eyes about about whitey in the same genre she is in, but selling more records.
she actually said she only dates white man, she hates white but cant get enough of their dick! she even said as a teen she let dozens of middle aged white guys fuck her.
Surprise, surprise after some insightful words from T.I that says everyone should respect everyone the racist fucker that is Banks pipes up. Crawl back in your fucking rat hole Azealia Banks!
Someone (preferably female) needs to beat @AZEALIABANKS over the head with a brick. Sincerely. I hate that hoe so much right now. I see red. She is evil. Her hatred is outta this world.
Azealia Banks is just a Twitter troll and her inability to put it on wax makes her look pathetic. Iggy aside, everyone she has dissed lately are mountains above her in talent. TI, Eminem and Action Bronson are all infinitely better MCs. Even Macklemore has more personality. It’s funny that she is still chasing after Eminem like a groupie, probably because he is the only one that won’t even so much as acknowledge her existence. Q-Tip at least tries to educate rather than act like a snot nosed little child.
Evan Jim Jones is better than Banks. (yes she dissed him to) I think she also went at Pharrell for putting white girls in a music video instead of black.
tell this bitch to stfu and go make an actual hip-hop record if she cares so much. stop spending so much time sucking white dick and tweeting at people who dont care about you and get some money like the white girl.
She remember when TIP threatened to push her down some stairs and kill her and she started crying about how he threatened her life and she had been disrespecting him and his wife for weeks if not months.
this nigga azalea banks just ethered her career. she mad ti didn’t pay her no mind.
When will Banks make headlines with her music instead of her talk?
I seriously hope someone smack this bitch. Preferably a black woman just so she can’t cry racism.
Black folk mad a white girl making money off black people. Because she’s the first person in the history of the world to do so, so she gotta take the heat. Because she’s the reason for the decline in hip-hop sales. Because a middle class white person not originally from America is trying to sound like a southern rapper……because Drake doesn’t exist. Because when she’s finally gone and not giving hip-hop a bad name, more acts like Chief Keef, Migos, Young Thug, and Gucci Mane can show the world that hip-hop culture isn’t a stereotype and can further the plight of what Q-Tip set out to achieve.
Azealia Banks has no fuckin fan base what so ever and it has nothing to do with black or white, the bitch is plain wack. She doesn’t make good music so she is trying to take the Benzino route by making it a race issue. Nobody cares for Azealia banks and the only thing she will ever be known for is being a racist.. Put the pen down, save that studio time money and get a fuckin job
TI is a SUCKAAAAA!!!!!!! official
Nah! T.I. Knows which one is blowing up and which one isn’t going anywhere, one is about to be dropped by her Label and the other is making money for her Label…Simple as that, when you’re too busy succeeding you have no time to go after other people, you stay in your lane and bask in the sunshine, buy when things are raw for you, you get all mad at people passing you while you’re a wreck on the side of the career road.
@ krono….my fault….TI is a snitch and a sucka
Stop with all the race bullsh*t. I get just as mad when Rich Homie Quan gets more airplay than my favorite talented hip hop artists. It is what it is. Most people just like dumbed down radio friendly music. This chick is white. Her music sucks. It’s radio friendly. I could argue that Nikki’s music is just the same. I could also argue that back in the day, Kim and Foxy’s music was the same thing and they weren’t even writing there rhymes! And for crying out loud black people: stop with all this Twitter nonsense. When you gotta send 9 tweets because you keep running out of room, it’s time to STFU. I swear to god Twitter is making a lot of artists and athletes look ridiculous and borderline killing careers. Rant over. Happy Monday.
Females be on some garbage these days.
I am so disappointed in Iggy, she should be in some basement or locked safe room crying her eyes out and shivering in fear at all the has-beens and never-was coming after her, instead she’s like some Ninja warrior taking them all on without fear, they are just making her look some comic book hero.
T.I. speakin dat truth!
No disrespect to qtip, but his rant was extremely excessive and unwarranted. I get what he was saying, trust me I do. It belongs in a book… not directed at Iggy. Glad tip said what he said.
Q-Tip made you uncomfortable huh? You pink skinned moron.
what the fucks the pink skinned comment for?> where the fucks the love, fuck racism. Dont like whites? Do somthing? besides sitting behind some comments on a computer? fuck a color,, its about who you are where you come from, and what knowledge your blessed to have, i fuckin love life not cause im white? Just cause im content with myself. Know what else i love, My money, your girl, A nice ass ride, Some white ass food like corn beef and cabbage. Fuckit my white ass even loves some soul food, while listening too some white rapper. And even with a black girl and my mixed kids i fuckin love being white, with that said i love her being black. Know you want to love this white money. I can probley even out rap you with my white ass. Pink fuckin skin, its white skin to you. Get it right. Way to represent. Up ur motha phuckin people hater. not a racist, just being real.
Azealia Banks and Lord Jamar should get married, move to Patmos and be bitter together.
the difference is Jamar was done a long time ago, banks is probably messing up 3/4 of her fan base of like 4 people
Banks dont like nigga dick she likes her cocks small and pink. He’s about the right age though, she loves them old dudes.
