Iggy Azalea takes a lot of flak from her fellow artists, and perhaps that should come as no surprise.
In addition to coming from seemingly nowhere to dominate the year in hip hop, Iggy is a white, Australian woman who performs the music of urban America in a thick, ghetto accent - gleefully appropriating the swagger and slang of the US streets.
Azealia Banks slammed Iggy last week, launching a racially-charged attack against her fellow femcee on Twitter and in radio interviews.
The feud remained a hot-button topic on social media all weekend, with several artists stepping forward to offer their two cents.
Hip hop legend Q-Tip offered Iggy an impassioned, but level-headed lecture on the history of hip hop, in hopes of helping her understand Banks' outrage.
Meanwhile, Iggy's mentor, T.I., also attempted to help her understand her situation.
(We're guessing a number of Iggy's feminist fans have taken issue with so many men explaining the rapper's chosen career field to her, but that's an issue for another time.):
"Our people (blacks in America and Hip Hop) have had much less qualified White People come along & manipulate our culture for their own personal gain," T.I. tweeted.
"This lead to an almost incoherent, overly defensive, paranoid sense of "ALL WHITE PEOPLE WANNA STEAL OUR SH-T" mentality."
"[But] white people who were inspired by our culture allowed ME TO SEE that not all white people want to steal our culture. There are some who merely wish to contribute to it and I'd be less ME if I didn't say that."
Of course, T.I. feuded with Banks before and, as we mentioned, he has a vested interest in Iggy's success, so he may be a bit biased, but it's an interesting debate nonetheless.
Speaking of white rappers, Eminem is feuding with Banks, and he said some horrific things about Iggy in a recent verse. He's an equal-opportunity offender!
She took the name "Iggy Azalea" from her childhood dog and the street she grew up on.
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