When did it become a crime to call someone out for not writing their own rhymes?
As she prepares for to relaunch her debut album ‘The New Classic‘, the machine built to turn Iggy Azalea into a superstar has been thrown under a microscope by rapper Rah Digga this week…and what she she claims to have found was anything but ‘Fancy‘.
Her problem with Azalea’s arrival onto Hip Hop’s scene? Her supposed positioning as a Hip-Hop act without-according to Digga- being very Hip Hop at all.
Press play to catch her estimation of Iggy and her ‘Universal’ sis Nicki Minaj after the jump!
Hit the 6 minute mark.
Likened to one hit wonders Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer, Rah’s thoughts on Iggy with ‘This is 50‘ saw her address the industry’s “borrowing” of African-American culture to market non African-American artists…only to reject the same culture when fronted by African-American artists.
What do you make of her comments?
But who is Rah Digga? Her last hit was in 2005 on the Touch It remix, not even her song, she had a 10 second rap on the song. I don’t know any of her own songs. She must have several seats and leave Iggy alone!
Thats because your too young! Rah digga is a hip hop legend! Your idols even if its Nicki or Iggy BOTH of them respect her because her flow is one of a kind!! Stay in your lane on this one!!
@MRB, list a few things rah digga has done throughout her career that made her a legend. And be serious because I think you’re on drugs. She’s jelous and trying to capitalise off both Iggy and Nicki’s success.
Rah is only considered a legend by her 5 fans. No one else would agree with that statement. And no, Iggy has never cited her as influence. This “legend” was booking the same venues as Iggy during her mix tape days.
In the hip hop market she is considered a top flowist and a legend in the streets which is something NONE of you know about! You see tv and blogs about your girls but you forget that the same people you follow were listening to her Music!! Rah Digga is a street hip hop artist not POP! Of course you wouldn’t know who she is because your too young to even know real hip hop!
Yawn this hate wannabe still diggin at Iggy
Does she even have a deal?! Does she have any certified from the RIAA?
Nope so s*** your has been ass and shut the f*** up!
Only when u can score a No1 single than have your say.
She is only know in the UK for appearing on BUSTAS song not her own even they was a few crusty ass lyrics
So please FAT DIGGER take a seat on 3 or 4 chairs sasuage
Lol at Barbara being in the game this long amd has a #1 album with 196k, I don’t even know what the album cover looks like, lol. While Chris Beat Down had 99 singles and a year and a half of promo, same with Mariah.
Yes!!!! The only reason why Iggy is famous is because of the CATCHY CHORUS of her songs and not because of her rapping. She is a below average rapper.
Come on Rah Digga you a little salty. Why is it that rappers that aren’t hot anymore that have so much to say? Nicki is unbothered why is Raw Digga?
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Don’t throw salt on IGGy because she worked hard and got where she is throw salt on the industry because she has a point but she sounds mad Haterish lol the chick must be salty because IGGy is on top and it’s only the beginning and Rah’s beginning was her ending wasn’t n e one feeling her or her weak flow and never will!
These artist need to stop hating on someone else’s hustle
B**** stay mad cuz IGGy ain’t going n e where
So just cuz Iggy had a #1 single that makes Iggy on top? Ha Nicki still wears that crown honey and hip hop agrees.
No hiphop doesnt u lying funky ho
Except Hip hop does not agree. This isn’t the pop genre. All these sales, certifications, #1’s, popularity, awards, and endorsements you stans brag about don’t mean jack s*** when it comes to Hip hop. It’s strictly about talent which is something Miss Maraj lacks in. Nice try though.
No lies detected!
