• Azealia Banks On Mission To Track Down Descendants of Slave Traders, Make Them Pay Reparations

    Azealia Banks is known for being vocal when it comes to issues that are important to her. She's been making headlines recently because of her beef with Iggy Azalea and T.I. and her thoughts on how hip-hop is being compromised by cultural smudging. Now she has a bigger mission than hip-hop: fighting to get reparations for black people whose ancestors were slaves. She calls out corporations who have benefited from slavery and believes that they owe the current generation of black people money because of the generational poverty the slave trade caused.

  • Derrick Carter, Legendary House DJ, Speaks On Cultural Smudging In Dance Music

    Over the past week, the hip hop community has been embroiled in controversy and debate over "cultural misappropriation" or cultural smudging," notably directed at Iggy Azalea the new white chick on the block. Everyone from Azealia Banks (of course), to T.I., to Lupe Fiasco to Q-Tip have weighed in on the topic, 140 characters at a time on Twitter. Derrick Carter, one of the original house DJs from Chicago, is looking to start that dialogue in dance music. As reported by The Fader, Carter shared his thoughts on his personal Facebook about how dance music has become noticeably whiter since its days origins as a gay and black genre.

  • Iggy Azalea Responds To Q-Tip's History Lesson; Lupe Fiasco & Azealia Banks Counter

    The hip-hop family is not a happy bunch during this holiday season. Practically on Christmas Eve, Iggy Azalea and her many detractors are still waging their war of words on social media. The most poignant salvo came from hip-hop legend, A Tribe Called Quest member, Q-Tip who gave Azalea a brief history of hip hop in 140 character intervals. Will.i.am and Lupe Fiasco also came out in support of the "Fancy" rapper and her craft.

  • Azealia Banks Shares Excerpt From Upcoming Novel 'Idle Delilah' On Tumblr [READ]

    Azealia Banks doesn't just make music. The rapper is also working on a novel titled Idle Delilah. The books follows the protagonist Delilah Maisley, the daughter of an African American woman who marries a white slave owner in the South (his name is Luther Luciferian Lynch). The story's title is also the name of a track from Banks' album Broke with Expensive Taste

  • Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea Twitter Feud Continues: "212" Rapper Calls Out "White Media" as Solange Throws in Support

    The war of words and Twitter feud between Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks just will not come to an end. In the latest installment of events -- which were triggered this week by Banks's emotional Hot 97 interview about racism and the entertainment industry - the "Heavy Metal and Reflective" rapper is calling out the media for painting her in a poor light when she just "wants to talk about black stuff."

  • Azealia Banks Ebro In The Morning Interview: "212" Femcee Talks Iggy Azalea, T.I. Beef, Cultural Appropriation, New Album, And More

    Azealia Banks has had an interesting career trajectory. She got major recognition after Diplo discovered her music and her hit "212" put her name in the ring. Around the same time, Iggy Azalea came up and there was confusion around the similarities in their name. Then issues arose with her label, and her music moved into the background. However, she wasn't silent, and her passionate and at time abrasive opinions became the only reason she was making headlines.

  • Iggy Azalea Fires Back at Azealia Banks for Using Eric Garner's Death to Start Feud

    After Azealia Banks took shots at Australian rapper Iggy Azalea last night, Dec. 3, in the wake of the shocking non-indictment decision by a New York City grand jury in the case of Eric Garner's death at the hands of a New York police officer, Azalea took the time to respond to remarks directed at her regarding race and her place in the industry.In a series of tweets, Banks expressed her frustration and disgust with the situation that African-Americans face in the United States, highlighted by the recent death of Garner. She took the opportunity to call her out for not being totally into black culture and being a "wigger."Azalea, as we have seen in the past with Snoop Dogg, did not just take the criticism lying down, responding to the situation and calling out Banks for using Garner's death to start a feud on Twitter, via radio.com.

  • Azealia Banks Fires Shots At Iggy Azalea After Eric Garner Non Indictment

    The Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea feud just got a little nastier after a series of tweets directed at Azelia from Banks in response to the New York City grand jury decision to shockingly not indict the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner. The "Chasing Time" singer took to twitter to express her feelings on the non-indictment and race relations in America. She then turned her attention Iggy Azalea and her label boss T.I. (via Billboard). Below are a series of her many tweets that she posted during the evening.
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