Iggy azalea songs disney channel7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() In her music video, Miley sported a gold-plated grill while twerking, both of which are seen as aspects of African American rap culture. The song earnt headlines everywhere for its allusion to drug use and the premiere of Cyrus’ new ‘urban’ look, but what really got many ethnic audiences talking was Miley’s blatant and disrespectful cultural appropriation in the song ( Nittle, 2019). ![]() Long gone from her Disney channel days, in June 2013 Cyrus released a single entitled ‘We can’t stop’. Among these musicians are Miley Cyrus and Iggy Azalea, who have both in the past received huge backlash for appropriating African American culture in a blatantly inappropriate manner. Some of the most celebrated musicians in the industry have been accused in the past for borrowing fashion, music and art forms of different cultural groups without acknowledging their origins. Many prominent white musicians have been accused of borrowing aspects of African American culture (AAC) in order to make a profit off what people of colour were once punished for doing ( Johnson, 2015). ![]() Cultural appropriation has been prominent in the music industry for decades now.
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