Iggy Azalea Regrets Feud with Papa Johns, Still Hates Azealia Banks and Won't Get Political

"If I could, I would Men in Black memory-erase 2015, I totally would," Iggy Azalea claims. After a frankly disastrous year that included a cancelled arena tour, feuds with everyone from Azealia Banks to Q-Tip to Papa John's and a flopped collaboration with Britney Spears (sparking another mini-feud), the "Fancy" rapper is finally ready to move on.

Azalea is on the cover of Elle Canada's April issue, and in the accompanying interview she does not hold back. Though she regrets calling out Papa John's on Twitter for giving out her contact information, she is not sorry for feuding with "212" rapper Azealia Banks, though she does regret the manner in which she did it, seemingly dismissing the Black Lives Matter movement.

"We don't like each other on a personal level, and that has gone on for many years -- before the Black Lives Matter incident happened. So when I dismissed her, people started to think that I dismissed the whole movement, but I wasn't trying to dismiss Black Lives Matter -- I was trying to dismiss her because it's our personal shit. I don't think the subject matter of her tweet was invalid; I just think it was emotionally charged and driven by something else, and the whole thing got so misconstrued. I just wish I had acknowledged the issue head-on because it made people think I don't care about what's going on socially and what's happening in America, and I do care," she said. "Even though I still hate Azealia Banks, I wish I had said it in a way that didn't make people think I was oblivious to the movement. And I wish I hadn't gotten into a fight with Papa John's!"

Just because Azalea has learned her lesson about staying off Twitter a bit and stumbled into politics, does that mean she's going to bring social issues to her new album Digital Distortion, which is due out later this year?

Nope. She's just here for the party.

"I think it's important for music to reflect what is going on socially and for there to be those kinds of voices within the industry. But I want to be that person you can listen to for four minutes and not think about that stuff at all, and it's important to have that too," she said. "I'm not going to suddenly start rapping about political matters; it's just not what I do. There are other great people who do that, like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. I'm not here to offer that commentary, but that doesn't mean I don't care. I don't think everyone has to be everything-like, does Katy Perry have to start making songs about politics? I think it's good to still be able to have a little fun."

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