Goodnight, it's over with, that's all he wrote. Hip-hop mogul T.I. confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 17, that he's cut all business ties with his former mentee Iggy Azalea.
The "Whatever You Like" hitmaker, 34, has been credited with Azalea's meteoric rise in the hip-hop world, but he shared with the crew of Ebro in the Morning that he was bowing out from his role as her mentor.
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"In her defense, she had a lot thrown at her at one time," T.I. told the radio hosts. "Any human being anywhere [is gonna] have a hard time adjusting... It came at a time when culturally in this nation ? when she's not from here ? we were actually looking for a source to place that pent-up aggression. Some stuff they brought upon themselves. In some cases, it kind of was the easiest place to put some pent-up aggression."
The hosts asked T.I. what the exact breaking point was in their work relationship. "Yeah, after the Q-Tip thing," he noted.
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Azalea, who's been at the forefront of numerous controversies in the last year, was famously schooled in December by fellow rapper Q-Tip. At the time, Q-Tip sent 40 direct tweets to the "Fancy" hitmaker, educating her about hip-hop history. T.I. later chimed in via Twitter and even defended his mentee, who faced immense backlash from the Internet for "misappropriating black culture."
"After I kind of had smoothed it over, like okay, 'What is really meant to be said here is...' Then, after it was cool, everything was cool," T.I. recalled. "And then they kind of came back and undid what I had just [orchestrated]. Imma be all the way real: I'm a loyal partner. If I rock with you, I'm gon' rock with you... Right, wrong, we're gonna discuss that in the car."
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The Atlanta-raised rapper used a metaphor to further explain that situation with Azalea, 25. "Right now, Imma block the bullets..." he recalled. "When I say, 'Go?' Go! Don't stand around and tote while I'm blocking bullets. You slowing me down, you know what I'm saying?"
T.I. added an encouraging note for Azalea and her team. "But I really do feel that they just needed a little more time to adjust, which I feel they can do," he shared. "They have the talent, they have the charisma."
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Azalea most recently made headlines after confirming ? in a Seventeen cover story ? that she had a nose job and got chin implants soon after getting a boob job. In that piece, she addressed her many haters and explained why she went off social media after being body-shamed.
?It?s hard to be a woman in 2015 with social media. There?s so much more emphasis on taking pictures of ourselves and the ?likes? or people commenting on them," she mused at the time. "There?s a lot more pressure to look beautiful... Some days I just want to look like s?t and feel okay with that."
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Qtip read her to SHREDS
she's finished
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It's kinda sad because I don't think she had bad intentions...
Quote from: Annie on September 17, 2015, 02:09:44 PM
It's kinda sad because I don't think she had bad intentions...
Yea, I feel bad for her
Poor Iggy
yeah she's finished...FINALLY
i cant believe people actually entertained this corny manufactured mess in the first place
i dont wish her bad and i hope she has enough money saved up.....but she's not a fucking 'rapper'
i didn't like her album like i thought i would.....but her mixtapes sound better than some of the albums out right now
Her rapping and music are both awful
j
How did she get to have this long a career? She only had one hot song that I can remember. Correct me if I'm wrong. Shouldn't she have long ago been discarded as a one-hit wonder?
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Poor thing.
Poor 'gy
T.I. is trash for this.
so you give up on here because of some words over the internet? sucka ass nigga
poor girl. i feel so bad for her.
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Tears, tip didnt even tell that girl
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/644592959153942528 (https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/644592959153942528)
And she is slow for talking about it on twitter
Just call him if you are close with him
Sddddd @ her tweets
She found out like the rest of us. He didn't even call her to tell her that he was done with her? yeesh. She's had a rough year
He's suuuuuuper wack for that.
gather him Igs.
I think they were smashing on the low though.
Quote from: Skegee Girl on September 17, 2015, 03:29:20 PM
How did she get to have this long a career? She only had one hot song that I can remember. Correct me if I'm wrong. Shouldn't she have long ago been discarded as a one-hit wonder?
she has had a few
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
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Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 04:53:58 PM
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
I got that from him too, he didnt really explain why hes done with her
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 04:53:58 PM
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
f
I guess we'll never know
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 03:57:08 PM
T.I. is trash for this.
so you give up on here because of some words over the internet? sucka ass nigga
poor girl. i feel so bad for her.
he constantly had to smooth over situations and clean up mess, cuz she didn't know how to stop responding. He's not her father
If he wants to cut ties and support from afar, that's his choice.
