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Iggy Azalea Hit With Fresh Racism Claims Following ‘Billboard Music Awards’ Performance

Published: Monday 19th May 2014 by David

By May’s end, Def Jam starlet Iggy Azalea is set to have a Platinum single on her hands with the ubiquitous ‘Fancy’, currently cruising to sales of 1 million units in the USA.

Alas, it would seem that the performer’s profile-boosting stint at last night’s ‘Billboard Music Awards’ has seen some members of the general public question the media’s support of the rapper, despite seeing her admit to publishing-and subsequently apologise for- tweets many deemed to both racist and homophobic.

What went down last night?

Read below…

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Published well before she signed to UMG’s Def Jam, the messages above rocked the ‘Work’ belle’s world last year when they were unearthed by ‘Twitter‘ followers who had seen them as they were published. Now, despite apologising for said remarks with…

…the last 24 hours have brought with in thousands of tweets published members of the online community blasting the beauty for supposed bigotry.

A few shared:

*Update.

In response to the above, the entertainer shared:

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