Azealia Banks could be Lord Jamar’s long lost daughter.
Looks like T.I. was trying to give Iggy some advice and she publicly disrespected him for it. Kinda shitty if you ask me, especially as she should have respect for her mentors.
Fuck Eminem, racist culture vulture clown
A culture vulture with skills
What language are you speaking, anon?
It’s all marketing, Iggy got a damn cellphone commercial when she came out just like drake had a sprite commercial when he came out a long with a wish list of features and shout outs. Image and marketing are very important in a superficial scene such as rap. Its more important than the music to a certain extent.
I gotta go wit Banks on this one…T.I. jus don’t get it. I know he means well but he doesn’t understand how deep this reality is. Yeah, ok INDIVIDUAL whites may be cool wit you but that doesn’t separate them from the MAJORITY of them who think your less than a Man along with the ranks of ELITE whites who will NEVER loosen their grip of domination over all who are non-white.
Even if that means murdering those whites who ain’t down with the racist shit. Them cool whites know better than to stand against their own in defense of righteousness for all. They will march wit blacks and give a lil donation here and there but they will NEVER go to war with them.
There wouldn’t be many who would and even if they did and won alongside blacks, then where would that leave them?? The paranoia of blacks seeking bloody revenge would be too much for them to show their faces…at least until they have a plan to take control again.
So wit all that being said…Whites can never truly be down wit blacks, latinos, indians, arabs or asians until the playing field is even for all. It’s all a facade to keep you weak, separated and confused.
I don’t get anything you’re saying. When you generalize, that’s when you get yourself in trouble. You think elite whites care about anyone with a low income? we are flies to their shit. Now you want white people that support equality to start murdering racist people? That’s a brilliant thought…..and since when did blacks and whites not go to war together? oh, you mean a war against….. what? Bloody revenge? You sound like tim robbins in war of the worlds…..
You are no better than the racists…. and we will be riding with black people, it’s just that you won’t be the leader or idea person.
Azealia and Iggy Izalea are two of the dumbest self centered women in rap history, complete ignorance, the Legendary Q-Tip dropping knowledge that you would think they would absorb but once again they are disrespecting the culture, hip hop started in 73, they both need teeth knocked out for fronting so much
how is iggy self centered? because she doesnt want to put the struggles of african americans on her back? just let the white girl make her lil pop raps and get her money.
She is forgetting that she is a part of something legendary with which she has no skill and still wins awards, she is a gimmick
on top of that laughing at the Ferguson protest, its not about putting struggles on the back its about HER AS A PERSON, and stupid clowns like you that claim to know everything but you don’t know shit.
she never laughed laughed at the ferguson protest. she laughed at the losers who thought her concert was the right place to be protesting, oh what a difference they made. theres niggas out here with no skill or talent winning awards too. and why should she care when it started.
This Azealia Banks broad got so many people fooled, it’s funny. Her issues have nothing to do with cultural appropriation or lack of authenticity because thats been going on forever in Hip Hop. This ain’t about white rappers because that’s been going on in Hip Hop forever. This is about competition. She came in the game at the same time as Iggy, got passed over, and she’s pissed off about it. She just wants Iggy out the picture so she can slide in…period.
Salute to the King. Azealia has a good album out but she needs to focus on the whole instead of just Iggy Izalea. What she’s angry at is really how American society embraces one that looks more like the majority of the country looks without giving proper accolades to those who have been doing it, are doing it well & will continue to do so. The fact that it is a topic of discussion is a good thing. Hot 97’s Ebro had some very good points after Azealia was no longer in the studio last week.It would just be nice to see adults with a platform & enjoy when the youth purchase their material conduct themselves like the business people who have a hold on the industry. The label shareholders have to have disagreements but we will never hear about it unless they make North Korea angry.
It’s truly unfortunate that at a time of such crisis, an icon, and what has always seemed to be a legend of intelligence, Q Tip would go out of his way to create this type of separatist drama and direct it at Iggy. Everything he stated is factual, and I don’t believe anyone disagrees with the content of the notion, but the way it was delivered was unnecessarily condescending. Nevermind the fact that he seems to completely ignore the multitudes of different races of people who have contributed just as much to the music itself as the civil rights movement did. I guess he doesn’t recognize, Roger Linn and Akai as contributors to ‘His’ culture, or Emile Berliner who invented the gramophone, or George Neumann whom invented the direct drive turntable, or Les Paul whom invented multi track recording as credit worthy when addressing who is deserving of contribution. Over all the way Q Tip chose to go about teaching this history lesson is a down right embarrassment to the very music, he claims to be protecting. Astounded he would publicly stoop to such a low level to explain something so simple. Its also quite ridiculous that he clearly does not realize as long as the powers that be can keep folks like this arguing with each other over an artistic movement and skin color, as a whole we ALL lose. You can preach equality, then turn around and intentionally make manuevers to separate yourself. Damn.
sigh Hip Hop keeps taking an L. What sense does it make for all the people involved in this repetitive back and forth to fight with each other? They are all the same…contributors to the art. As much as Black people want to say that it’s our artform, they ALL work for and with White people and make money because of White people (fans). If they were so bothered by a White person who does the same thing you do and their input, then what does opposing them accomplish when you work for the Jimmy Iovine’s and Clive Davis’s of the industry? It’s just dumb…like watching crack heads fight over who should have the crack supply while the drug kingpins and peddlers laugh…shit is counter-productive and ignorant.
