Azealia Banks Refers To Iggy Azalea’s Work As ‘Cultural Smudging’: Suggests Grammy Awards 2015 Will Reflect ‘White’ Excellence?

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In case you have yet to hear, Azealia Banks really doesn’t like Iggy Azalea, evident from her recent interview with Hot 97.

The “1991” rapper explained her highly-publicized feud with Iggy Azalea while bringing in her issues with the music industry as well as the Grammy Awards.

“That Iggy Azalea shit isn't better than any f**** black girl that's rapping today, you know?,” stated Azealia Banks, according to the Huffington Post.

She added, “When they give those awards out -- because the Grammys are supposed to be accolades of artistic excellence, you know what I mean? Iggy Azalea is not excellent. [...] When they give these Grammys out, all it says to white kids is: 'Oh yeah, you're great, you're amazing, you can do whatever you put your mind to.' And it says to black kids: 'You don't have shit. You don't own shit, not even the shit you created for yourself,' and it makes me upset."

During the course of the interview, Azealia Banks continued to criticize Iggy Azalea’s work, even reportedly stating that the “Black Widow” rapper’s attempts to “appropriate” Nicki Minaj’s guess is a “cultural smudging.”

“Work” rapper Iggy Azalea responded to Azealia Banks’ interview via Twitter.

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