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Azealia Banks Announces Retirement
Article via HotNewHipHop
Azealia Banks, don’t ever change. The talented artist has given us much to unpack throughout the years, be it unique and innovative tunes, unapologetic tirades, and even the occasional recipe. Unfortunately, much of her creativity was overshadowed by her more controversial antics and before long the narrative had transformed into a villain’s origin story. Whether that’s fair or not is entirely up for debate; many still hold fast by Azealia’s side, though others jumped ship after one sudden beef too many. Now, after a little under a decade of putting in work, Azealia Banks has decided to hang up her microphone with one final PSA via Instagram Story, as preserved by HipHopNMore.
The main crux of her message stems from a variance in taste, as many of her fans have taken to admiring “lesser” artists — at least as she sees it. “I find myself acknowledging/looking at shit I’m leagues above and it really is such a setback,” she writes. “I truly honestly could not give a fuck about any of the people you ask me to collab with.” She proceeds to take a shot at some of her favorite sparring partners, lamenting being consistently “thrown in the bucket with Iggys/Tinashes/random drag queens.” “I’m like a giant baking pies and eating cakes trying to fault mice for collecting crumbs,” she taunts. “Gotta leave the crumbs on the floor and let the ecosystem do what it does.”
She doubles down in signature fashion. “It’s true — even though I’m DEFINITELY better than all these little trash bitches ya’ll stans try collaging in with me,” she begins, claiming that the never-ending request line has proven too big a burden to bear. And thus, her exeunt from music, and possibly even social media at large. For all those “mice” eagerly lapping at the crumbs she left behind, the harvest has come to an end. And like that, she was gone. Will you miss her?
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Azealia Banks wrote a song about executing Elon Musk
Azealia Banks teased new music on her Instagram Tuesday night, and one song in particular, “96’Corolla (Motorman),” seems to be a thinly-veiled fantasy about executing Elon Musk.
The song is about an “ungrateful technocrat who’s [sic] ego becomes too big for his britches,” according to the since-deleted post. The song’s villain, Alon Dust, is plotting to use the brains of the poor to power his neural network, Neuralink. But things go sideways when Neuralink recognizes Dust himself as a threat. The AI overlord, played by Banks in the song (but originally written for Poppy, according to the Instagram post), decides to cut the technocrat’s neural activity off via satelite, “rendering him a vegetable and erasing him as a threat to humanity.”
Banks has had a bone to pick with Musk since last August, when she flew to LA to collaborate on a single with his girlfriend Claire Boucher, aka Grimes. Banks alleged Grimes never showed and she was left alone to wander Musk’s mansion “for days” and said it was “like a real life episode of Get Out.”
In a string of mostly now-deleted Instagram posts, Banks railed against the singer and the tech tycoon, calling Grimes a “dirty-sneaker-inbred-out of the woods Pabst beer pussy methhead-junkie” and Musk a “trash ass beta male” with “pork skin.”
The rapper is hardly the first to compare Musk to a Bond villain-in-the-making, but the fact that her song clearly and specifically envisions the execution of a powerful public figure throws the ethics and legality of her creativity into question. Freedom of Speech debates rage in America today, and many of the arguments involve social media.
In 2014, a man named Anthony Elonis was sentenced to 44 months in prison for a series of posts he made on Facebook, mostly in the form of rap lyrics, threatening to harm his estranged wife and a female police officer. Elonis ended many of the posts with the lines, “Art is about pushing limits. I’m willing to go to jail for my constitutional rights. Are you?” In 2015, the US Supreme Court heard his case on appeal to settle the narrow legal standard of what constitutes a “true threat” versus harmless creative fantasizing. The justices reversed Elonis’ conviction in an 8-1 decision — but they didn’t decide the case on First Amendment grounds. The court said the government just couldn’t prove whether Elonis intended to act from his Facebook alone.
It’s unclear how Banks’ foray into “revenge art” will play out in the court of public opinion or the actual legal system. But she arguably knows Musk and Grimes personally. She could potentially harbor ill-will towards them. But come on, “96’Corolla (Motorman)” is a work of science fiction. There’s no way Banks would advocate for actual violent revolution against the capitalists, right?
Article via Mic
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Azealia Banks Booed Up For The Summer, Finally Found Love
Article via UrbanIslandz
Azealia Banks is booed for the summer, and I can’t get a text back.
The controversial rapper confirmed on IG on Thursday that she got a new man in her life and that she is happy to have found the love of her life finally. We’ve grown used to Azealia Banks getting into beef on social media with other rappers like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and more. She even once got into it with Rihanna. Her feud never ends well. Today she stunned her fans when she posted a photo of herself and her boyfriend, Paul.
“I want to introduce the world to my boyfriend,” she wrote. This is the love of my life. I’m so happy I found you and can’t wait to spend the rest of our lives together.”