Trying to protect his money… He doesn’t give a f*ck about nothing else. He knows that nobody is buying his trap fantasies anymore and this is his meal ticket! Anybody that thinks otherwise is a peanut brain!
That chick is trash and so is her album. Her success just shows that this new generation doesn’t know shit about good Hip Hop let alone real Hip Hop. It’s not about race, it’s about skills as a writer and performer and she has none. She’s nothing more than a gimmick to make money. Gimmicks like her over shadow the real talent because the label is looking for a quick buck not long term artistry. You morons are to simple to realize that though hence the reason Hip Hop is in the state it is in now.
Perfect explanation!
you dont hear white people complaining about yall stealing basketball and from us. move on.
Nope. And the asians aint bitchin because qtip uses their mpc’s neither
It’s not that we stole it. Simply put, we just became far more superior at the sport than its creators which led to a complete dominance. Why couldn’t the originators of Basketball keep up in skill and progression? I think that’s the question that needs to be answered here…
Your comment is so dumb. 1) your trying to compare an art form with a physical activity. 2) In the past two years have you seen the MVP award which should have gone to a black player go to a white player like the hip hop Grammy award. 3) NBA team owners are almost all white hence the new slave… I can keep going but you white majority will just never understand and y’all don’t want to. 1
@stoptripping That is a bad comparison, and if you wan’t to use it that way we can. I never heard about white men in Europe running around a court putting balls in a hoop. I have heard about Mayan Indians running around a field putting balls in a hoop. In Africa you had what were known as griots, which were people who would recite poetry or songs. These poems or songs usually would have a political message, tell a story, history, or current events. You also had drummers who would play different beat patterns which also carried messages.
I have respect for Macklemore because as a white person in Hip-Hop, he respects the culture. His “White Privilege” song was the song that won me over to be honest. I love Jamiroquai and although they are white guys making black music, they show respect to the culture by putting songs out like “Manifest Destiny” that illustrated their love and admiration for the history of black peopel. I lost a bit of respect for Eminem after I heard “Foolish Pride” a while ago, but the bottom line is that I wouldn’t have an issue with Iggy if she didn’t make songs like “Runaway Slave Master” and go on a Twitter rant about her frustrations over not being able to use the word “nigga” for crying out loud! She brought all of this unnecessary attention on herself. If you want to be apart of the culture, then show respect to the culture. Its that simple!
after watching azelia banks interview on hot 97, i came to the conclusion that the bitch is emotionally off, but she isn’t totally lying. she has some valid points, it’s just that she’s a bratty bitch that will act up for attention. but for all intents and purposes iggy azelia IS a tool that’s being used to whitewash american black culture once again, whether she knows it or not. and t.i. is just a brother who’s just playing the game of capitalism. 90% of the people who criticize him would trade places with him in a heartbeat if they could.
Azealia Banks is a nobody on the West Coast. I only heard of her because of this site. NY must be hurting if this bitch is in the news and radio there every day
This bitch is so sour over Iggy, I bet if Iggy changed her last name, it would make this tennis ball head shut up.
Banks is an ugly racist imbecile. She’s a disgrace to our black culture. Her career is gone, she’s trying to restore it by taking the benzino’s route. She will eventually end up like him. She looks like a man
You don’t even know what you’re talking about. LoL fUCK OFF CULTURE THIEF.
Black people want equal opportunity sooooo bad but cry over something so petty. Nothing about Iggy is threatening. All this racial tension has made her more relevant than anything she’s released thus far.
its funny how the non blacks on here argue how Iggy is non threatening, and how she deserve to be in hip hop and shouldn’t be scrutinize. but at the same time wont say shit about how a hip hop artist, not being white, have a hard time winning an award or being accepted, besides at the BET OR SOURCE AWARDS? smh but Blacks are complaining? lmao so fucking hypocritical of these trolls
Kanye West = 21 Grammy Awards
Jay-Z = 19 Grammy Awards
Ludacris = 3 Grammy Awards
Beyonce = 17 Grammy Awards
Lil Wayne = 4 Grammy Awards
Shut yo ass up nigga
AZALEIA BANKS IS A RACIST!
Banks is a disgrace to our black culture imho
sooner she leaves hip-hop tha better.
the h e l l with yall racist fake hip hop fans here at dx!!! Banks is speaking truth and yall pale mfs mad af!! I dare yall p u s s i e s to speak like that in person
no she’s a realist.
i AGREE, FUCK CRACKAZ TRYING TO STEEL OUR CULTURE.
Iggy sucks and she’s fake. How you talk with an accent but sounds hood on your songs. With me it’s not a race thing cuz there’s dope white rappers like eminem, mac miller, the beastie boys, action Bronson, cage and copywrite, ill bill, diabolic etc but Iggy is not one of them.mac j