Iggy Azalea is feeling thankful after more hip hop stars have come to her defense.
In the Australian rappers' ongoing feud with Azealia Banks, who doesn't feel the white emcee has a place in hip hop, which she recently described as "black music," some of the genre's hitmakers have tweeted messages about hip hop's global appeal.
"@IGGYAZALEA hiphop is global now ... it doesn't matter if your white or black,"Will.i.am wrote Monday in support of the "Fancy" rapper. "Thanks for contributing & spreading our culture positively. It saddens me that people are making a big deal about race in hiphop & not ethics ... today's ethics goes against our foundation."
Days after Azalea's mentor, T.I., and A Tribe Called Quest rapper Q-Tip aired their grievances over Banks comments by providing a hip hop history lesson on Twitter, the Black Eyed Peas member added some knowledge of his own.
"In 1980 a white girl from punk rock group @blondieOFFICIAL helped #hiphop expand beyond the hood with a song called #rapture," he wrote. "At the end of the day who cares what people think ... do what you love ... stay #fancy ... #congrats."
In addition to Banks' strong opinions about the Aussie rappers' success, a hacking group called Anonymous, is said to have issued threats to release images from a sex tape supposedly featuring Azalea. The Twitter account the threats were issued through has since been deactivated, but not before the group gave Azalea 48 hours to apologize to Banks for her part in the feud.
"Iggy has a place in HipHop,"rapper Lupe Fiasco tweeted to one of his followers. "Her place."
"Thanks lupe and will iam what you guys said was really nice and I appreciate it," Azalea tweeted Monday. "Most people learn every and anything they can about the subjects they are passionate about, I'm no different."