Sounds like she plans on walking down the aisle sometime soon. Some fans think that this is a publicity stunt, while others believe that it’s a good thing and that is perhaps the reason why she hasn’t been lashing out on the Gram lately.
“Maybe this is what you needed this whole time sis so you can calm yo azz down lol, notice we haven’t seen any feud with you lately good d*** will do that,” one fan wrote.
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Azealia Banks Sides With Alabama: “Abortion Is A Luxury Provided By Modern Science”
Article via HotnewHipHop
Azealia Banks voiced her controversial remarks in response to Munroe Bergdorf’s personal stance on the abortion topic.
Azealia Banks is the latest public figure to address the issue of Alabama’s change in legislation governing abortion. For the sake of objectivity, I’ll refrain from criticizing her opinion, mostly due to the fact that as a woman of color, Azealia Banks has more to gain/lose from this ongoing debate. That said, Azealia Bank’s decision to stand behind what other’s perceive as oppressive measures by the Alabaman senate (and other caucuses in the Confederate States) is riddled with nuances and contradictory statements.
For starters, Azealia Banks stands on two fronts. She stands behind the criminalization of Abortion, but only as it pertains to control the Pharmaceutical Industry maintains over the practice itself. In the closing sentence of her public address, Banks defines abortion as a “modern luxury provided by modern science,” while altogether showing a semblance of solidarity with the anti-establishment and pro-choice movement in America.
As she clearly states in the caption of the Instagram posting, her PSA was written in response to Munroe Bergdorf dedicated efforts on the same platform. For added context: Bergdorf is an English transgender model and activist who was herself ejected from a lucrative L’Oréal sponsorship after her racial commentary was taken out of context.
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Azealia Banks Responds To Threats Of Legal Action Over Comments About Ireland
Article via HotNewHipHop
Azealia responds to her latest controversy.
Azealia Banks sparked some more controversy when she made offensive comments about the Irish and Irish women after an encounter on an airplane. She went on to describe Irish people as “a bunch of prideful inbred leprechauns who have ZERO global influence.”
Since her social media rant, an Irish lawyer responded to her words with a statement in which he asserted that Banks’ words are punishable by law apparently, explaining that anything deemed to be hate speech on social media is a crime.
“Hi #azeliabanks [sic] in light of your recent comments on #instagram about Irish women & Irish people generally, perhaps I can introduce you to the #CommunicationsAct2003 (s127) before you land in England,” said Tomas McGarvey.
According to McGarvey, Section 127 of the UK’s Communications Act of 2003 says that it’s an offense to “send a message that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character over public electronic communications network.”
Banks took to Instagram to address Mcgarvey’s new revelation and accused the threat to be spurred form racism, adding that if her actions are punishable by law, then so are the responses that she’s gotten.
“Racism at its finest,” she penned. “The eagerness to put a black woman in a cage. EL OH EL. If I’m gettin arrested then we will have to go through my DM’s and arrest each and every person who said racist things to me, which would mean you’d basically need to arrest the entire country of Ireland. I’m not sure what kind of point these folk are trying to prove but the racism keeps jumping out of them like vomit on a stomach virus. Literally cannot believe the kind of negro-hunt these folk are on about. […]The fact that these people think this should scare me into submission to let people say racist things to me so long as I dont say them back is hilarious. Arrest me and THEN do what?[…] 212 will shoot straight to the top of the charts and I will become a part of UK School curriculum, Feminist Theory, he will literally make me a HUGE star for arresting me. A blessing in disguise.”
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Grimes, Azealia Banks subpoenaed in lawsuit over Elon Musk’s bad weed tweet
In some very 2019 news, pop stars Grimes (née Claire Boucher) and Azealia Banks have been subpoenaed in the ongoing lawsuit over Elon Musk’s bad tweet. You remember the one: In August, he announced that he might be taking Tesla private at $420 a share, a figure that turned out to be a wildly miscalculated weed joke. Now, the SEC is suing him for misleading investors, and, due to their very public feud, the two artists may hold some key information.
See, it began with some now-deleted Instagram posts from Banks, who shared the sordid tale of a weekend with Musk and Grimes, his girlfriend. Banks was allegedly at his L.A. home to collaborate on a song with Grimes, but claimed she was ignored “while Grimes coddled her boyfriend for being too stupid to know not to go on Twitter on acid.” Guess which tweet that was! “I saw him in the kitchen tucking his tail in between his legs scrounging for investors to cover his ass after that tweet,” she later added in an interview with Business Insider. Banks added even more fuel to the fire when she shared encrypted Signal messages between her and Grimes, who bragged about introducing Musk to weed and noted that he’s “super entertained by 420” and set the price of his stock at 420 “for a laugh.”
