T.I. Defends Iggy Azalea

If you missed the 2014 BET Awards, you missed the most epic shade ever throw in an acceptance speech by an female rap artist of all time. Nicki Minaj sipped the tea as she subliminally blasted potential competitor Iggy Azalea, accusing her of not writing her own rhymes. Iggy had just performed her hit song “Fancy” and “No Mediocre” with T.I. earlier in the show.

92Q Jams caught up with T.I., what appears to be before the show, and picked his brain on the Australian artist. “Iggy is a hard worker. She’s been grinding, really paying her dues and putting her work in for quite some time,” he said without elaborating. There’s no telling if Iggy actually pens her “Fancy” bars.

The world watched in shock during this year’s BET Awards when Nicki Minaj took jabs at newcomerIggy Azalea during Nicki’s acceptance speech after winning the best female hip-hop artist award for the fifth year in a row. I was sitting in the awards show and witnessed it live. It appeared all of Nicki’s split personalities emerged in that five minute rant. If you missed Nicki’s latest rant, see it below

in that five minute rant. If you missed Nicki’s latest rant, see it below:

Rapper T.I. stands by his artist Iggy Azalea and had this to say about the Australian rapper while talking to Baltimore‘s 92Q Jams on-air personality Konan:

“Iggy is a hard worker. She’s been grinding for a long time.” 

See more of the interview below:

*We apologize for the poor audio quality.

Missed Iggy and T.I.’s BET Awards Show performance? Check it out here: