In 2012, Banks was offered the opportunity to accompany Minaj on tour in Europe - an invitation Banks declined, because she was finishing her debut album. The beef reignited on May 11 when Banks told The Breakfast Club that Cardi is an “illiterate, untalented rat” and called her a “caricature of a black woman.” Cardi responded to the offensive comments on Instagram, then deleted her entire IG account shortly thereafter. 1 hit “Bodack Yellow.” Cardi responded by posting a video of Banks dancing to the track in a club. This messy feud began in September when Banks called Cardi a “ poor man’s Nicki Minaj” and accused the rapper of using a ghostwriter for her Billboard Hot 100 No. Pull up anytime.” The Twitter fight then escalated into attacks about Lana’s personal appearance and ultimately ended up in Banks threatening to sue. Thus began Banks’ Twitter rant towards Lana about racism, prompting Lana to challenge the singer by stating “u know the addy. A twitter user mentioned Banks with a screenshot of the post asking “girl what do you think about this?” Banks was quick to fire back, attacking Lana Del Rey for not being “consistent with her outrage” due to her collaboration with ASAP Rocky, who was accused of slapping a female fan in 2013. This crazy feud began when Lana Del Rey went after Kanye, who posted a photo to his since deleted Instagram account wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. Check out a few of the hilarious responses below.10 Times Azealia Banks Was Ruthless on Twitter
“To me this just looks like the typical White woman taking using a weakened target to ‘pretend’ to be an ally.”ĭespite Azealia trying to keep things on a positive note now, that didn’t stop Black Twitter for rejoicing in the drag with comments of their own and of course they brought the jokes. “Wow okay Lana, this would be cute if you were consistent with your outrage and refused to collab with ASAP rocky who has physically assaulted women too,” Banks tweeted at the time. Not being a fan of the white interjection in what many consider “Black business”, Banks clapped at Del Rey calling her approach to the matter “fake” after pointing out she worked with A$AP Rocky, who was charged with physical assault after allegedly slapping a female fan. If you think it’s alright to support someone who believes it’s OK to grab a woman by the p**** just because he’s famous-then you need an intervention as much as he does - something so many narcissists will never get because there just isn’t enough help for the issue.”
Delusions of Grandeur, extreme issues of narcissism - none of which would be a talking point if we weren’t speaking about the man leading our country. “I can only assume you relate to his personality on some level. “Trump becoming our president was a loss for the country but your support of him is a loss for the culture,” Del Rey wrote. This isn’t the first time that Azealia Banks has had to gather Lana Del Rey, in 2018 the two got into a heated exchange on Twitter after the “Dexedrine” rapper called Del Rey a “fake ally” after she publicly criticized Kanye West for his support of Donald Trump.