Iggy Azalea had choice words for Q-Tip on Twitter earlier today. Iggy, who's currently embroiled in a war of words with Azealia Banks, has received threats from hacker group Anonymous, and who recently flipped off booing fans in New York, took to Twitter to respond to Q-Tip's hip-hop history lesson that he gave her over the weekend.
Tip, who seemed concerned by the discussion swirling around Iggy's obliviousness to the concept of cultural appropriation in hip-hop and pop, provided her (and all of us, frankly) with a brief, but multi-faceted socioeconomic and geopolitical map of hip-hop. Her response took two days, and isn't even much of a response, but in all its glory, its embedded below.
Considering the neutrality in the tone of Tip's lesson, her tweets read more as an underhanded swing than anything of substance. Q-Tip was providing context, not chastisement, but as we've seen before with Iggy and her Twitter, her retorts remain self-coddling and off target.
UPDATE: Just as Lupe Fiasco anticipated, his mentions were flooded after Iggy's tweet named him. He's now hitting back:
UPDATE: Azealia Banks has now chimed in on the situation and Iggy's response to Q-Tip's hip-hop lesson. Her full list of tweets can be seen below.
Qtip gave you some insight into the culture you're influenced by and you really sat there and told him he's hip-hop squares.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 23, 2014
