Festivus came early this year for the hip hop community as pop-rapper Iggy Azalea became the tinsel-free pole around which stars gathered to air their grievances. Like so many of us during the holidays, world-renowned hip hop artists are stuck at home surrounded by an army of extended family, trying to duck last-minute shopping trips and Aunt Bert’s pointed questions about the health implications of drinking before 5 p.m. Or they’re stranded in an airport lounge with nothing but wifi and the hassles of air travel to fuel them. What else is there to do but stoke the fires of an epic sharing of disappointments on Twitter? And who’s a more controversial target right now than Grammy nominee Iggy Azalea? Game on.
Here’s the background: in a radio interview last week, Azealia Banks reignited her early-December beef with Azalea, pointing Azalea out during an emotional interview with Hot 97 as an example of white appropriation of black culture. Cue the snarky response from Iggy:
The two have gone back and forth before, but their latest round of online sparring attracted more than just an audience. Why sit back and watch two artists tear each other apart on social media when you can jump in and vent a little year-end stress, too? On Saturday, industry veteran Q-Tip decided to weigh in with a little Hip Hop 101, in case they don’t teach the core curriculum Down Under. His incredibly earnest attempt to engage the 24-year-old Australian on the socioeconomic and political roots of the genre the acclaimed Tribe Called Quest co-founder now finds himself sharing with the “Fancy” emcee is eaten up by fans, but fails to impress the target:
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