Iggy Azalea has vowed to stay out of drama in 2015, and she is continuing to shrug off the negativity in a new interview. With all the success she’s had last year, she’s had her fair share of naysayers as well.
The 24-year-old rapper dismissed anyone who has voiced an issue over her race, saying bands like the Rolling Stnoes and rappers like Eminem have dabbled in “black music” too.
She told Vanity Fair, "People have said I'm not real rap or real hip-hop, but I don't care if people think I'm pop or rap. Everyone interprets music differently."
Azalea went on to say, "I never thought it was strange. If you go back to the Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley and Eminem—they've all basically done black music. I felt this wasn't that far from what we've seen in music history over and over again."
Instead of having to do with race, she thinks the criticism has to do with the fact that she’s a female. She pointed out no one picks on Macklemore.
“I think it has 100,000 percent to do with the fact that I have a vagina,” she said.
Right after the new year, Azaela told fans she would be starting to work on her second album.
With the success of her first single “Fancy” also comes a downside, which she reveals to be all of the untrue rumors about her.
“Every week I have some sort of crisis that involves the Internet,” she said. “I do not have a sex tape; I would remember if I had a sex tape. But if I did have a sex tape it would be completely f**king fine and my own business.”
She said of the darker side of fame, “Having my mother ask me or having people I love wonder if [the sex tape rumours are] true - that would be the downside to 'Fancy.'”
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