Azealia Banks

Azealia Banks is a rapper-singer whose undeniable talent on the mic is often overshadowed by her confrontational personal style. Born in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood in 1991, Banks escaped a difficult childhood by pursuing her love of musical theater. She dropped out of high school and sought a recording career. After several stops and starts, she self-released her debut single, ‘212,’ in 2011. Early the next year, she announced that her debut studio album would be titled ‘Broke With Expensive Taste.’ The album, which finally dropped in late 2014, included the singles ‘Yung Rapunxel’ and ‘ATM Jam,’ featuring Pharrell. The outspoken and brash Banks continues to make headlines for her public beefs with several other celebrities, most notably Iggy Azalea and Lady Gaga.

Selected discography: ‘1991’ EP (2012), ‘Fantasea’ mixtape (2012), ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’ (2014)
Related artists: Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Beyonce
Further reading: Azealia Banks Talks Fashion + Quitting Rap, Watch Azealia Banks’ ‘No Problems’ Video, Azealia Banks Reveals Party Style Secrets

Must-See Acts at Ultra Music Festival
Must-See Acts at Ultra Music Festival
The Ultra Music Festival in Miami is one of the biggest EDM events in the world, with dozens of stars performing on multiple stages to huge crowds of dedicated dance music fans. For its 15th annual event, Ultra is expanding to two weekends this year, March 15-17 and 22-24, while also expanding its sound, inviting hip-hop, R&B and rock stars to join the party, including Snoop Dogg and the Weekn
Azealia Banks – 2013 Ultra Music Festival Must-See Artists
Azealia Banks – 2013 Ultra Music Festival Must-See Artists
For up-and-comer Azealia Banks, her music is starting to take a backseat to her controversial behavior, which includes getting into Twitter wars with Perez Hilton and Baauer and unapologetically throwing around gay slurs. The Ultra Music Festival will be a chance for the still-unproven rapper/singer to show why so many in the music industry are high on her talent...
'Red Flame' Tease
'Red Flame' Tease
That lightning rod known as Azealia Banks has teased some of her collaboration with Lady Gaga, titled 'Red Flame.' No, that's not the same collabo with Beyonce and possibly Rihanna. That shrouded-in-secrecy track is reportedly called 'Ratchet.'
'Ratchet' Snippet
'Ratchet' Snippet
This decade's answer to 'Lady Marmalade' may be on the way sooner than we thought. Azealia Banks, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Rihanna were rumored to be teaming up for a track called 'Ratchet' for quite a while, and now a snippet of the song may have leaked.
Killer Collabo in the Works?
Killer Collabo in the Works?
Earrings and shoes. Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Azealia Banks, all super popular pop stars known for their unique and enviable fashion sense, have several closets full of those accessories. However, the other day, Bey shared a shot of big hoop earrings with the word "Ratchet" inside of them next to a pair of purple, leopard print, hairy-looking loafers. It set the web abuzz with rumors that i
New Song: 'BBD'
New Song: 'BBD'
Azealia Banks starts the new year on an energetic note with her new single, 'BBD,' which stands for "Bad B----es Doit." The song is not from her upcoming album, 'Broke With Expensive Taste,' but it's a preview of things to come from the Harlem rapper.
Azealia Banks Talks Fashion + Quitting Rap
Azealia Banks Talks Fashion + Quitting Rap
Leave it to "It" girl rapper Azealia Banks to make some polarizing and inflammatory comments about her status as a fashion darling and her future as a rapper, all before her debut 'Broke With Expensive Taste' even lands. Banks is nothing if not a cultural lightning rod, and she's already slammed the fashion industry, which embraced her on the quick, and put an expiration date on rapping.
Domestic Drama
Domestic Drama
Azealia Banks is one artist who never bites her tongue especially on Twitter. The '212' rapper made a startling claim on her timeline that Coldplay's manager, Dave Holmes, who has been rumored to be her boyfriend, has been repeatedly abusing her.

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