No truth detected
Rah Digga is another chick that will flow these new chicks into a corner! Play with her!!!!!!She is hip hop!! Legend to these youngens out here! But this only issue I have with her comment is you cant throw stones at Iggy by calling her music Hip pop but not Nicki! Nicki left her rap roots and got famous off the same type of Music that Iggy is doing! Plus people need to understand no matter what anyone says including Nicki, Iggy, Kim, Remy, Eve, even Rah Diggy EVERYONE HAS GHOST WRITTERS!!!! Someone might can tell the story better then you can as the artist!!! Now the difference is are 90% of your songs written by ghost writters as you wrote 10% or did you write 90% of your songs and 10% was added by the ghost writter! Thats where it will never come out because Drake just released a interview saying that someone of Nicki’s songs has ghost writters! At the end of the day the game is just like an author! You might write a book but the publishing company has to cut and paste for it to be a body of work!!!
No not everybody has ghost writers you sound stupid nicki said she writes her own raps I believe her. Missy does too ms hill does, rah digg, remy etc so don’t ever say that again the fact is just like Kim and them got away with not writing iggy will do the same .
Ok young fool! Lets get something str8! 1 Missy has a team between her and timberland! Missy writes YES we know that and not all of it is written by timberland because she also is a producer but thats why she has a team to know what it needs to fill in the blanks!!!!!!!! 2 That goes the same for NICKI! Wayne and Drake are her crew and if she was needs her blanks filled in she will call on them to do what is needed! Ghoster writters are to FILL in the blanks or to tell the story better then you can! I never said Nicki doenst write her own s*** but weather you want to believe it or not thats what the reason of having a TEAM is for! NO ONE CAN DO IT BY THEMSELF well in this new age! Know the business first before you comment on the product you bed wetter!
Wayne and drake are NEVER in the studio with nicki when she’s workin on her music. So try tht again plz . I’ve seen her in the studio on my time is now. And on her ustreams. And when she does fts she does her verse and sends to the artist. And hella rappers have said they seen her write like rick Ross when she was writing her monster Verse. Even kanye said he seen her write. And back to missy how did someone write for her s*** when she wrote for other artist ? Just give the woman her credit she did it she’s the real Queen.. That’s why Missy’s network is 50m and Kim’s is 18m must been only getting 10 percent for not writing.
LMFAO your basing your FACTS off something that was edited for tv or what she wanted you to see! Plus in 2014 I didn’t know you needed to be in the studio 100 with hit makers when you can just send what you’ve created to them so they can edit or add! Its 2014 fool get with it! That goes to show whatever Nicki says you stupid barbz believe it! Now back to Missy where did I say she didn’t write her own s***? I’ll wait! Like I said Missy came into this game with Timberland! She was the stronger writer and image but Timberland was the man behind her beats hooks and some of her lyrics as well! They go hand and hand like peanut better and jelly which is why she doesn’t release music without Timberland! Missy is worth millions because she was already spinning hits off the products that she created with Timberland! You keep bringing up Kim but Kim isn’t up for discussion because her title stands with you haters throwing dirt on her name! Which is why Missy will always be loyal to Kim! So miss me with the Kim b******* because her blueprint has been created and followed by your idols today! SMH these 90s barts don’t know ish!
Okay, let me check you real quick boo. First off Nicki didn’t have a “Pop” hit until after her debut album had already come out. Nicki sold 1M copies in 4weeks without the assitance of Superbass, which was never going to be released as a single. Two, that interview of Nicki having ghost writers was taken out of context. No one denies that Nicki has help writing the hooks to her songs, just look at the “WRITING CREDITS” for her songs. She legitimately tells you she had help. Nicki said when you hear Nicki Minaj “spit” Nicki Minaj wrote it. Meaning when she raps a verse she wrote it. Didn’t have anything do with the hook. People have a problem with Iggy because she doesn’t write her hooks OR verses! Now go have several seats. —> _/
Where are your receipts that Iggy doesn’t write hooks or verses? Were you in the studio with her? Last I checked, in an interview with MTV, Katy Perry stated she wrote the chorus to Black Widow with her team but Iggy added the verses when the song was given to her after Perry couldn’t record the vocals.
