Broadway's Tupac Shakur musical "Holler if Ya Hear Me" closed on July 20 after six weeks of low sales, mixed reviews and a white Australian Rapper getting honored at the BET Awards. The Broadway musical based on the music of Tupac Shakur closed after just 55 performances.

The "Holler If Ya Hear Me" closure has been blamed on a lot of factors. The producers of the Tupac Shakur-inspired musical say the audience wasn't getting into it and that it would never make its money back. But star of the musical, Saul Williams lays the blame at the same subtle racism that made a rap star of Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.

Saul Williams says those problems that forced the "Hollar If Ya Hear Me" closure are similar to Iggy Azalea's current status in Rap.

"There is no disconnect between this and Iggy Azalea," Williams told Rolling Stone magazine. "An Australian girl rapping with a southern accent, being Number One on the charts. It's all related to where we are right now as a culture and within the culture of the arts."

"There's actually a generic response when I don't think critics realize they're playing into the hands of something that runs deeper than how this made you feel. ," says Williams. "There was something deeply embedded in a lot of the reviews that went deeper than just a dislike of the play".

"I am speaking to that American race psyche," Williams continued, "that thing that Harry Belafonte said to me after he saw the play, which is: 'You took an Afrocentric-themed play and placed it on a Eurocentric stage. The problems you'll face are larger than you think'."

There are 22 members of the 2013-14 New York Drama Critics' Circle. Only onem Hilton Als of The New Yorker, is African American and he didn't review the show.

In his statement on Monday, Producer Eric L. Gold blamed the "financial burdens of Broadway" for the closure.

"We are so proud to be a part of this ground-breaking production. The cast, musicians, production and creative teams gave more than just their professional excellence but contributed their passion as well. My hope is that a production of this caliber, powerful in its story-telling, filled with great performances and exciting contemporary dance and music will eventually receive the recognition it deserves," Gold said. "Tupac's urgent socially important insights and the audiences' nightly rousing standing ovations deserve to be experienced by the world."

"Holler If Ya Hear Me"was written by Todd Kreidler and directed by Kenny Leon.