Back in December though, Azalea still had T.I. on her side, and it seems like her most stalwart advocate is no longer propping her up.
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When asked when he cut off ties, he said, “Yeah, after the Q-Tip thing”, referring to when rapper Q-Tip sent tons of tweets to Iggy, schooling her on hip hop culture.
Azalea is still signed to T.I. publishing company and is rumored to have her sophomore album on the way.
After first acknowledging that he’s happy that she’s happy and in love and engaged with her fiancé Nick Young, he said that her disrespect of a hip-hop legend and her missteps in taking all of her backlash made him have to step away. “I just feel “they” [Iggy’s team] needed some time to adjust”. Although there doesn’t appear to be bad blood, T.I. does acknowledge her hype has taken “a bit of a rest stop” and cites numerous instances that led to a wedge between them. “It’s very difficult to be the new kid and to be the butt of the jokes and the direction of all the negativity”.
Despite their parting of the ways, T.I. still believes in Iggy. We were looking for a source, we were looking for a space to place some aggression, do you know what I mean?
Around this time last year, Iggy Azalea was one of the hottest rappers in the music industry with hit records on her hands and every blog and magazine wanting to snap photos of her. But since then, a mountain of tabloid drama, including accusations of racism and cultural appropriation, have left Iggy’s career on a gradual decline. “And they just kinda got it for no reason…In some cases, it was the easiest place to put some pent-up aggression”. We’re gonna get outta here right now, though. I’m going to block the bullets, you go. Don’t stand around and tote while I’m blocking bullets. That’s just how I am.
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Still, he does come to the 25-year-old “Fancy” rapper’s defense, also noting her talent and charisma.
