It turns out that Azaelia Banks was not a fan of Iggy Azalea from the get-go. In 2012, back when the “Fancy” singer was fairly new on the scene, she was featured in XXL magazine’s “Freshman” cover, which Banks then took issue with. Come 2012, Azalea bagged a Grammy nomination, and Banks went on a minute-long rant about how Black rappers tend to lose out to white artists and how Azalea appropriates Black culture.
“That Iggy Azalea s*** isn’t better than any f****** Black girl that’s rapping today, you know? When they give those awards out — because the Grammys are supposed to be accolades of artistic excellence, you know what I mean?” she told Hot 97, per Popsugar. “Iggy Azalea is not excellent.” Not one to back down, Azalea responded on Twitter, saying that Banks isn’t getting any awards because of her behavior. “Special msg for banks: There are many Black artists succeeding in all genres. The reason you haven’t is because of your piss poor attitude,” she wrote in a now-deleted series of tweets. “Your inability to be responsible for your own mistakes, bullying others, the inability to be humble or have self control. It’s YOU!”
Their feud came to a fever pitch when Banks encouraged Azalea to commit suicide. In 2016, Azalea opened up to J Cruz about having suicidal thoughts, and the clip got shared on The Shade Room, per XXL. Banks, who had deleted her Twitter at the time, commented, “YAAS slavemaster, drive that slave truck right off the canyon.” Needless to say, fans were upset about the whole affair.
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