What do you think of Iggy Azalea’s skyrocket to the top this summer?
I love Iggy, but Iggy and Nicki are in two different categories. Iggy’s in her lane, but she’s not over here in this. They’re two different artists.

I wonder what's Iggy Azalea’s impact on the hip-hop scene as a white woman from Australia making semi-pop music.
Nicki didn’t come out pop, so you can’t put the two together like that. People just have to stay in their lanes. I’m seeing people taking shots now. It’s almost like everyone wants it to happen.

To pit them against each other?
Yeah, I’m just hoping and praying that Nicki don’t feed into it and doesn't go there because that’s their advertisement right there. That’s their selling point—her feeling threatened. Shots fired, but if you’re not hit by it, then why react to it? There’s no threat there at all. They place people in the urban market and then find the urban artist that they can pair them with. Even though they’re not really urban, they place them there and make it look like they are and people run with it.

When you say “they” do you mean labels?
Yeah, they say let’s find somebody that we can fit in and see if we can squeeze our way in there. I wouldn’t just look at Iggy. Iggy can rap, so that makes her hop over on to the urban side. I think Iggy’s got it, but she needs more training. She’s not ready to come up against Nicki Minaj. That’s not a good fighting match. I wouldn’t even pay to see that. They have to come at Nicki a lot stronger than Iggy Azalea. Iggy can come in and she can run her own lane and do her own thing, but she’s not strong enough for Nicki.

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