• Azealia Banks Talks Barack Obama Sexual Fantasy, Sexuality, White America, Her Polarizing Public Persona, Breast Implants, Feuds & More In Billboard Cover Story

    Azealia Banks is one of the most polarizing figures in pop culture today. Since her single "212" put her on the map, she has since been receiving more attention for her Internet antics than her music. Her interview and nude spread in Playboy only fueled that controversy. In Billboard's new cover story, however, she shows off more of her domestic, calm side by cooking dinner but still speaks her mind. Here are 10 things we learned...

  • Azealia Banks Plays "Ice Princess" in New 'Broke With Expensive Taste' Music Video [WATCH]

    Azealia Banks is taking a break from Twitter and posing in Playboy to actually release something music-related. Today (March 31), the controversial New York rapper released the visual for her latest Broke With Expensive Taste single "Ice Princess," and in it, she's playing some sort of animated Medusa, ice human, robot hybrid and leading an army into eventual death.

  • Azealia Banks Takes Shots At White America, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Lorde & More In Playboy Cover Q&A

    Azealia Banks and her feuds have been played out online over and over, especially since the rise of Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. Now she's talking from a new platform. The "212" rapper poses naked for Playboy Magazine's latest issue and sits down for an interview to talk about sex, black culture, her thoughts on white America, her admiration for Jay Z, her criticism for Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell, and more. Here some things we learned.

  • 'SNL' Parodies Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks Feud in "The Iggy Azalea Show" Featuring Chris Hemsworth [WATCH]

    SNL loves to poke fun at pop stars and celebrities. Their latest target -- Iggy Azalea -- who seems to be taking a few more lickings then she is capable of brushing off as the attacks come on all fronts. They hosted a fake show called "The Iggy Azalea Show," with the "Fancy" rapper being played by Kate McKinnon while she brings out one of her favorite "feud friends" Azealia Banks to discuss their public Twitter feud in December.

  • Azealia Banks Quits Twitter for Lent Following Iggy Azalea, But Still Likens Pharrell to Little Black Sambo on Instagram

    Plenty of people give up a variety of things for Lent. There's chocolate, fast food, meat and the biggest addiction of all: social media. You just don't always expect one of social media's biggest bad girls to give up Twitter for Lent. But, that's exactly what Azealia Banks has done. Yesterday (March 3), the "212" rapper revealed that she would be leaving Twitter and all of her many feuds until Easter Sunday.

  • Kendrick Lamar Drops Guest Verse on Jonathan Emile's 'Heaven Help Dem' [LISTEN]

    Canadian rapper Jonathan Emile has shared a politically charged new track titled "Heaven Help Dem," featuring a guest appearance by Kendrick Lamar, which you can check out below. The track finds Emile and Lamar rapping about the overwhelming violence against black men in the United States, with Lamar opening his verse with recollections of his own horrifying experiences: "The average black man only live to 25/Pac died at 25/How many kids you know dead at 20? 5?/ Nah, that's light/I know 10 that's crumblin' in coffins." It's powerful stuff, accompanied by a video featuring images of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and many others.

  • Kid Cudi Responds to Kendrick Lamar's Ferguson Views, Starts Twitter Beef with Lupe Fiasco

    Kendrick Lamar's recent remarks on the murder of Michael Brown started a few beefs with the likes of Azealia Banks and Lupe Fiasco. The rapper said the problem is part of a bigger issue that starts with African-American communities. Kid Cudi shared his opinion on the statement before Fiasco took issue with his tweets, starting a sub-beef of sorts, "Vibe" notes."I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it's already a situation, mentally, where it's f--ked up. What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don't start with just a rally, don't start from looting — it starts from within," Lamar told "Billboard."Cudi's rant started yesterday, Jan. 10, and Fiasco interrupted soon after."Dear black artists, dont talk down on the black community like you are Gods gift to n---az everywhere. If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don't point the blame and talk down," he tweeted.

  • Action Bronson Attempts to Apologize to Azealia Banks: 'Chasing Time' Rapper Calls Him a Coward

    Azealia Banks and Action Bronson are back at it again. Hip-hop's foremost Twitter beefer, Banks, first got into it with Action Bronson on Dec. 19 after the "Easy Rider" rapper was prompted to discuss Banks on the social media platform. That 140-character battle went back and forth before simmering and Banks turned her attention back towards her favorite target, Iggy Azalea. Today, tensions renewed between these two after Action Bronson apparently tried to apologize over the whole ordeal through a mutual friend of theirs and Azealia Banks did not appreciate the lack of forwardness from Bronson and called him out on Twitter.
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