The Twitter battle of Azalea vs. Azealia continues to rage.
After Azealia Banks blasted Iggy Azalea yesterday (Dec. 3) for allegedly stealing from black culture without caring about the issues associated with it (in this case, the Eric Garner controversy), Iggy has fired back.
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“Theres more to sparking a change than trolling on social media,” Azalea tweeted early today (Dec. 4). “World issues shouldn’t be used as a poor excuse to promote fan battles.” She went on to share a link to a Bustle article, suggesting ways people can help “Ferguson, its protesters, and Mike Brown’s family.”
Theres more to sparking a change than trolling on social media. World issues shouldnt be used as a poor excuse to promote fan battles.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 4, 2014
Make sure you do something to let YOUR government know how you feel when something is unjust., not JUST your followers on twitter…
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 4, 2014
CLEARLY your CONCERN is finding any reason to promote shade, trolling, fan fights and memes. I know you guys by now, you don’t fool me.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 4, 2014
Like many others around the country, Azealia Banks took to Twitter to express herself and vent her frustration with the news that an NYPD officer would not be indicted for the apparent chokehold death of Eric Garner. She singled out Azalea’s apparent lack of Twitter activism:
its funny to see people Like Igloo Australia silent when these things happen… Black Culture is cool, but black issues sure aren’t huh?
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
And yes, “Igloo Australia” went on to become a trending topic.
LOL… IM PETTY, but its so true, ugh, that wannabe black girl shit makes me wanna throw a jar of my piss at her LMFAOOOO.
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
Of course, many other musicians have reacted to the Eric Garner decision. Check out Billboard’s round up here.