That's sort of like the first step in, like, celebrity 101 as far as, you know, rehabbing your image - you know, have a wedding, get a nice spread in one of the weeklies, you know, a beautiful wedding dress, you know, just to drum up some goodwill for yourself. There's evidence that they're thinking about that because, you know, just a few days after the news breaks that this huge arena tour that's been planned for her has been canceled, we find out that she's marrying Nick Young.
I think the people who are responsible for managing her are certainly already thinking about that. Even though it seems highly improbable, I wouldn't count her out completely. I mean, there's nothing people like more in pop culture, aside from tearing people down, than a good comeback act.
MARTIN: What does this mean for her? Is she done? Can she recover? Can she reinvent herself? And that's not really doing her any favors either. And they're not necessarily just racially insensitive toward black people, but towards Asian people, toward Native American people. You know, she's tweeting things that are racially insensitive that some people have classified as homophobic. Can you tell us how that fueled the fire? MARTIN: She also got herself into hot water with how she was behaving online on social media. MARTIN: That she was somehow more marketable because she's good-looking, but she's also this young white woman. And it just sort of looks like a very cynical cash grab on T.I.'s part. And so, like, Iggy Azalea is this white girl with a big booty. I hate to say this, but, like, within hip-hop, particularly with women, part of the appeal, like, the thing that will help you to stand out - and we've seen this with Nicki Minaj, we saw this with Trina - was, like, have a big booty. But when you look at her and you look at T.I., he's the one who signed her to his label, it almost seems like she was more of a novelty act. SORAYA NADIA MCDONALD: This is a really weird kind of argument to have because, you know, hip-hop is not just solely a black artform anymore. So how did Iggy Azalea's star fall so far so fast? Soraya Nadia McDonald of The Washington Post explains that the white rapper was seen by many of her critics as inauthentic and appropriating black culture. She also dropped out of performing at Pittsburgh's gay pride event this weekend after several groups protested her scheduled appearance. And now, just a year later, Iggy Azalea has canceled her tour. She was nominated for four Grammys, including record of the year and best rap album. Drop this, and let the whole world feel it. IGGY AZALEA: (Rapping) First things first, I'm the realist.