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{{short description|American rapper, singer, and songwriter from New York}} |
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{{Infobox musical artist |
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| name = Azealia Banks |
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| image = AzealiaBanks_Israel_May2018.jpg |
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| alt = Azealia Banks performing in Israel, May 2018 |
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| caption = Azealia Banks performing in Israel, May 2018 |
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| birth_name = Azealia Amanda Banks |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|31}} |
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| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<!--Just New York City, as the Manual of Style says--> |
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| occupation = {{flatlist| |
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* Rapper |
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* singer |
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* songwriter |
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}} |
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| alias = Miss Bank$ |
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| background = solo_singer |
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| genre = {{flatlist| |
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* [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/11/azealia-banks-axed-uk-music-festival-zayn-malik-twitter|title=Azealia Banks axed from UK festival after racist rant at Zayn Malik|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Khomami, Nadia|date=May 11, 2016|access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[hip house]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/azealia_banks-1991|title=Azealia Banks – 1991|work=[[Exclaim!]]|date=June 13, 2012| access-date=January 3, 2016|author=Dart, Chris}}</ref> |
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* [[pop rap]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/azealia-banks-mn0002837954/biography |work=[[All Music]|date=June 13, 2012| access-date=January 3, 2016|author=Dart, Chris}}</ref> |
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}} |
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| years_active = 2008-present |
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| label = {{flatlist| |
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* [[XL Recordings|XL]] |
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* [[Prospect Park (production company)|Prospect Park]] |
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* Chaos & Glory |
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* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] |
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* [[Entertainment One|eOne]] |
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* [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] |
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}} |
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| website = {{URL|azealiabanks.com}} |
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| instrument = Vocals |
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'''Azealia Amanda Banks''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|z|i:|l|i|ə}}; born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Raised in the [[Harlem]] neighborhood of New York City, she began releasing music through [[Myspace]] in 2008 before being signed to [[XL Recordings]] at age 18. In 2011, her debut single "[[212 (song)|212]]" went [[Viral video|viral]] and entered several international charts. Banks subsequently signed with [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] and [[Polydor Records]] before later separating in July 2013. Banks ultimately became an independent artist and started her own independent record label, ''Chaos & Glory Recordings'', after multiple negative experiences with previous labels. |
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Banks has released two mixtapes (''[[Fantasea (mixtape)|Fantasea]]'' in 2012 and ''[[Slay-Z]]'' in 2016), one studio album (''[[Broke with Expensive Taste]]'' in 2014), and two extended plays (''[[1991 (EP)|1991]]'' in 2012 and ''[[Icy Colors Change]]'' in 2018). Her long-delayed second and third studio albums, ''Fantasea II: The Second Wave'' and ''Business & Pleasure'', await release. The lead singles from each respective album, "[[Anna Wintour (song)|Anna Wintour]]" and "[[Black Madonna (Azealia Banks song)|Black Madonna]]" were released in April 2018 and June 2020 respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8293135/azealia-banks-discusses-house-inspired-single-anna-wintour-fantasea-ii-state-of-women-hip-hop|title=Azealia Banks Talks House-Inspired 'Anna Wintour' Single, 'Fantasea II' Album & State of Women in Hip-Hop|work=Billboard|access-date=October 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Ones: Azealia Banks' "Black Madonna" [ft. Lex Luger]|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/the-ones-azealia-banks-black-madonna-ft-lex-luger/|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> |
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In early 2017, Banks launched her online store, CheapyXO. The site sells spiritual items, artist merchandise from Banks and most notably, original skin-care products.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 7, 2016|title=These Are the Best Deals From Azealia Banks' Online Garage Sale|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/09/azealia-banks-online-sale/|access-date=January 2, 2017|website=Spin}}</ref> In December 2017, she had her film debut in the musical drama ''[[Love Beats Rhymes]]'', receiving positive reviews for her performance as the lead actress in the film. |
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Throughout her career, Banks's [[social media]] presence and outspoken views, especially on [[U.S. Politics|U.S. politics]] and [[Race (human categorization)|race]], have attracted significant controversy, criticism, and media scrutiny. She has developed a reputation for having disputes with public figures on [[Twitter]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name="The Independent">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/azealia-banks-a-brief-history-of-the-rappers-public-feuds-and-tirades-a7026016.html|title=A brief history of Azealia Banks public feuds|work=The Independent|access-date=October 17, 2018}}</ref> |
