There's a Petition to Take Away Iggy Azalea's Billboard Music Award for "Fancy"

Apparently people don't like "Fancy" as much as they thought.

By Seija Rankin May 27, 2015 7:09 PMTags
Iggy Azalea, Charli XCXChris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Can you feel that breeze? It's actually a gust of shade blowing through in Iggy Azalea's direction.

Thanks to some seriously over-dedicated music fans, there's now a real, live petition to take away one of the rapper's recently-won Billboard Music Awards. Azalea held court at this month's awards show, performing alongside Britney Spears and winning three different awards, for Top Rap Artist, Top Streaming Artist and Top Rap Song. It was a day to write home about, but not for everybody. 

According to the Change.org petition, which currently has over 18,000 signatures, fans want to see Iggy stripped of title of Top Rap Song, which she won for her mega-hit "Fancy." The reason? The petition claims that the song was actually ineligible for the award in the first place, because its release date (February 17, 2014)) came before the eligibility period of March 10, 2014 through March 2015.

So just who do these fans want to see with the award instead? None other than Miss Nicki Minaj. "This is unfair to the other nominees in this category," writes the petition. "Especially to 'Anaconda' by Nicki Minaj, who most likely would've won."

And the sentiment doesn't end there; dozens of signees chimed in with their impassioned thoughts on why Minaj should claim the prize. Phrases like "This injustice is just too much," "Nicki is way underrated" and "Iggy has soiled the name of rap music" were tossed around in the comments. Ouch.

Luckily for Iggy, however, Billboard is calling this petition a no-go. Apparently the awards show's rules for eligibility are based on dates of "fan interactions with music" instead of actual song releases. In other words, time to let it go Nicki Minaj fans.