This week while on a promo tour for their new Lifetime feel ‘With This Ring’ Philly natives Eve and Jill Scott stopped by ‘Sway In The Morning’ to chat about the movie, and most notably the topic of Iggy Azalea and her “blaccent” came up.
Back in 2012, Eve did an interview with WomenofHiphop.com and was quizzed on her thoughts back then of Iggy.
āIām not really into the Iggy Azalea chick. I canāt really fuck with her music, but her look is crazy. I just canāt believe it.ā she revealed.
Iggy responded to Eve’s critique back then during an interview with XXL where she stated:
āI like Eve,ā āIĀ used to be like, āIt is real, let me prove it to you. Now, I donāt care if you think itās real or not because itās what I love, itās my life. I donāt give a fuck if you think I am or not ācause that girl in the crowd understand it and thatās who itās for, if you donāt then itās not for you.ā
Fast forward toĀ this week when Sway quizzed bothĀ ladies on their thoughts of Iggy they both offered interesting takes on the Australia bred femcee and their thoughts of her authenticity. Eve revealed:
Sheās representing a group of girlsĀ right now as well. I think people right now are too quick to give too many accolades to new people. Thatās the one thing I just canāt stand. Let herĀ do her thing. Itās not my cup of tea but sheās representing for somebody.
āThe āblaccent.ā Is that horrible? A lot of people gonna get mad at that, say what you want, but fuck it. Iām saying it in a sense that, sheās from a different place. Iāve said this before, It would be dope to hearĀ her with her swag. What are you, who are you and what is that? Thatās the only reason I say that. [Australians] are so dope. Thatās my only thing.ā
Meanwhile Jill shared her perspective:
Itās a little challenging for me, because I come from the era that she pulled from. To me, itās a mixture of Da Brat and Eve. Thatās what it sounds like to me, so thatās a little challenging for me. But Iām a mixture of Sarah Vaughan and five other things so for somebody else that comes from that era, theyād be like āYou aight.ā so that has been the only thing that stops me, is that I know where that comes from. It sounds like a big bite to me.
Well once Iggy got wind of Eve and Jill’s perception of her, she took to Twitter to address them.
Do you think Eve & Jill’s comments were accurate or appropriate, and what about Iggy’s response?