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==Life and career== |
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===Early life and career beginnings=== |
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Azealia Amanda Banks was born on May 31, 1991, in New York City's [[Manhattan]] borough; she was the youngest of three girls.<ref name="xxlmag22ndbirthday">{{cite web|last=Diep|first=Eric|title=Today in Hip-Hop: Azealia Banks Celebrates 22nd Birthday|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/hip-hop-today/2013/05/today-in-hip-hop-azealia-banks-celebrates-22nd-birthday/|work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|date=May 31, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chandler|first=D.L.|url=http://hiphopwired.com/2012/12/24/azealia-banks-hints-at-retirement-promises-2-lps-in-2013-video/|title=Azealia Banks Hints at Retirement, Promises 2 LPs in 2013 [VIDEO]|publisher=Hip-Hop Wired|date=December 24, 2012|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref> Her single mother raised her and two older sisters in [[Harlem]], after their father died of [[pancreatic cancer]] when she was two years old.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|author=Ortved, John|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/fashion/azealia-banks-a-young-rapper-taking-cues-from-the-street.html?_r=3&ref=fashion&|title=Azealia Banks, a Young Rapper Taking Cues From the Street|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref> Following her father's death, Banks says that her mother "became really abusive—physically and verbally. Like she would hit me and my sisters with baseball bats, bang our heads up against walls, and she would always tell me I was ugly. I remember once she threw out all the food in the fridge, just so we wouldn't have anything to eat." Due to escalating violence, Banks moved out of her mother's home at age 14 to live with her older sister.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sciortino|first=Karley|title=Azealia Banks: Fighting Talk|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/14493/1/azealia-banks-fighting-talk|magazine=Dazed & Confused|access-date=January 24, 2019|date=September 15, 2012}}</ref> |
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At a young age Banks became interested in musical theater, dancing, acting and singing. At age 16, she starred in a production of the comedy-noir musical ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'', where she was found by an agent who sent her to auditions for [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]], [[Nickelodeon]], and ''[[Law & Order]]'', all without success.<ref name="baronspinissuestory">{{cite web|last=Baron|first=Zach|date=August 28, 2012|title=The Making of Azealia Banks|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/08/azealia-banks-spin-issue-story/|access-date=October 28, 2017|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> At this point Banks decided to end her pursuit of an acting career, citing the stiff competition and overall sense of unfulfillment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks interview – BBC Sound of 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc1zevdRivA|publisher=YouTube.com|access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> Because of this unfulfillment, she began writing rap and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] songs as a creative outlet. She never finished high school, instead choosing to follow her dream of becoming a recording artist.<ref name="xxlmag22ndbirthday" /> In April 2009, Banks attempted to murder her sister with a box cutter.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=chpyxo|number=1038322601456795648?lang=en|title=Yes. I did slash my sister with a box cutter. [...]|date=Sep 8, 2018|author=LA ARACELY}} |
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Under the moniker Miss Bank$, she released her debut recording, "Gimme a Chance", online on November 9, 2008.<ref name="baronspinissuestory" /> The recording was accompanied by the self-produced track "Seventeen", which sampled the [[Ladytron]] song of the [[Seventeen (Ladytron song)|same name]]. Banks sent both tracks to American DJ [[Diplo (DJ)|Diplo]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mlynar |first=Phillip |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2696294/azealia-banks-interview/ |title=Azealia Banks Says She Was Not Discovered By Diplo |publisher=[[MTV Hive]] |date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> Later that year, she signed a [[artist development deal|development deal]] with record label [[XL Recordings]] and began working with producer [[Richard Russell (XL Recordings)|Richard Russell]] in London, leaving the label later that year due to conflicting ideas.<ref name="so12">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2012/artists/azealiabanks/|title=BBC Sound of 2012 – Artist Profile – Azealia Banks|publisher=BBC|date=January 4, 2012}}</ref><ref name="xl">{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/07671-azealia-banks-xl|title=Azealia Banks has pop at XL Recordings|publisher=[[The Quietus]]|date=January 5, 2012}}</ref> |
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===2011–2012: ''1991'' and ''Fantasea''=== |
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{{Main|1991 (EP)|Fantasea (mixtape)}} |
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{{Quote box|width=30em|align=left|quote=Richard [Russell] was cool, but as soon as I didn't want to use his beats, it got real sour. He wound up calling me "amateur" and the XL interns started talking shit about me. It just got real fucking funny. I was like, "I didn't come here for a date. I came here to cut some fucking records." I got turned off on the music industry and disappeared for a bit. I went into a bit of a depression.|salign=right|source=—Banks talking of her departure from XL Recordings<ref name="xl"/>}} After leaving XL Recordings, Banks dropped the 'Miss Bank$' moniker and formally became Azealia Banks, which preceded a move to [[Montreal]]. Using YouTube as a portal, she uploaded several demo tracks, including "L8R" and a cover of "[[Slow Hands (Interpol song)|Slow Hands]]" by [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]]. After her Canadian [[visa (document)|visa]] expired, Banks returned to New York, where she sold keychains at a Manhattan [[jazz club]] and danced at a [[Queens]] strip club to make ends meet.<ref name="baronspinissuestory" /> "That's when I was really depressed", Banks has said. "I don't have a manager, I don't have a boyfriend, I don't have any friends, I don't have any money. Here I am working at the strip club, trying not to say the wrong thing and get into fights with these girls who don't give a shit."<ref name="baronspinissuestory" /> |
