Just my opinion: Azealia Banks is a violent homophobe and racist who tends to pick fights with people more famous than her so she can try to be relevant. Just my opinion: Cardi B isn’t hurting anyone. Cardi B might not be the most educated person in the world, but she owns that and she’s a lot smarter than people give her credit for. She’s managed to maintain her own authenticity while code-switching just enough to go mega-mainstream. So, obviously, Cardi is exactly the kind of famous woman with whom Azealia Banks would try to start sh-t. That’s exactly what happened.
Cardi B has completely deleted her Instagram account after getting into a nasty social media feud with outspoken rapper Azealia Banks, who called the “Bodak Yellow” rapper a flurry of names yesterday during an interview with The Breakfast Club. In addition to deleting her IG, Cardi’s tweets are also “protected” and not available to the public.
Shortly before deleting her account, Billboard reports that Cardi wrote, “I’m from the hood. I speak how I speak I am how I am. I did not choose to be famous people choose me! People followed me on Instagram and the people gave me a platform to introduce my talent. I never asked to be a example or a role model I don’t want to change my ways because I’m famous that’s why I just mind my business. This is coming from a woman that bleached her skin but want to advocate. GOODBYE. Im not apologizing or kill myself because of who I am.”
On Friday, the always outspoken Banks threw called the pregnant rapper some harsh names like “illiterate, untalented rat” and “caricature of a black woman.”
“Two years ago, the conversation surrounding black women’s culture was really reaching an all-time high,” Banks told the radio show’s hosts, referring to Beyoncé’s Lemonade. “There was just this really, really, really intelligent conversation going on nationally and then everything just kind of changed and then it was like Cardi B.”
In the interview, Banks also referred to Cardi as a “poor man’s Nicki Minaj” and accused her of having a ghostwriter for “Bodak Yellow,” the song that made her famous.
It’s a bit rich for Azealia Banks to throw respectability politics at Cardi B. Again, Cardi has never hidden who she is, she’s never pretended to be something she’s not. Her father is Dominican and her mom is Trinidadian. She grew up speaking Spanish and English and she learned how to hustle and how to strip and how to use her personality and her natural charisma to make money. She’s basically Channing Tatum (only not). Anyway, I can’t stand Banks and it pisses me off that Banks “won” this fight by basically getting a heavily pregnant woman to shut down her social media.
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— tony (@gawdcompIexx) May 12, 2018
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Sometimes you just don’t want to deal with some stuff or some people anymore, sometimes it is just enough, and even if it is not your fault you walk away.
Sorry probably I am over reading this but I did something similar friday because of one person.
banks is the worst. Cardi should not have shut down her social media because of this tool. I also agree with what cardi had to say.
Yes, AZ really has mental problems.
Banks who?
I didn’t know who she was coming into this and I don’t want to know now.
And each time Cardi speaks I have more respect for her. She seems genuine and I’ll root for her.
Banks… well, she needs to name drop for anyone to pay attention. That’s all I got.
I can’t stand Azealia Stanks. It’s a good thing people have started to see her for the toxic, bigoted, thirsty, abusive individual she is instead of as some radical, refreshing, truth-telling realist. It seemed like people only started to catch on when her toxicity started to extend to men (and animals) though.
I agree with the fact that she shut down her accounts. She’s pregnant and she has people harassing her online and in person. That has to be stressful.
And her statement was spot on. Banks wants to cape for black women like she doesn’t tear down any black woman more famous than her. She had a feud with a 14 YEAR OLD over nothing. Banks feuding with Cardi should tell her that she’s made it.
Tell me again how smart you are once you learn the difference between your and you’re.
Girl, you know what she meant. I hate the grammar police.
Become an English teacher is you want to grade people’s writing, ma.
That annoyed me, too. It’s not that hard. BUT it doesn’t take away from the overall strength of her message.
English is her second language.
Fall back.
AB is the worst.
Actually, it’s not. Cardi B was born and raised in the US (the Bronx, to be exact).
And English is her 2nd language.
I’m from The Bronx and there’s a lot of Dominicans who come from the islands knowing no English. Her parents don’t speak English at all. Spanish was her first language, she learned English in school and in her neighborhood. Where do you think that heavy Spanish accent comes from? Why do you think she drops or mispronounces certain words? She’s not illiterate, English is her second language. Deal with it.
It happens in NYC all the time.
“Deal with it”. Look at this tough guy😂
I don’t think anyone cares enough to deal with it or not, to be honest. Though she has said she developed her accent from spending time with her grandmother, not from having English as her second language. Her mother is from Trinidad so there’s a good chance she spoke English.
I’m sorry, but that’s bull. English is my second language and I know the difference between your and you’re. AND my parents came to this country with me knowing no English AND I grew up in the hood just like Cardi. That’s #1. #2 her Spanish is just as bad as her English, maybe even worse, so that debunks the “English is her second language” argument. Grammar does not determine intelligence but let’s not make excuses for Cardi that aren’t accurate. Grammar is not her strong suit. Big deal. She can improve it but she doesn’t want to and that’s on her.
