Macklemore inserted himself into political culture conversation this morning (January 22) when he released his new single, “White Privilege II.” As the title alludes to, the record is a scathing attack on the average Caucasian’s stance (himself included) when it comes to weighty topics such as Black Lives Matter and police brutality and profiling against minorities.
To get his point across early in the song, he took aim at white icons Elvis Presley, Miley Cyrus and Iggy Azalea who he deemed as “fake and so plastic.”
While the “King of Rock” obviously can’t defend himself and Cyrus hasn’t tweeted since the top of the new year, Azalea continued her strong social media presence by responding to a fan’s concern over the lyrical slander.
“He shouldn’t have spent the last 3 yrs [sic] having friendly convos and taking pictures together at events etc if those were his feelings,” she responded to the fan who asked about her thoughts on the track.
The most visible evidence of Iggy’s claims came in 2014 when both crossover stars where at the height of their popularity and got chummy backstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival Village, subsequently posing for several pictures.
When another fan assured he “she shouldn’t give a fuck,” the “Fancy” creator responded with a lol, “trust me, I don’t.”
The nearly nine-minute song is expected to appear on This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, the follow-up Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ Grammy Award-winning smash album, The Heist. It is scheduled to be released on February 26, 2016.
“White Privilege II” can be streamed in full here.
Stfu you dumb fuck if that’s all you gathered from the article
Iggy is a fucking cry baby
*grabs popcorn and drink* *waits for race wars in comment section*
I hope not bro, shits unnecessary, just like the rude and disrespectful replies to some the comments, if you don’t agree with someone’s comment keep it moving rather then take the time to reply something disrespectful and doragotory
Iggy NoSwaglea in her feelings. Too bad.
I’ve noticed Macklemore will reach out to minoritie groups not because he believes in them, but because he has an album coming out and thinks that’s the way to bring attention to himself.
Not true shit head, if you knew anything about this mans music you would know that he touches on profound subject all the time, ain’t got shit to do with just his album coming out, he actually reached back and got some of the pioneers of hiohop for a son cause he knows hip hop heritage, unlike yo Iggy azelia listening to ass
@Josh Except that this song is a sequel to a song he did years ago before anyone knew who he was. He may just blown up but he has been spitting real stuff for a decade.
Iggy doesn’t need to give a fuck. She makes music in the genre she likes. That’s it. Stop bringing political bullsh*t into it.
Politics will always be a part of Hip-Hop……..
And Josh is such a gay name, know you got your ass kicked all thru out school
Iggy’s defense is always her whiteness she never offers anything to the conversation besides bitching and complaining– he took the easy way out by shooting at her but it doesn’t mean hes not right. Maybe if she actually tried to have a real convo about some of these subjects peoples perspective about her would slightly change.
This Macklemore song exposes whites so much. I’m curious how this is going to all pan out.
If she didn’t care, she wouldn’t have spent all day Tweeting about it. This girl is so so so so whack. Thank you Kool Herc, Melle Mel and Talib Kweli for speaking up. I wish she, Cyrus, Minaj and all those fake ass “artists” would vanish. I would rather listen to classic hip-hop all day than ANYTHING playing on the radio. Macklemore may be “pop-friendly,” but at least he’s using his platform for good.
Maybe it took him three years to find out that she is fake and plastic………
If he really cared about Black Lives he would be calling out piece of shit losers like Chief Keef who encourage other black people to kill each other. Same goes to Talib. Instead they act like they are making a difference because they were mean to a white girl who hasn’t done anything wrong to anybody. Way to bring about social justice, retards. I’m sick of this blatant double standard blacks have.
You sound dumb. First who listens o Chief Keef. 2nd Mack and Talib were not being mean to the little white girl. She took offense when the song wasn’t really about her. She took offense with Talib trying to explain the message and she made it about her. Hate when whites miss the message. Smarten up slow head.
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@macklamore u the realist fact talk on the fuckin matter u make feeling mathfcking teas shit I love it white privilege 2 fck the club shit speak true matters
Macklemore has been rapping same stance since he started…way before going mainstream.soo much that I thought he was a black guy…he’s dope..they should known he’s not down…he never hid what he felt bout the privilege…he real