You must of bumped your head this morning! Again! Nicki knew the lane she was going in weather you want to admit it or not! Her sales were off an image, guest appearances and gimmicks but her first song was not a hip hop song! Your love was a pop song! That’s why her REAL first single Massive Attack didn’t go no where and was yanked from the album because it was considered TOOO URBAN!! Now where did I even mention SUPERBASS? But since you brought it up it took her into the POP Market! She is releasing the same type of music that IGGY has regardless of your broke barbz rants!Now no one is denying her of writting her own lyrics but to sit here and act like she doesn’t have backing for a reason it complete b******* just like that point your trying to make! I’m stating facts off a business stand point not off some following fan who checks Nicki’s dirty draws for just a taste! Now who can have several seats?
Girl shut up
Timbaland’s raps are written by his brother Sebastian. He has acknowledged that plenty of times. Missy has worked with other producers besides Tim.
@MisdamenorFan You are correct Sebastian writes a lot of the stuff there team came out with. He wrote a lot for the Timberland and Magoo’s album! Real talk Magoo couldn’t rap so they had him GHOSTWRITING but DID NONE OF YOU SEE WHERE I STATED THEY HAVE A TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THERE IS NO I IN TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Missy has worked with other producers/artists just like everyone else but when Missy was on her grind in the 90s to the early 2000s she only worked Timberland and produced all of there acts! Does Aalyiah ring a bell! Just like Young Money/ CASH MONEY has there team, Rocafella had there team of writters producers. Yall really need to get hip to the busiess because the face of the product doesn’t always prove to be the idea or reason its hot! These people’s teams will NEVER tell you that information! Why are we even discussing Missy because She has a career that Nicki could only dream of!!!
Such a shame Iggy gets so much hate thrown at her, she has worked so hard to get to where she is today just for people to make up s*** and call her out on fictional statements implied by media after nicki implied people ghost write.
Don’t know who this broad is but she needs to stop being a hateful b**** and be happy there are female rappers doing things she could never.
Worked where ? Didn’t she say in one of raps she used to be prostitute? And giving head for Louis Vuitton , she calls that head over heels . She’s just another Kim. And let’s hope this sextape don’t link again.
She implied that what girls do in the industry. You’re so hateful and so affected by the movements of Iggy. Your life might be s*** but no need to twist words and bring others down. My god.
How illiterate do you have to be to misunderstand those lyrics? Lmao!! Stay in school, for the benefit of this generation. P.S, they already tried the sextape with the Iggy clone. She even admitted it was her and not Iggy. The hater will have to try harder.
HAten on what ? So if she so called moved to America alone at 16 . What tf was she doing then? Why tf wasn’t she in school?? Even her back round story sounds made up. I finished high school , now I’m a freshman in college so don’t question my education. Question your favs.
And if the sextape is fake why is tryna sue xxvid or what ever that pornsite is called. Clone my ass I seen her tweets that’s her and she knows it. Ps I never like iggy never even before fancy. And I used to think she was s*** until someone posted the pics of her Wayne’s brothers when they played in white chicks
Yes, an Iggy clone found by a bitter ex boyfriend and label head trying to milk Iggy’s latest success. He’s the one who has the unofficial singles on iTunes (Ain’t My Daddy, Red Bottoms, and the others with cheap photo shop artwork). Sorry, but your bitter crabass will need to do better then a s** tape rumor.
receipts: http://t.co/4Bp3el6NA0
The reason Iggy gets hate is because she didn’t have to work hard to get where she is. Fancy wouldn’t have even been a hit without help. Fancy flopped for two months before a deal with clear channel. Which forced radio stations to play it. So, worked hard where? She got to where she is today because of what Rah Digga said. The Higher ups. They picked up Iggy’s single then shoved it down our throats. So, again she didn’t have to work hard to get where she is.
False. Fancy reached the top 30 of iTunes the day it was released and hovered in the top 40 long before its radio release. Billboard breaks down the top 10 every week and Fancy’s success was due to streaming from the music video and single sales. Radio didn’t hold much weight. So there goes your “force fed Clear Channel” theory. I have receipts from Billboard if you’d like. Fancy today stands at over 3.8 million sold in the US, closing in on 4x platinum. Radio can’t force people to buy a song. It was a smash hit, deal with it.