The subpoenas won’t require Grimes and Banks to testify in court. Rather, they require the two to preserve any communications, online or otherwise, that could be considered evidence.
Musk, meanwhile, still has a Twitter account.
Article via AVClub
Azealia Banks Drags Iggy Azalea, Predicts Career Foreclosure
Azealia Banks isn’t done dragging the cat across America.
It all started when Azealia accusing Iggy of stealing her namesake, claims that were proven untrue to some degree, the further you look into their shared timeline. Be that as it may, Azalea’s disdain for Iggy is viewed as the “silver lining” among her many fault lines or hiccups.
Her most recent criticism of Iggy comes as the Naturalized-American has entered a promotional partnership with a dietary product that supposedly helps men and women reduce stomach inflammation. Iggy jumped on Instagram this week to promote the “Flat Tummy Tea” product, which incurred a livid response from Azealia, who if memories serves her right, was once the recipient of a mocking tongue-lashing for her Cheapy XO line of soap products. As you’ll see below, Azealia used the “cheap shot” as a reference point in her most recent attack.
“Awww, iggy is Broke,” Banks wrote over a screenshot of Iggy’s promotional ad. “I remember when I had to do flat tummy tea ads for a little weave money. Those were rough times. And she had the nerve to make fun of my soap. Yikes.”
But Banks wasn’t done just yet.
“Never hating on a girl’s hustle, but I predict she will be moving back in with her parents in Australia soon,” she continued. “@thenewclassic, I can throw you a bone and pay you to promote the Kangaroo Jane shampoo bar if you are interested.”
Article via HotNewHipHop
Azealia Banks Savagely Slams Kanye West & Makes Shocking Claims About Kim Kardashian
The ‘212’ rapper claims that the Yeezy founder “spilled tea” to her about his wife Kim Kardashian, and said the reality TV star will soon leave him. She also claims that the ‘I Love It’ rapper stole her designs without permission.
Azealia Banks unleashed fury on Kanye West this weekend. On Sunday night (18th Nov), the 27-year-old rapper claimed West had previously stolen some of her design ideas, before bringing his wife Kim Kardashian into the beef.
Banks first took to Instagram to share two images of what she describes as prototypes for a ‘Yeezy Survival Kit’, in the hopes that if Kanye decided to go ahead and produce them, people would know she designed them.
“I came up with this idea as a disaster kit or for camping,” she said, before claiming that Kim Kardashian was “jealous” that West was talking to her, leading him to “ghost” Banks.
“I’m pretty sure it’s just sneaky Kanye’s way of trying to steal my idea and leave me out,” she added. In addition to the posts, Banks went on a lengthy rant on her Instagram stories, claiming Kanye “spilled hella tea” about his wife Kim.
“The tea is hella juicy, I would love to spill it because his dumb a** tried to put me on three way with one of his employees and set me up pretending like I was in the wrong for sending his dumb a** a heart emoji.
“A F**KING HEART. He tried to pretend like I was In love with him or some shit. I won’t spill the tea because I don’t want kris Jenner to have him killed.”
Banks said she is “sick” of West, and accused him of doing “dumb sh*t on purpose for attention.” She said Kim Kardashian “ruined” West and “won’t be done with him until she’s sucked the last drop of blood.”
And Azealia wasn’t done there. The rapper – who is known for her public, and often controversial, opinions – filmed herself in the back of a car and continued her verbal attack on West.
“Kim Kardashian is absolutely going to leave you. She’s already f**king gone. Say what you want to want about her, but in some sense, I’m feeling bad for her because you’re just a dummy.
“You just be acting dumb just to act dumb. Like, how is that sexy? I’m sorry. If I was Kim Kardashian, I would f**k Drake too,” she said, referring to the rumours of Kim and Drake’s alleged fling. “You’re dead to me. You’re literally dead to me.”
West is yet to respond to the rant. Last month, Banks unleashed fury on singer Lana Del Ray as the pair became embroiled in a bitter Twitter beef, sparked over West’s endorsement of Donald Trump.
Article via CapitalXtra
Azealia Banks Praises Russ For Fingering Technique: “DJ Fingerblast” Is Still “Corny AF”
She claims to understand the reason for the “F*ck Russ” trend.
Azealia didn’t leave her fans hanging in terms of the identity of this person. The female emcee some details through text posts shortly after her spoken rant which seemed to link Russ to the previous uploads to her stories. After being upset about his alleged attempt to “play her,” Azealia had both positive and negative things to say about him.
Her nicknaming him “DJ Fingerblast” is a testament to her claim of his being a “finger popping champion.” Regardless of his sexual prowess, Azealia still thinks the “Zoo” rapper deserves to be the subject of ridicule through “F*ck Russ” chants.
Article via HotNewHipHop