"This Australian hip-hopper used the pet name/street name system to come up with her rap name," Alex Trebek announced. Nicholas Bérubé thought he had the answer — or question, rather, since this is Jeopardy. He hit the buzzer and asked, "Who is Azealia Banks?" Ouch. The correct answer, of course, was Banks' archenemy, Iggy Azalea.
Although Bérubé hasn't had the pleasure of meeting either rapper, his slip-up was immediately considered an indirect shot fired in the ongoing Iggy Azalea/Azealia Banks feud. Bérubé decided to take proactive steps to avoid getting pulled into the crossfire. He created a Twitter account to apologize to both Azealia Banks and the Internet at-large for his gaffe. He swore that he never intended to throw shade.
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Hey @AZEALIABANKS - I'm the guy on Jeopardy who mixed you up with Iggy Azalea. I apologize. I actually think you're awesome.
— Nicholas Berube (@nicholas_berube) January 21, 2015
Very new w twitter but I'm Nicholas from #jeopardy, and I wanted to apologize for mixing up Iggy and @AZEALIABANKS / messing up the internet
— Nicholas Berube (@nicholas_berube) January 21, 2015
Perhaps a better clue would have been: "Who dat? Who dat?" Question: "Who is I-G-G-Y?" (Styleite)
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