I’m not talking about her number one ffs I’m talking about working hard to even be signed, release songs, writing them and so on. Anything to down play her triumphs what vultures.
They always whipe the black artist out. They did it with blues and rock n roll already. They love our culture But they don’t want our faces representing it. And ppl in this generation has no clue what’s happening. Ps Iggy is not a rapper what’s the diff between her and fergie or Kesha or Gwen S?? And fergie Finna drop a album so she better figure out what she gone do next yr. Nicki is a real Mc and a boss at the end of the day in the industry hates that she winning. This hip hop not pop artist b****** and n***** need to write their own bars. We wanna know what are you really thinkin?? Believe in yourself more it’s sad s*** that is allowed in hiphop smh.
Gwen Stefani sings pop/rock. She is as far from hip-hop as it gets. Ke$ha makes dance music and more recently rock. Not close to hip-hop. Fergie sings urban pop but if we’re comparing her to rappers for that reason alone then there’s no difference between Ciara and Nicki Minaj. You can’t call Nicki a true MC but blast Iggy for her sound. Hypocrisy at it’s finest.
Nicki is a HIP HOP ARTIST FIRST
Iggy is a manufactured artist by TI bc he knew he could sell a white Girls singles
The Iggy today has the same style as she did during the Ignorant Art days long before she met T.I. Try again
Why not she’s not being real rapping with a southern accent it’s just fake . And Macklemore uses his own style he don’t tryda sound all hood and s***. Not every white rapper can be like em . And he’s still the last real white rapper hip hop has ever had. Iggy has never been talked cause of her rapping never ever has she ever made headlines cause of a verse she did. Like nicki , em , jayz , or even Kendrick has. She got a pop single fancy that went #1. Now ppl talkin bout her ass being fake , this alleged sextape, ghost writers and s*** . But never for a hot verse. So I don’t get why ppl are even gassed knowing she don’t write she’s wack been wack since p**** p**** . Why you think no one in hip hop works with her . I’m sure you found out who nicki was in when her first album debuted. Your up on what nicki is really capable of.
Your comment has literally nothing to do with this article, my comment, or Faf’s response. Just random rant of hatred. Have a seat, I stopped reading after the first two lines.
Rah is still salty? I remember she blocked myself and several other Azaleans on Twitter because once upon a time she did a show with Iggy before she blew up and Rah’s set was whack. The Azaleans weren’t here for it and she got b*** hurt. The sad thing is that we didn’t even @ her in the Twitter reminisce and she still blocked us lmao. This pressed non factor has nothing going on so of course she’ll have time to diss Iggy when she isn’t searching her name on Twitter. There is yet to be any tangible proof that Iggy has a ghostwriter other then the thoughts of a few haters, so she can have a seat. Who was paying a ghostwriter for Ignorant Art? Glory? TrapGold? Still no way to prove this white culture theory. For every successful white rapper there are at least 10 who failed. Rah can stay salty and irrelevant, the rest of us will live in 2014 where hip-hop is universal.
If fancy never got to #1 people wouldn’t be saying she has ghost writers. They weren’t saying this when she released work, bounce or change your life. So pressed.
Precisely!! These white privilege theories didn’t surface until Fancy hit #1 for 7 weeks straight. No one was crying ghostwriter before Fancy dominated. There weren’t any theories about the industry being in her pocket with an agenda to make her #1 until Fancy slayed. That’s what makes this hate so hilarious. I wonder how long its going to be before people accept Iggy is winning and worked her a$$ off to do so?
