Erykah Badu Analysis

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Songstress Erykah Badu made it publicly obvious that she is not a fan of rapper Iggy Azalea after her condescending comments about her during this year's Soul Train Awards. Her monologue during the show mocked Azalea with her script saying that the blonde's music is "definitely not rap" according to The Inquisitr. This made a lot of fans of both artists upset. Badu wasn't sorry about what she said that day but she changed her attitude about it with a pinch of sarcasm with a video response on her Twitter account. Azalea also posted on Twitter her thoughts about the said comment made to her and it was obvious that she was upset about it. She told her fans on Twitter, "We are days from 2016, but I came online today and saw its still cool to

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