The fight between Iggy Azalea and Snoop Dogg goes way beyond stupid twitter beef, it turns into the direction of sexist and racist insults. However, the pictures posted of White Chicks and Snoop portrayed as a drug addict, can in fact be seen as a childish fight. But this fight portrays the truth inside hip-hop culture. The initial picture that started the fight was of an albino African-American women with cornrows. He was after all calling Iggy ugly and criticizing her for being a white woman who adopts black mannerisms. Iggy "without makeup", emphasizes Iggy not being black. Snopp calls Iggy not authentic. She is using her "black side" for being cool, but at the same time cherishes the privileges that come with being white. Iggy response was much more low-key, but still showed her anger and rage. "Women are supposed to sit back and let men shit on them," she wrote. "If we question it, we are 'emotional', 'butt hurt', or just a BITCH. nothing new tho." This riot portrays how people in the hip-hop industry, who are all about freedom of speech, cannot accept the fact that a white rapper is more successful then most black rappers.
This is an article by Noah Berlatsky for The Atlantic. He chooses to show the deeper thinking of what most people saw as a idiotic fight. Berlatsky uses informal language and is efficient in informing the reader. Throughout the article, he informs the reader about the situation. It is only on the last paragraphs that he takes a stand with Iggy, agreeing on the racism and sexism imposed on her. He uses irony to show how a liberal genre like hip-hop still holds prejudice within. After all there is no such thing as freedom for all.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/iggy-azalea-and-snoop-doggs-beef-wasnt-as-pointless-as-it-seemed/381554/
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