Cause no one knew her then. That #1 fancy made ppl pay attention. No one was checkin for her when she dropped thoughs singles. And the blogs try’ed to start beef between her and nicki by what nicki said at the BET awards but she’s literally being saying she writes her own bars for the 5yrs. It’s girls like kim, foxy , Trina and iggy. Why nicki has to keep reminding ppl
You proved my point. Because Iggy wasn’t winning then, people had nothing salty to say. But not that she’s topping the charts people have a problem. Jealousy is a cancer of the insecure
Uhm.. You’re calling out Iggy for not being hip hop enough when most of NM discography is POP MUSIC and Hip Pop songs. She’s only done a hand full of hip hop/rap songs in her whole career that she was the lead. And the only damn time you can catch her on a hip hop song is usually when she’s featured. The only issue here is that Iggy is white and she’s starting to take off. Girl miss me with your disguised racism.
Lies
Superbass
VVVM
last chance
PTA
Where them Girls at
Starships
Beautiful sinner
Masquerade
Beauty and a beat
Whip it
9-10 songs out of over 60 In her discography
Receipts???
Just listen to all three of nickis mixtapes she’s hip hop and hip hop knows it. She switched it up when she debuted her first album . Which it’s clear iggy is doing what nicki does and iggy doing the same type of music she did on her mixtape she’s doing now on her album. She could never destroy classic old hip hop beats like nicki did on her mixtapes. Just give them a listen Playtime is over mixtape 1, sucka free mixtape 2, and beam me up Scotty mixtape 3. Do your research before you discredit a artist which nicki is she never wants to be labeled but let’s be honest nicki is the reason why rappers today are allowed to mix pop and hiphop. She open that door!
And even on her album she did more hip hop songs than pop so stfu .
Nelly’s over and over again. Rn DMX walk this way. Red man and christina aguilera. Old dirty b****** and mariah carey. Eve and Gwen. Clips and backstreet boys. Flo rida. Pit bull. Electronics rappers like peaches.
So I see no doors being open rather the doors never been closed since run DMX did it decades ago
Who is this man u talkn bout sam?? Never heard of him. Anyways…Sam y won’t u report about how nicki got BOOOOOOOO’ED to HELL at that festival…kii!!! U sissy. Report THAT!!! And while u at it report how Jessie J and Ariana took nicki off of Bang Bang..kii!!
The iHeart festival
Where was kim tho? Ordering late bigcartel fashions for her hole in the wall club performances????
Or nah? 😆 😆
Barclays is hardly a hole in the wall ho. That all U get from me
Oh and this…WHERE EVER Kim is she isnt getn boo’ed kii!!
Your delusions amaze me. The only truth that hurts is Kim’s non existent career and flop mixtape. So u cling to Iggy’s ‘wannabe Nicki’ nuts while u hold your breath waiting for Kim to drop a real album.
Nooooo BIITCH!!!, She WAS boo’ed kii!! Google it ho ans seethe!! Kii!!!
No she wasn’t, i was actually there. No one booed, you’re an idiot truth
Ho i was there TOO and yes she did u stink p**** biitch
you know damn well yo ass wasn’t there. ticketmaster don’t accept ebt and corroded p**** boo boo
This issue is like Beyonce’s pregnancy. It’ll always be around to haunt them, and we’ll never know the truth. So we can go ahead, and move on ‘cos we’ve had enough of this same tale.
I just don’t understand is how is it that ppl can believe one person writes a song but believe that another person does not write teir own material? Why is it ok to say iggy has ghost writers bc to has writing credit on a song, but when nicki has other names as writers credit they ONLY wrote the hook/chorus?
No one rapper has just their name as writing credit on all their songs they have recorded. And many reuse other rappers lyrics, something lil wayne and jay z are both famous (notorious depending on how u feel about it) for doing.
So stop giving one person more credit than the next when anyone can say they write the whole song as long as their team keeps quiet and discredit another artist even though they never seen them in a writing/recording session.
Where is Rah Digga a legend? I don’t know any of her songs! I just remember her looking foolish at the MJ anniversary with Tamia and Monica! Y’all act like success was handed to Iggy. She worked HARD to get where she is. Rah N***** is just a d*** hater.
