After Azealia Banks took shots at Australian rapper Iggy Azalea last night, Dec. 3, in the wake of the shocking non-indictment decision by a New York City grand jury in the case of Eric Garner's death at the hands of a New York police officer, Azalea took the time to respond to remarks directed at her regarding race and her place in the industry.
In a series of tweets, Banks expressed her frustration and disgust with the situation that African-Americans face in the United States, highlighted by the recent death of Garner. She took the opportunity to call her out for not being totally into black culture and being a "wigger."
Azalea, as we have seen in the past with Snoop Dogg, did not just take the criticism lying down, responding to the situation and calling out Banks for using Garner's death to start a feud on Twitter, via radio.com.
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
Make sure you sign petitions, hit the streets and protest or donate to groups helping to support and rebuild the community too. — IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) December 4, 2014
The world is too hung up on what is or isnt said on twitter. theres an actual world out there and multiple ways you can promote change.
— 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
While protests have been raging in cities across the United States and other artists have been out on the street putting action to words, these two continue their war of words on social media. If either of them feels this strongly about the case, sharing thoughts on Twitter is a good way to start the discussion, but it would be nice to make a statement by joining the protests, which is what Azalea is asking her followers to do. Their presence would make more of an impact than they might realize.
This probably will not be the last of this fued because it is Azealia Banks. The Banks-Azalea fued has been going on for years, as reported by Complex, so do not expect it to slow down anytime soon.
