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Azealia Banks might not be releasing music at the clip she did at the top of her career, but she still gets the people talking. The Harlem rapper posted a series of social media posts taking aim at the likes of Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and past target Kanye West.
Azealia Banks took to Instagram Stories this week and fired off missives toward some of the biggest names in entertainment. Banks had plenty of pointed marital advice for Beyoncé, going so far as to say the singer is “sad” and to leave her husband, Jay-Z, for a “Jamaican man.”
“Hate comparing, but Bey really dropped the ball on the aspirational pieces,” Banks began. “She looks sooooo obviously sad with JAY-Z, and watching that every drain year after year just turns me off from how powerful she seemed to me as a kid.”
Banks also had some shots to throw in the direction of ‘Ye, centering her words on the producer’s treatment of Teyana Taylor’s career and stating that West is clamoring for white approval.
“Can you please stop riding white dick and use the same power u used to get that white girl Lana an H&M campaign on Teyana and make her a wealthy black woman?” Banks said. “Teyana was ur little boo for a second and she was 19. You made ALOT of promises to that girl but all you’ve done is [think] I care about ‘fade’ a beat u sent me in 2012 that I told u fierce was better than.”
She added, “If everyone can just steal ur sh*t Maybe it’s time to realize you don’t really HAVE anything. Addidas wasn’t going to make u billionaire and not keep rights to the name of the shoe. Just be realistic and stop trying to paint the white people you traded out plenty of black investors for — for your obsession with white approval.”
On Twitter, folks are kicking themselves for having to partially agree with Azealia Banks considering some of her controversial comments towards certain inviduals. We don’t expect that Banks’ latest social media rants will garner a response from her subjects, but the chatter on Twitter is high and hard to ignore. We’ve got those reactions below.
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people on Twitter b like: “Azealia Banks might be homophobic, transphobic, excessively cruel towards animals and racist, calling middle Eastern people ‘sand niggers’ and ‘curry scented bitches’, but when she’s somewhat vaguely correct about something, I now support her fully !”
— Ḵ Ω F Î (@bbjkap) September 7, 2022
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azealia banks is such a character OMFGG. why she telling beyoncé to leave Jay Z and find herself a jamaican man who can cook LMFAOOO pic.twitter.com/Fx9D5r3YTa
— PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA (@madisonbudlight) September 6, 2022
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it upsets me when Azealia Banks makes me agree with her because the btch be deadass wrong but when she right she right https://t.co/6CJkQ3Pczy
— the revival (@ESKABREAUX) September 7, 2022
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The two celebs who I believe have a surprising amount of dirt on powerful people are Naomi Campbell and Azealia Banks.
— Brandi, interim Tickletown FC manager
(@ItsTheBrandi) September 7, 2022
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Azealia Banks is one of the most naturally talented haters of all time. She’s as far ahead of her time as Sugar Ray Robinson. Multigenerational hating. https://t.co/Rl4l993xNo
— They Shadowbanned Me For Calling Y’all CACs (@ShoweringChimp) September 7, 2022
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Azealia Banks wields words like weapons dripping in crimson. I know her English teacher looked forward to her essays.
— Minnie (@saintdutchess) September 7, 2022
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Azealia Banks may be crazier than a fish wit titties but that girl reads the house down every. time. pic.twitter.com/lGtK09GpH2
— malcoholic (@lepetitereboot) September 7, 2022
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not azealia banks said Kanye don’t even know how to use a sewing machine
— Ӡ (@ihythreat) September 7, 2022
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azealia banks was upset about the chicken bones in kanye’s green room because he didn’t even ritualistically sacrifice the chickens to cast a spell
— Al Shipley (@alshipley) September 7, 2022
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Azealia Banks telling Beyonce to leave Jay Z, drop the kids off with Solange and disappear for a year is so inspiring
— Juan Carlos (@_Juanofakind) September 5, 2022
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Azealia Banks is right at least once a year.
— Ozzy (@ozzyetomi) September 7, 2022
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azealia banks is a visionary i’ve never seen someone come up with new, derogatory slurs on the spot like she does. i need to study her craft
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(@cutefemcel) September 7, 2022
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trying to spiritually channel azealia banks every time someone pisses me off on the internet
— r * s (@buffalodnceclub) September 7, 2022
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All these Azealia Banks takes are so tired and reek of anti-Blackness. “She’d have such a big career if she shut her mouth, but” BUT she’s right more often than not – about RZA, Russell Crowe, Elon Musk and now Ye.
— matt p (he/they) (@fairatbest) September 7, 2022
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Azealia Banks spilling some real tea today about Kim, Rihanna, ASAP Rocky, Jay-Z and Beyonce pic.twitter.com/QPay9KDleH
— Critique (@Critiqque) September 5, 2022