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 04:53:58 PM
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
they've been saying that from the beginning though lol and he's always defended her. We don't know what their personal relationship is like
Quote from: RIG on September 17, 2015, 04:20:46 PM
Sddddd @ her tweets
She found out like the rest of us. He didn't even call her to tell her that he was done with her? yeesh. She's had a rough year
:plzstop:
They are Sick of her
Quote from: RIG on September 17, 2015, 05:06:31 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 03:57:08 PM
T.I. is trash for this.
so you give up on here because of some words over the internet? sucka ass nigga
poor girl. i feel so bad for her.
he constantly had to smooth over situations and clean up mess, cuz she didn't know how to stop responding. He's not her father
If he wants to cut ties and support from afar, that's his choice.
No one asked him to do those things.
he jumped into things and situations on his own, so he can't blame anyone but himself.
he cut ties because he's a bitch and got bitched by the black community.
Hhhhhh 'scared away by the blacks'
When q tip schooled her he had to agree with that
She was insensitive to what was going on during the time people were coming for her
Quote from: RIG on September 17, 2015, 05:07:55 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 04:53:58 PM
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
they've been saying that from the beginning though lol and he's always defended her. We don't know what their personal relationship is like
obviously they don't have much of a relationship
if she had to find out he cut ties with her the same time we found out
Quote from: Genesis on September 17, 2015, 04:59:33 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 04:53:58 PM
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
I got that from him too, he didnt really explain why hes done with her
ofcourse you would agree..
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/644593204541681665
See.....if she were that upset maybe calling him personally to talk to him would have been better than running to twitter.
She just seems like a lot to deal with. People can only take so much
:sobusyjetsetter:
Q-Tip can't "school" anyone.
he needs to mind his business. seems to me a lot of niggas and bitches got JEALOUS when Ig blew up
and they wish they they were in her position, so everyone started crying "appropriation" until it stuck
where's the uproar from the black rappers when Nicki slapped on a blond wig, prances around on a beach singing bout starships?
if a black girl does pop it ok, but a white girl can't do hip-hop?
I hope she comes back with another smash to make the gorls seethe even more
and T.I.'s a bitch and unprofessional
:)
Not q tip being jealous of this one white wonder
Are you ok?
I said what I said and I'm done.
not interested in doing the pages upon pages of back and forth. That's dead.
either accept or don't...
0 fucks will be given either way...
Ah shut up :dead:
Quote from: Almost on September 17, 2015, 04:17:21 PM
Tears, tip didnt even tell that girl
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/644592959153942528 (https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/644592959153942528)
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Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 04:53:58 PM
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
or maybe because she's not making him money anymore
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 05:14:09 PM
Quote from: RIG on September 17, 2015, 05:06:31 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 03:57:08 PM
T.I. is trash for this.
so you give up on here because of some words over the internet? sucka ass nigga
poor girl. i feel so bad for her.
he constantly had to smooth over situations and clean up mess, cuz she didn't know how to stop responding. He's not her father
If he wants to cut ties and support from afar, that's his choice.
No one asked him to do those things.
he jumped into things and situations on his own, so he can't blame anyone but himself.
he cut ties because he's a bitch and got bitched by the black community.
i don't remember the black community being outraged by him defending her
:kii:
Business is business and she really tarnished his brand. Although it was his fault for trying to capitalize off of an obvious gimmick.
Here goes Uncle Ruckus
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 05:20:21 PM
Q-Tip can't "school" anyone.
he needs to mind his business. seems to me a lot of niggas and bitches got JEALOUS when Ig blew up
and they wish they they were in her position, so everyone started crying "appropriation" until it stuck
where's the uproar from the black rappers when Nicki slapped on a blond wig, prances around on a beach singing bout starships?
if a black girl does pop it ok, but a white girl can't do hip-hop?
But we know Nicki is talented, so when she genre hops we don't really care much and let her do her thing. I think Iggy left a bad taste in everyone's mouth because she was being propped up and awarded and praised for basically nothing. Being pretty was all she seemed to offer and others felt that there were more talented girls that deserved the recognition. Iggy is all image and I'm not saying that's some super horrible thing.....but the Nicki comparison kinda falls flat IMO because Nicki IS talented. I don't dislike Iggy, she has some catchy songs but you can't blame some people for being annoyed.
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 05:18:23 PM
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/644593204541681665
See.....if she were that upset maybe calling him personally to talk to him would have been better than running to twitter.