I was born and raised in the U.S. and I didn’t learn English until I was 4.5. My parents both speak English and went to college in the states. My mom knew my best bet at being bilingual was to speak Spanish at home and English at school. I am forever grateful to my mom.
No ones trying to be tough. Just pointing out something. I have immigrants in my family from the same parts of the bronx she is. My cousins and I are at all levels of speaking English. Her parents speak no English, Spanish only.
My entire point is that poster being a grammar nazi to question anyone’s intelligence. So, keep defending that thinking when we all know that’s not a marker of one’s intellect, especially if English is their second language. This idea that it’s impossoble for someone born in America is ludicrous because it happens every day.
Nothing to “deal” with, English is not her second language. She is bilingual, but one of her parents at Trinidadian. And English is my third language and I still know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” Stop making excuses.
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English is the language spoken in Trinidad, if her mom is Trinidadian, then she grew up with English in the home.
Tell me again how smart you are when you base a persons words on the internet to their intelligence. It’s ignorant.
Not really. Basic language skills are learned in elementary school. Someone with her resources could easily get help to figure it out. I do find it to be one of the markers of intelligence, and there is a reason she is not in a law firm or a surgical theater. So, I certainly won’t be giving her $10 for an album since she makes a mockery of the language. But I am sure she has plenty of other people who will support her, so my refusing to spend on her won’t make a difference. She will live to profane another day.
I have two advanced degrees, and my Grammer sucks.
I got A’s and B’s in my English classes but you’d never know that reading my messages or Facebook posts.
When I’m typing on my phone I don’t give a shit, and it auto corrects my stuff wrong half the time.
Being highly educated and not giving af if you have poor grammar can go hand in hand :p
Plus some of us do it just to give the Grammer police a stroke.
I don’t blame Cardi for deleting her social media. She’s pregnant and she doesn’t need this. Banks is unstable and has been for sometime.
Oh, so Banks still exists and is still cray
Everyone should just block Banks. Ignoring her would hurt to her core, she is just a bratty kid looking for attention.
Beyonce’s all, “leave me out of this mess.”
I don’t like Cardi B very much
But neither is beyonce some kind of Messiah and no one made Banks a spokesperson of anything
Why can’t they grow up?
i wish cardi sees all the support she’s getting and turns her instagram back on. educated or not, what she said is very emotionally intelligent and shows she has considered her “place” in hip hop. she read banks for exactly who she is. also – banks is 26 years old and doesn’t have a PhD. in fact, she never finished high school so who the hell is she to determine who is or isn’t educated?
Both women are trash
Team Nobody.
AB is a violent, homophobic, jealous, bigot who spends way too much of her time going after successful women of color instead of focusing on creating her best music. She is a walking contradiction who is now only famous because she can quickly talk shit about black women. She is tiresome trash and people need to ignore her until she gets the help she actually needs.
Having said that, Cardi B is no victim and anyone painting her as one needs to read up on her history. Cardi B is a colorist jackass who has insulted dark skin black women on too many occassions.
Yeah, Banks is as ignorant as she is talented (and she got BARZ), and BOTH women have dealt in the same types of ignorance/stereotypes, but Cardi is a “funny,” so it’s ignored.
She rep’d for Bloods in GQ and has been in fights or threatened to fight before and during her pregnancy, in real life and on social media, but she’s “kind,” so the thug/violent label doesn’t stick.
Then Cardi’s publicist (whose response is not shown/linked here) blames all of *this* on the black community instead of AB directly (whose “right message/wrong messenger” response is also not shown/linked here), still again, “but Cardi’s just tryna be Cardi…”
Team no thanks and no one.
Wow, I never thought this day would come but I agree with crazy Banks on this one. People “dig” Cardi only because she has a clownish public persona. She’s basically a comedian (and her main joke is herself), not a musician. And after reading that Cardi got illegal basement butt injections I really REALLY doubt her intelligence.
Cardi is an uneducated trash who has a history of racism and colorism
AB is pretty smart and she usually makes great points. But I can’t get completely behind her because her behaviour is outrages.
Agreed, Diana.
I think Banks has severe mental issues and it’s sad because she’s very talented.
Unfortunately until she gets help she will continue to be her own worst enemy.
So does Kanye but that’s not an excuse to be an a-hole. AB is unhinged on top of being one of the biggest a-holes in the industry. It makes me sooo mad because she’s truly fresh and unique unlike so many other female rappers out there. Her flow is unmatched (Cardi cannot rap on a beat), her lyrics are sharp (Nicki is a joke in comparison) and her beats are always popping. I have yet to find a bad AB song. She truly could have been iconic if she had gone to therapy to fix her ugly soul. And she keeps making good music despite all this craziness unlike Kanye and so many other dysfunctional artists. I think even therapy cannot fix her issues to be honest.
The tortured artist?
