Another day and Iggy Azaela remains a hot-button issue. On Satuday (Dec. 20), just one day after the hacking group Anonymous threatened to release photos of the rapper from an X-rated tape, Lupe Fiasco has also been asked to weigh in on the rapper’s place in the industry by a fan on social media.
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The performer and the fan had a lengthy back and forth on Twitter, with Lupe voicing his opinion on the criticisms that Iggy is guilty of cultural misappropriation in her music. “Iggy has a place in HipHop…her place….” he shared on the site.
Iggy has a place in HipHop…her place…. @MsGina_Kool
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2014
“@MsGina_Kool: @LupeFiasco what’s her place? is she in a place all her own by herself?” Get out ya feelings boo…focus on them groceries
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2014
All art is imitation tho. ALL OF IT. @MsGina_Kool
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2014
leave that girl alone unless you gonna beat her ass in a one on one. Until then She ain’t the first and will not be the last @MsGina_Kool
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2014
We have to be careful with jealousy and things which lead to jealousy. Starting with our own outlooks on systems of validation @MsGina_Kool
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2014
Flowers fight each other all the time in nature . But to be threatened by imitation is a sign of not having mastered self @MsGina_Kool
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2014
I think we experienced validation 4 so long frm da European standard that we get defensive when we see it happening in reverse @MsGina_Kool
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) December 20, 2014
For her part, Iggy has not responded to the latest social media conversation about her.