maybe she was actually, who knows? it's very possible she was much more ignorant about race issues then than she is now and that's why she doesn't say it anymore. maybe it is media backlash that motivates that but you have no proof or way of knowing

.....nicki is black

It's not Iggy's word to use. Nicki is well within her right as a black person to use it.

inb4 someone says this is reverse racism