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Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks are doing a song together and yes, this is real life.
The beef between the two rappers is one of the music industry’s best known feuds, but according to Iggy the women have put it behind them and are collaborating.
“Public service announcement,” Iggy captioned a Snapchat post earlier this week.
“Azealia is going to be on DD [her upcoming album Digital Distortion]. We are collaborating. Burn your wigs now or preserve them in your freezer for release day.”
When a fan tweeted Iggy about their dislike of the reconciliation, she replied:
“If you can’t understand my desire to turn YEARS worth of negativity into a positive interaction then that’s your loss my dear. peace!”
In a couple of other tweets, she continued:
“I don’t expect you guys to understand why i would collaborate with someone who has publicly said they hope i die.
“This has been something extremely negative for so long, if there is a way to make it positive and also be creative together, I’m here for it.”
212 rapper Banks said in a recent interview she was willing to try put the feud behind her.
“I think a true reconciliation can happen once there is some acknowledgment of what hip-hop has been trying to tell her,” she told XXL magazine.
“I still don’t think she quite understands the effect her racial privilege and the socio-economic leverage that comes with it has on a marginalized group of women’s culture.
“Race aside, this is also a women’s issue. I hope that there will be a chance for us to have an open discussion about this, as I feel America and the world could really benefit from some candid discourse between two public figures about the world’s biggest sickness: racism. I wish for women of the future to be able to refer to this moment in women’s culture as an example of what can happen when people take time to understand.”
It appears Iggy is looking for a drama-free life. When singer Halsey threw some serious shade at the Australian in a recent interview, Iggy’s response was calm, measured and even empathetic to the American artist.
It’s nice to see Iggy and Azealia setting an example for their fans, and trying to support one another as women, instead of tearing each other down.
Katy Perry has recently been making similar efforts to repair her relationship with rival Taylor Swift, although so far it seems Swift has not reciprocated.
But if Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks can put their beef behind them, anyone can.
