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Talib Kweli Calls Out Iggy Azalea for Response to Macklemore's 'White Privilege II'
1/22/2016 by Adelle Platon
Talib Kweli was charged up on his timeline Friday (Jan. 22) following the release of Macklemore's new single "White Privilege II" -- especially after Iggy Azalea's response to the perceived diss track.
"You've exploited and stolen the music, the moment/ The magic, the passion, the fashion, you toy with/ The culture was never yours to make better/ You're Miley, you're Elvis, you're Iggy Azalea," Macklemore spits on the track.
While Iggy Azalea didn't take kindly to Mack's bars ("he shouldnt have spent the last 3 yrs having friendly convos and taking pictures together at events etc if those were his feelings," she tweeted at a fan who asked if she'd heard the record), Kweli slammed her for apparently misinterpreting the track.
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"The fact @iggyazalea thinks Macklemore song was a diss to her, instead of actually listening, is proof of her privilege," the Brooklyn rhymer tweeted. "F--- Iggy Azalea."
He also revealed his initial support for the Australian rapper. "True story. I actually rooted for Iggy when she first came out. But she's disrespected hip hop culture one too many times," he continued.
The fact @iggyazalea thinks Macklemore song was a diss to her, instead of actually listening, is proof of her privilege. Fuck Iggy Azalea.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016True story. I actually rooted for Iggy when she first came out. But she's disrespected hip hop culture one too many times.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016(Receipts. I don't make assumptions.) RT @QuintaleAzalea: where did she say she took it as a diss ? this assumption? pic.twitter.com/xSFv1yPEpa
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016(Her response was wack AF cuz she validated that fan tweet) RT @QuintaleAzalea: that was a fan, not her. She was responding to a fan.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016(Stole from Kendrick, tweets "nigga" dissed qtip, dismisses privilege) RT @ChellaChicago: what did she do to disrespect the culture ?
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016Kweli also offered a shout-out to another female MC in Detroit for contrast.
Invincible from Detroit is a white female rapper who will rap BaRS around many. But she don't appropriate culture so u don't know her.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) January 22, 2016Macklemore's "White Privilege II" marks the follow-up to his 2005 track "White Privilege."