London Fest Drops Azealia Banks For Racist Comments About Zayn
This should come as a surprise to nobody reading this, but Azealia Banks is, as ever, a very talented performer who cannot get out of her own way and who constantly trolls the world by saying outrageous shit. Yesterday, as NME points out, she basically freaked out on Twitter in the direction of Zayn Malik, the British pop star and former One Direction member. Things started off innocently enough, when Banks, in a fairly good-natured way, accused Malik of ripping off her whole aesthetic.
Shortly afterward, Malik tweeted a couple of things that Banks took as an attack:
No lies … I see you reaching but I don't care 😆✌🏽️
— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 10, 2016
My @'s too good for you
— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 10, 2016
Banks responded to that with an absolute Twitter freakout that included a whole ton of racist slurs directed at Malik, who is Pakistani. Here’s a small sampling:
@zaynmalik lol u a bitch nigga for even responding like that. Keep sucking this yung rapunxel dick u hairy curry scented bitch
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
@zaynmalik dude, I make better music than you. Simmer down with that fake white boy rebellion and that wannabe beiber swag
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
@zaynmalik imma start calling you punjab you dirty bitch.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
@zaynmalik you a dick rider for real for real. Ride this dick until the wheels fall off Punjab.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
@zaynmalik lol u were the only paki in the group and you knew you were there for a reason.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
@zaynmalik you were the the token brown boy. All those white boys in 1D disrespected you and made you their PET
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
@zaynmalik you were only apart of 1d to draw brown attention. You are and ALWAYS will be a TOKEN to the UK.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
"Trying to make myself known but I'm still known as the token sand nigga from 1D" https://t.co/iHaStz4SqQ
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016
This went on for a very, very long time, and it’s honestly still going on. She’s snapping back and forth with fans about it as we speak. Meanwhile, Malik has said that he wasn’t even talking about her.
@AZEALIABANKS why you been saying nasty things about me ? I wasn't talking about you lol ?
— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 11, 2016
Banks was scheduled to headline one day of London institution Rinse.FM’s forthcoming Born & Bred festival, which has a lineup heavy on grime, dance, and rap. And after she bugged out like that, as NME points out, the festival dropped her from its lineup in a Twitter statement.
ANNOUNCEMENT: @RinseFM I @bornandbredLDN pic.twitter.com/AB3wnTaSru
— Rinse I Born & Bred (@bornandbredLDN) May 11, 2016
Banks, still mad, is currently on Twitter insisting that UK rap is not real rap:
The UK really can't rap though. UK RAP is just a disgrace to rap culture in general.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 11, 2016
UK rappers NEVER have swag. It's ALWAYS FORCED.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 11, 2016
It’s a real testament to Banks’ abilities that she still has a career after years of pulling shit like this. (She’s also endorsed Trump for president, because of course she has.)
