Iggy Azalea Responds to Q-Tip’s ‘Patronising’ History Lesson

Earlier this week, hip-hop elder statesman Q-Tip officially joined The Great Iggy Azalea Twitter Pile-On Of 2014, offering the ‘Fancy’ rapper a lengthy lesson in the history of the genre.

Iggy, who currently finds herself in the middle of a social media shitstorm about cultural appropriation, and has faced down some particularly nasty threats as a result, got around to responding. 

First things first, she thanked those who have supported her:

Thanks lupe and will iam what you guys said was really nice and i appreciate it.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

She then turned her attention to Q-Tip’s history lesson, saying that it’s “patronising” for people to assume she knows nothing about hip-hop, but noting that she has long been met with that assumption:

most people learn every and anything they can about the subjects they are passionate about, I’m no different.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

i find it patronizing to assume i have no knowledge of something I’m influenced by, but I’ve also grown up with strangers assuming that.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

so its completely fine and I’m used to it by now. i don’t lose any sleep over it.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

im also not going to sit on twitter & play hip hop squares with strangers to somehow prove i deserve to be a fan of or influenced by hiphop.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

i would have to be an idiot or incredibly bored to think that would change anyones already cemented opinion of me. I’m neither.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

how you feel about me blending musical genres together doesn’t bother me, no one is making you support or buy pop rap albums.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

its entirely up to you what you support and are interested in, thanks if you are interested in me and enjoy my music. i love to hear that!

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

After a while, she changed the subject to Christmas and her apparently pretty lavish gift-giving where Swaggy P is concerned:

now, if you guys don’t mind… I’m on my christmas break enjoying it with people i actually KNOW…. in REAL life. you should do the same.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

also i just want to say, where the fuck is my man!? lol. i gave him a car and i haven’t seen him since all day. hahahaha. rude ass.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 23, 2014

This whole thing remains a bit of a mess. Although Iggy has become the focal point of a lot of internet hate, she’s hardly the first person to dilute hip-hop into a pop-friendly format, and to her credit, she’s pretty open about this. 

Either way, the ever-tenacious Azealia Banks is on the case:

How the fuck can you address a rap legend like @QtipTheAbstract and refer to “hip-hop” squares in the same breath??!?!?!!?!?!?!

— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 23, 2014