In her interview, Azealia Banks criticized Iggy Azalea, and ultimately the music industry for appropriating black culture. She mentions how the Grammys are supposed to be symbols of artistic excellence and that Iggy Azalea isn't excellent. She compares Macklemore's record to Drake's record stating that it was not nearly as artistically talented. And despite the radio show host's mentioning that Macklemore himself admitted that his record was not as good as Wiz Khalifa's, Azealia Banks still continued her tirade on the music industry and her perception of the industry as being racist.
Although Azealia Banks is known for her controversial and offensive statements of other music artists, I do believe that there is historical context for what she is speaking to. In the post-Civil Rights era, White Americans left the cities to live in the …show more content…
The white families that left the city for the suburbs took everything with them, and the remaining inhabitants had to make something of their own. So, beginning in the 1990s and continuing today, the sudden appraisal of hip hop from those same white families is a form of generational whiplash for the black communities that created the art form. It is not reasonable to blame the descendants of the white families that fled during urban sprawl, but it becomes a whole new issue when those descendants of white families try to become involved in that industry.
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