She just seems like a lot to deal with. People can only take so much
:sobusyjetsetter:
she's young too
I forgot she's dumb
Quote from: SUPREME on September 17, 2015, 05:34:10 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 05:14:09 PM
Quote from: RIG on September 17, 2015, 05:06:31 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 03:57:08 PM
T.I. is trash for this.
so you give up on here because of some words over the internet? sucka ass nigga
poor girl. i feel so bad for her.
he constantly had to smooth over situations and clean up mess, cuz she didn't know how to stop responding. He's not her father
If he wants to cut ties and support from afar, that's his choice.
No one asked him to do those things.
he jumped into things and situations on his own, so he can't blame anyone but himself.
he cut ties because he's a bitch and got bitched by the black community.
i don't remember the black community being outraged by him defending her
:kii:
And Nicki got DRAGGED in front of thousands at Summer Jam because of Starships and her pop music. So much so that she canceled her performance :dead:
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 05:15:54 PM
Quote from: RIG on September 17, 2015, 05:07:55 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 04:53:58 PM
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 04:51:31 PM
It sounds like to me that he was tired of constantly having to come to her rescue, and who wouldn't be annoyed at that. Wish her well though
Nope.
he scared away by the blacks and them calling all kinds of "uncle tom's, etc...
he's a sucka because he ran away instead of standing by someone he believed in
they've been saying that from the beginning though lol and he's always defended her. We don't know what their personal relationship is like
obviously they don't have much of a relationship
if she had to find out he cut ties with her the same time we found out
exactly
I'm saying you can't pretend to know every reason why the relationship broke down. Ur assuming and guessing :dead:
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who the fuck said a one white wonder
I guess when she finally had a big budget people felt her image was too engineered..
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 05:34:47 PM
But we know Nicki is talented
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Iggy said this, TI said that, Nicki said this, Lil said that, Taylor said this, Nicki said that...
This whole industry has turned into something else
I actually feel bad for this girl.
Like she may be a terribad rapper, and have said some questionable things, but people have just taken it overboard.
TItteh is a weak ass nigga.
Quote from: Nicholas_Styles on September 17, 2015, 04:44:54 PM
Quote from: Skegee Girl on September 17, 2015, 03:29:20 PM
How did she get to have this long a career? She only had one hot song that I can remember. Correct me if I'm wrong. Shouldn't she have long ago been discarded as a one-hit wonder?
she has had a few
Ok. I had forgotten about "Black Widow." I know "Fancy" and "Black Widow." That's it. Maybe if I listened to pop radio I would know more of her songs...?
oh Mel....gor
Poor girl....
lol
i feel bad for her
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poor dat. I'm glad she's done. felt like a parody.
Quote from: Phantom on September 17, 2015, 05:34:15 PM
Business is business and she really tarnished his brand. Although it was his fault for trying to capitalize off of an obvious gimmick.
U guys should hold our tounges. She's not finished, she's white, she'll bounce back. Apparently she's working on electronic music and that will probably book
Quote from: Gallis on September 17, 2015, 09:33:15 PM
U guys should hold our tounges. She's not finished, she's white, she'll bounce back. Apparently she's working on electronic music and that will probably book
j
She has one hit
And she ruined Britneys alber release
She's done
Iggy is still coming guys. Collabs for days. Demi, Katy, Taylor and them are not gonna put no Azebra on their mess.
No one will be using her new mess.
Its like... Not gonna happen. Although I wouldn't mind her sifting Nicki's wig once more.
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she's not coming. Iggy is legit a joke now. Moreso than Tyga.
Y'all should've seen the tweets when she randomly popped up with Demi at the VMA's.
Quote from: Gallis on September 17, 2015, 09:33:15 PM
U guys should hold our tounges. She's not finished, she's white, she'll bounce back. Apparently she's working on electronic music and that will probably book
and she still has a record deal with def jam .. she really doesnt need TI to release new music .. if yall think she is on the next Qantas flight back to Australia youre wrong :kii:
https://www.facebook.com/iggyazalea/photos/a.299309340086264.93796.283647554985776/1171372826213240/?type=1&theater
JUST got nominated for an MTV EMA, ugh, over 7 million Facebook fans. Ugh Iggy ain't going nowhere.
