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Azealia Banks

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Reading Festival, Berkshire, Britain - 25 Aug 2012
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Azealia Banks in concert at the Electric Brixton in London, UK - 27 Jan 2019
Azealia Banks performs at the 2015 Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Los Angeles prosecutors say they will not charge Russell Crowe with battery over a scuffle with rapper Azealia Banks in a Beverly Hills hotel room earlier this year. A charge evaluation worksheet released Wednesday, Dec. 7, by the Los Angeles County District Attorney office states Crowe struggled with Banks and threw her out of his hotel room in October after she picked up a glass and threatened people with it. They rejected filing a battery charge against the actor due to Banks' actions and her lack of visible injuries
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Azealia Banks in concert, Brixton Academy, London, Britain - 19 Sep 2014 View Gallery View Gallery 6 Photos.

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Height:
5' 7"
Hometown:
Harlem

Bio:
Azealia BanksĀ (born Azealia Amanda Banks on May 31, 1991 in Manhattan, New York City, New York) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. Azealia grew up in Harlem, raised by her mother after her father died from pancreatic cancer. Azealia became interested in performing at a young age. By the time she was 10-years-old, she began performing in off-Broadway musicals. As a teen, she attended the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts. While performing in a musical, City of Angels, an agent discovered her and sent her for auditions at TBS, Niceklodeon and Law & Order. With no callbacks, Azealia shifted her focus on music. Under the name, Miss Bank$, she released her debut in 2008. She signed a development deal with XL Recording and worked with Richard Russell, but she left, citing conflicting ideas. Azealia released her first EP, 1991, in 2012. It reached 133 on the Billboard 200. She collaborated with Lady Gaga and Kanye West, but those songs haven’t been released yet. In 2012, she said her debut album would be titled Broke with Expensive Taste, and it was finally released in 2014, after fighting with Universal Music Group. In 2015, her tour with K. Michelle was cancelled and she revealed that dispute with her former management company will prevent her from releasing new music until March 2016.

Best Known For:
Azealia Banks is best known as a rapper and an outspoken voice on social media.

Personal Life:
Azealia identifies as bisexual. She is active in social and political causes, often expressing them on social media. She has argued with celebs like Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Taylor SwiftĀ and most famously, Iggy Azalea. Azealia has been accused of homophobia for her use of certain slurs, a claim she denies. In 2015, she was involved in an incident on a Delta Airlines where she got into a fight with another passenger. She used a homophobic slur at a Delta employee during the exchange.

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Chris Hemsworth Twerks In Azealia Banks’ Face In Iggy Azalea ‘SNL’ Spoof – Watch

Chris is pulling a Miley! The hunky actor made his ‘SNL’ debut on March 7 and twerked up a storm in Azealia’s faceĀ during ‘The Iggy Azalea Show’ skit.
Chris Hemsworth has some serious moves! The sexy Australian actor showed he’s the new twerk master on the March 7 episode of Saturday Night Live. During “The Iggy Azalea Show” skit, Chris played Iggy’s hip hop mentor and twerked onĀ Azealia Banks’! What a way to ease the tensions between Iggy and Azealia!

March 8, 2015

Iggy Azalea Dissed By Monica Potter At People’s Choice Awards

Major diss! When ‘Parenthood’ star Monica Potter took the stage to present the People’s Choice Award forĀ favorite hip hop artist, she introduced Iggy Azalea as ‘Igloo Australia!’ Yep, that’sĀ the very same name Azealia Banks used when she attacked Iggy in a highly publicized Twitter tirade!
Guess we know where actressĀ Monica Potter stands on theĀ Iggy AzaleaĀ andĀ Azealia BanksĀ feud! After Monica seemingly threw shade at Iggy during her intro at the People’s Choice Awards on Jan. 7, the rapper got the last laugh by winning the award — and then dissing Monica right back! Here’s what happened.

January 7, 2015
Iggy Azalea Hacker Threat

Anonymous Hackers Threaten Iggy Azalea & Demand Apology To Azealia Banks

Uh oh. Iggy Azalea is the latest victim of a hacking organization, and they are demanding that she apologize to Azealia Banks — or else.
Iggy Azalea, 24, has been targeted by the hacking group Anonymous. The group sent a series of messages to the Australian rapper on Twitter threatening to “burn” her from the public if she does not issue an apology to Azealia Banks, 23, after their nasty Twitter fight.

December 21, 2014
Azealia Banks Iggy Azalea Twitter Fight

Iggy Azalea Slams Azealia Banks In Twitter Feud: ‘You’re Poisonous & A Bully’

And the feud continues! Azealia Banks attacked Iggy Azalea again in a radio interviewĀ on Dec. 18, butĀ Iggy wasn’t going to let her get awayĀ with herĀ ‘poisonous’ behavior, and responded to Azealia’s diss on Twitter.
Out of nowhere, Azealia Banks, 23, attacked Iggy Azalea, 24, in a radio interview with Hot 97, and dissed her Grammy nomination and her talents as an artist. Iggy didn’t take long to respond, and blasted the rapper for “bullying.” Then, Azealia went on blast and called Iggy “selfish,” “stupid” and a number of offensive names. This all-out Twitter war is showing no signs that it will be ending anytime soon.

December 19, 2014
TI Azealia Banks Fight

T.I. Responds To Azealia Banks Diss With Instagram Rant: ‘I Will End You’

CouldĀ this be the nastiest rap feud EVER? After Azealia Banks lashed out at T.I. and his wife, Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle, on Twitter on June 16, the rapper fired shots right back at her in one of the harshest Instagram rants we’ve ever seen!
Azealia BanksĀ just messed with the wrong guy!Ā T.I.Ā did not take kindly to the lady rapper trashing his wife, Tiny Cottle, on Twitter on June 16, so he took his revenge on Instagram the next day, threatening to “end” Azealia’s life if she ever dissed his family again. Yikes!

June 17, 2014
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