I can’t stand bitter people and she is starting to look and sound bitter, like we you already gave your opinion on Iggy like a month ago why are you going around saying the same things over and over again. It’s time to let go of that anger Rah.
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Kii all these literal nobodies that come out of nowhere just to talk Iggy. I have never heard of Rah Diggah.
That’s cuz u know nothing about hip hop. Just like Iggy. Lol
Facts!!!! Nicki is the highest selling female rapper, she came at Iggy. Learn iT. B I T C H
Lessons of today!! Great Digga
I just gained a lot of respect for Rah Digga. That was unbiased and just extremely knowledgable.
Meanwhile
Billboard Hot 100: #3(+2) Bang Bang, @JessieJ, @ArianaGrande & @NICKIMINAJ [8 weeks].
Billboard Hot 100: #4(-1) Anaconda, @NICKIMINAJ [7 weeks].
Also Bang Bang will hit #1 next week in the UK. Slay Nic
All the Barbz, Arianators and Jessie J fans need to do now is buy and gift and our girls will have their first #1 next week. Hit up iTunes and lets get it popping.
Rah, I respect you but hip-hop is and has evolved. With the rise of the internet the culture no longer belongs to African Americans. In terms of dialect and regional trends, that’s steadily becoming universal trends. We are able to see what’s hot in China and mimic it after one click. Inner city youth are no longer living inner city…lol by being able to watch and learn…the kids from the suburbs are busing themselves there to get a taste and infusing their culture with the streets. rather the old heads want it to or not… The world is becoming smaller and music is meaning more than ever before. New categories are being formed while others ate changing. Iggy is 2k hip-hop or hip-pop or moreover rap pop. Either way… I believe she genuinely identies with what she talks about. Note: the girl never profess to move that dope… I guess we still think one needs to be a criminal of the past to be a hip-ho rapper? Nah, because college drop out and Drake been ended that. Let it gooooo… And embrace what’s to come, bruh-bruh
Oh and note…culture isn’t married to color…instead it’s married to experience. If a white girl from Australia had a few years of american hood experiences and wants tonrap about it… Why not? If a white Australian girls wanted to rap about her privileged life in LA, why shouldn’t she? Rap is a vocal performance style. The story told depends on the experience of the story teller. OK I’m gone.
What the f*** kind of confusing s*** is that??? First off Iggy been out a long time ago…….feeding into that b******* got you listening to b*******…….you compared Iggy to Vanilla Ice?? Wow so m************ only hate Iggy because she is white….That b**** ain’t barrowing nothing from my culture…..that girl got more swagg then Y’all whole s***…….Iggy fits go harder, her music is unique…..that girl not jocking Someone’s style…….or is she a bird brain…….Nicki almost 40 and y’all with that b*******…….Iggy writes her own songs…….instead of being with the petty s***….here go this girl trying to get on and dumb black b****** wanna talk like they been just on……Nicki weak…Rah where the f*** you been??…..instead of rockin with the white girl y’all f****** up the female rap game…….this girk deserves more then this………all that justice and peace but won’t spread unity through music……dudes are slaying us……Wtf is wrong with y’all……y’all could make music write now we could be slaying the boys but no……Nicki is a fake ass b**** Not even 100% it’s 120% because I did like the b****….now the b**** won’t go away…she’s an annoying ass robot speaking roach and now she has roach followers infesting the female rap……Iggy and Kim and the rest that’s trying to make it need they bug spray because these nasty trifling b****** is out here……competition isn’t rap it’s battles and making money……
B****,no just no. Kim is no longer trying to make it she did her time has been over. Nicki is as real as it gets and if you don’t understand sit your ass down, and grab a pencil. I know it’s late for this but somebody aka you has to learn. A robot? F*** off. Iggy ain’t write s*** of her own songs. Almost 40, are u that young you cant round 32 or in 2014, 30. Nicki be dragging these h*** like harambe did the kid. Facts.
Your culture??? I’m f****** done.