Q-Tip Ignites Insightful Conversation About Hip-Hop's Roots With Iggy Azalea

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It seems that everyone has an opinion about Iggy Azalea who has been criticized by a number of people, particularly Azealia Banks, for her misappropriation of hip-hop culture. Q-Tip took to Twitter on Saturday (Dec. 20) to teach folks and Azalea a lesson in hip-hop history.

First, the veteran rhyme-slinger addressed the media and bloggers on what hip-hop culture represents.

Bloggers! Journalists! People!

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

HipHop is a creative artistic and socio-political movement/culture that sprang from the disparate ghettos of NY in the early 1970's

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

Coming off the heels of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT and approaching the end of the Vietnam war it was a crossroads 4 America

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

I will re start this

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

Afterward, Q-Tip then addressed Iggy, specifically, on her responsibility to hip-hop culture. His comments were supportive and informative unlike Banks’ acidic tweets of late. The Aussie rhymer has yet to respond to Q-Tip’s missive. He wrote:

@IGGYAZALEA now u are fulfilling your dreams … BUT!

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

@IGGYAZALEA you have to take into account the HISTORY as you move underneath the banner of hiphop. As I said before

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

@IGGYAZALEA hiphop is fun it's vile it's dance it's traditional it's light hearted but 1 thing it can never detach itself from

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

@IGGYAZALEA how u look? Isn't that crazy? I say this 2 say u are a hiphop artist who has the right 2 express herself however she wishes

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

@IGGYAZALEA into the field you r in. I say this in the spirit of a hopeful healthy dialogue that maybe one day we can continue

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

@IGGYAZALEA I've been on twitter a long time and this will probably be my last series of tweets pretty much but

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

@IGGYAZALEA I'm Kool with it as long as I got to share this w u. Zzzzzzz's up! Peace!

— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014

The full stream of Q-Tip’s tweets can be found here.

What do you think of Q-Tip’s informative tweets? Did it help enlightened or dampened the conversation regarding Iggy Azalea’s place in hip-hop? Tell us in the comments below.

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