:feelinmyself:
Quote from: SUPREME on September 17, 2015, 09:35:58 PM
Quote from: Gallis on September 17, 2015, 09:33:15 PM
U guys should hold our tounges. She's not finished, she's white, she'll bounce back. Apparently she's working on electronic music and that will probably book
j
She has one hit
And she ruined Britneys alber release
She's done
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Quote from: SUPREME on September 17, 2015, 09:35:58 PM
Quote from: Gallis on September 17, 2015, 09:33:15 PM
U guys should hold our tounges. She's not finished, she's white, she'll bounce back. Apparently she's working on electronic music and that will probably book
j
She has one hit
And she ruined Britneys alber release
She's done
DFSSSSSSSSFSDF
Britney's team was so DUMB for throwing Iggy on that song :plzstop: literally nobody uses anymore
:loose2when:
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 10:46:27 PM
Quote from: SUPREME on September 17, 2015, 09:35:58 PM
Quote from: Gallis on September 17, 2015, 09:33:15 PM
U guys should hold our tounges. She's not finished, she's white, she'll bounce back. Apparently she's working on electronic music and that will probably book
j
She has one hit
And she ruined Britneys alber release
She's done
DFSSSSSSSSFSDF
Britney's team was so DUMB for throwing Iggy on that song :plzstop: literally nobody uses anymore
:loose2when:
They were REALLY late to that bandwagon.
It didnt help that it came around the same time as "Feeling Myself" n the twitter/tumblr comparisons/jokes. :kii:
Anything Ig' does is joked about n torn apart.
I don't use Iggy like that, but she seems like a sweet girl. She didn't mean any harm.
The whole fake hood swag mess never sat well with me tho, but it is what it is.
TI is weak as hell for doing her like that. Especially when his ass is always preaching & shit.
If he wanted to disassociate from her that's fine, but he could have been more respectful about it.
I don't use him.
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on September 17, 2015, 10:48:49 PM
I don't use Iggy like that, but she seems like a sweet girl. She didn't mean any harm.
and what exactly did karrarpikachu do?
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr286/Anniemations-n-more/QVSPR97B7E/gjv.gif)
Quote from: VOGUE. on September 17, 2015, 05:34:47 PM
Quote from: Mel. on September 17, 2015, 05:20:21 PM
Q-Tip can't "school" anyone.
he needs to mind his business. seems to me a lot of niggas and bitches got JEALOUS when Ig blew up
and they wish they they were in her position, so everyone started crying "appropriation" until it stuck
where's the uproar from the black rappers when Nicki slapped on a blond wig, prances around on a beach singing bout starships?
if a black girl does pop it ok, but a white girl can't do hip-hop?
But we know Nicki is talented
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Quote from: SUPREME on September 17, 2015, 10:50:45 PM
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on September 17, 2015, 10:48:49 PM
I don't use Iggy like that, but she seems like a sweet girl. She didn't mean any harm.
and what exactly did karrarpikachu do?
(http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr286/Anniemations-n-more/QVSPR97B7E/gjv.gif)
She was born :nowgorl:
sdddddddddd
well.........more talented than Piggy.
Is that better
:sevynstreeter:
The Female Vanilla Ice.
Quote from: iman on September 17, 2015, 09:09:45 PM
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poor dat. I'm glad she's done. felt like a parody.
You bitch :kii:
I don't understand why this girl is hated on so much. Rise Queen!!!
Quote from: Nicholas_Styles on September 17, 2015, 10:40:49 PM
Quote from: Gallis on September 17, 2015, 09:33:15 PM
U guys should hold our tounges. She's not finished, she's white, she'll bounce back. Apparently she's working on electronic music and that will probably book
and she still has a record deal with def jam .. she really doesnt need TI to release new music .. if yall think she is on the next Qantas flight back to Australia youre wrong :kii:
dcv
Not Qantas
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on September 17, 2015, 10:48:49 PM
I don't use Iggy like that, but she seems like a sweet girl. She didn't mean any harm.
see this is what i mean .. blacks are so forgiving and understanding :plzstop:
Quote from: Glock on September 18, 2015, 10:13:46 AM
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on September 17, 2015, 10:48:49 PM
I don't use Iggy like that, but she seems like a sweet girl. She didn't mean any harm.
see this is what i mean .. blacks are so forgiving and understanding :plzstop:
c
Does Mayday count?
boy :everythingok:
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on September 17, 2015, 10:48:49 PM
I don't use Iggy like that, but she seems like a sweet girl. She didn't mean any harm.
The whole fake hood swag mess never sat well with me tho, but it is what it is.
TI is weak as hell for doing her like that. Especially when his ass is always preaching & shit.
If he wanted to disassociate from her that's fine, but he could have been more respectful about it.
I don't use him.
i dont use him either
it never set well with me that he told TINY he didnt want her to be a singer anymore..
NIGGA WHAT?? is it 1932