SOOOOO True. I LOVE her music. It IS fresh. She just needs to get some therapy and work through her anger. A lot of what she is saying those is valid. And I can’t help to think that because she’s a darker-skinned black woman in a genre created by black people that are often discarded because they don’t ‘appeal’ to a non-black audience that she has two feet to stand on here.
Cardi’s been on the brink of deleting her social media for months now. It was getting to the point that that half her posts and almost all her comments were about the ‘haters’. She was regularly deep diving into comments on posts about her and posting rants about what she’d read. It’s not a good look to still be doing that kind of thing once you’re a big star.
AB’s awful (and obviously very ill), but she’s probably done Cardi a favour here. Cardi really wasn’t handling the increased scrutiny well, and she was starting to lash out even when her fans were just making totally benign comments. Taking a break from social media before some of that fan base starts to turn on her is a good idea.
Cardi is charming and adorable. Banks is just vile.
There is probably a conversation to be had about the “type” of black women mainstream America is willing to embrace because it fits into certain caricatures that don’t threaten traditional structures of white supremacy, but, ah, I think AZ has pretty much discarded any rapport she has with the public at this point when it comes to any legitimacy her position may have.
Deleting her social media accounts was probably the smart move. A certain distance from the public makes celebrity much easier, IMO.
Yes, there is that discussion to be had. But AB is not the person to have it with. Especially, as she’s allegedly caping for black women in one breath and then supporting Trump in another. She must have been jealous of all the attention Kanye was getting.
If you actually watch her interview and listen to her words she explains that she was enticed by the absurdity of Trump running for president, and his supposed ‘outsider’ stance. She does not support Trump currently.
Also, if she’s talking about women in rap then she has every reason to speak her mind. It’s her industry. Yes, she’s hateful and angry at times, but there are parts to watch she says that are really pertinent.
I read some of the comments over the weekend and they are cruel. People called her all kinds of names and then denied that she is a black women. I lot of people do not understand the difference between Race, Ethnicity and Nationality. It is pretty alarming and sad. Especially the prejudices African Americans and dark skinned Latino’s have against each other. That was an eye opener. People on social media can be cruel and this entire exchange is a perfect example. The prejudices people have against each other even between people of colour…especially in America. What is going on…and you can not blame this on Trump. This has been brewing for a while.
IMO humans are tribal and whether they divide on race, gender, politics, culture or any other factor, humans will always find a way to divide. It goes back to our tribal instincts.
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Banks is total trash. She is the female equivalent of Kanye in that she is a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
There is such a thing as harassment charges in the internet world. I agree Cardi did best thing but deleting HER presence just because someone is an a$$ is not fair to her, or anyone. If I was Cardi I would sue and let the judge deal with her.
If it wasn’t for CB or other gossip pages I wouldn’t even know who Azealia or whatever Banks is.
I went to her Instagram (Azealia’s) and you can’t comment. They’re “limited”. I’m not going to follow her just so I can comment if that’s what it is, but she doesn’t even have a million followers. She’s like one of your hometowns local rappers/bands who everyone locally knows but that’s about it. She’s a jealous woman. A poor example of feminism and a really poor example of a woman of color who advocates for equality and feminism. If anyone’s the “hood rat”, it’s her.
Well azaleia banks is right. Cannot see yhe big fuzz about cardi b.
AB is trash, she has no career and is so transparently jealous of Cardi.
I think Banks raised a couple good points, but in an incredibly nasty, demeaning way. Why not reach out to Cardi privately? Oh yeah…because she cares more about fighting and publicity than actually making a difference. Banks is not the one to talk with all of her crazy, vicious behavior.
Isn’t it possible to not allow comments on IG posts? I wonder why more celebs don’t do this? Especially if it’s someone like Cardi who is really sensitive?
I really like Cardi’s face. Even in still photos she has so much expression and personality. She looked awesome at the Met gala- a refreshing change from the frozen, bland, carbon-copy faces of the young nepotism models. She really is a natural entertainer, she has that spark or “it” factor.
Funny, I feel the opposite. Just like Nick Jonas and Paris Hilton, she has the most obnoxious face ever.
I cant with either of them.
AB is… well. we all know
And Cardi, I can’t with her. I know everyone loves a good underdog story, but if you had been following her antics since before she was famous, you’d see why some of us don’t like her so much.
But to attack a pregnant woman is low… and. Banks has made some great points, but blew it all, when she pointed at Cardi.
whats a roach
I have no idea who Banks is. I also won’t look her up since that’s clearly what she wants.
It’s sad that, apart from Beyonce, Azealia Banks is the most talented among the mainstream pop singers (Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato and obviously, Cardi B). And she screws it all with her nasty personality. I love her songs, but she doesn’t deserve the fame she wants.
Preach Cardi. I don’t know how anyone can hate on her. She owns all of herself, good and bad. She’s self aware. She’s a natural performer as someone else said above. Banks is only present when she is putting someone else down. Bye Azealia!!!