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In September 2011, Banks released her debut single, "[[212 (song)|212]]", as a free digital download from her website. It was released officially on December 6, 2011, as the lead single from her [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[1991 (EP)|1991]]''.<ref name="212release">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/212-feat.-lazy-jay-single/id522653580 |title=Azealia Banks – '212' – Digital Download |publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (UK) |access-date=June 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520001003/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/212-feat.-lazy-jay-single/id522653580 |archive-date=May 20, 2012 }}</ref> The track attained European moderate chart success, peaking at #14 in the Netherlands, #12 in the United Kingdom and #7 in Ireland.<ref name="nldchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Azealia+Banks+feat.+Lazy+Jay&titel=212&cat=s |title=Dutch 100 Chart Information |publisher=Hit Parade |date=April 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504040611/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Azealia+Banks+feat.+Lazy+Jay&titel=212&cat=s |archive-date=May 4, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="irlchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2012&year=2012&week=13|title=GFK Chart Track|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|date=March 30, 2012|access-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008132811/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2012&year=2012&week=13|archive-date=October 8, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ukchart">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20120408/7501/|title=UK Singles Chart Archive|date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> |
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[[File:Azealia Banks Art Basel 2012.jpg|thumb|right|Banks performing at the [[Art Basel#Art Basel in Miami Beach|Art Basel in Miami Beach]], 2012]]Though unsigned at the time, Banks began working with British producer [[Paul Epworth]] on a debut studio album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cragg|first=Michael|title=New music: Azealia Banks – Liquorice|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/19/azealia-banks-liquorice|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=July 6, 2013|date=December 19, 2011}}</ref> It was announced in December 2011 that she would feature on "[[Shady Love]]", a track on American band [[Scissor Sisters]]' fourth studio album, [[Magic Hour (Scissor Sisters album)|''Magic Hour'']], though the feature was uncredited. An accompanying music video was released in January 2012 following its radio premiere from [[Annie Mac]] ([[BBC Radio 1]]) on January 4,<ref name="shadyvideo">{{cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a358085/scissor-sisters-reveal-new-single-shady-love-music-video.html|title=Scissor Sisters reveal new single 'Shady Love' music video|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=January 3, 2012}}</ref> though the single's release was canceled for unconfirmed reasons. Banks released the track "NEEDSUMLUV (SXLND)" on the Internet on January 16, 2012, coinciding with what would have been the 33rd birthday of the late singer [[Aaliyah]], who is sampled on the track.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crackintheroad.com/music/13896-new-azealia-banks-needsumluv-sxlnd/|title=Azealia Banks – NEEDSUMLUV (SXLND) > featuring Aaliyah|publisher=[[Crack in the Road]]|date=January 16, 2012|access-date=January 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608151422/http://www.crackintheroad.com/music/13896-new-azealia-banks-needsumluv-sxlnd/|archive-date=June 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> A week later saw the emergence of a second track, "Bambi", produced by [[Paul Epworth]] and selected as the soundtrack for a [[Thierry Mugler]] fashion show in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|title=Azealia Banks – "Bambi"|url=https://stereogum.com/934712/azealia-banks-bambi/mp3s/|publisher=[[Stereogum]]|date=January 27, 2011}}</ref> |
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In May 2012, Banks announced plans to release a [[mixtape]]—originally titled ''Fantastic''—titled ''[[Fantasea (mixtape)|Fantasea]]''.<ref name="schedule">{{cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a380987/azealia-banks-confirms-new-mixtape-fantastic-for-summer-release.html|title=Azealia Banks confirms new mixtape 'Fantastic' for summer release|work=Digital Spy|date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> Preceding its release the tracks "Jumanji",<ref>{{cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a381222/azealia-banks-debuts-new-track-jumanji-listen.html|title=Azealia Banks debuts new track 'Jumanji' – listen|work=Digital Spy|date=May 11, 2012}}</ref> "Aquababe",<ref>{{cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a386973/azealia-banks-releases-new-track-aquababe-listen.html|title=Azealia Banks debuts new track, 'Aquababe' – listen|work=Digital Spy|date=June 13, 2012}}</ref> and "Nathan" (featuring rapper [[Styles P]]) were made available online.<ref>{{cite web|last=Daw|first=Robbie|url=http://idolator.com/6675731/azealia-banks-catty-nathan-single-artwork|title=Azealia Banks' Catty "Nathan" Single Artwork|publisher=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|date=June 30, 2012}}</ref> ''Fantasea'' was released via Banks' Twitter account on July 11,<ref>{{cite web|last=Battan|first=Carrie|title=Azealia Banks Shares Fantasea Mixtape|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/47121-azealia-banks-shares-fantasea-mixtape/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=July 11, 2012|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> and was succeeded by the unveiling of Banks' online radio project, ''Kunt.FM'' the following week.<ref>{{cite web|author=Intern Christina|title=Have You Eargasmed Today? Azaelia Banks Launches Kunt.Fm|url=http://www.bust.com/blog/have-you-eargasmed-today-azaelia-banks-launches-kuntfm.html|work=[[Bust (magazine)|Bust]]|date=August 2, 2012|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref> |
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Banks's first EP, ''[[1991 (EP)|1991]]'', was released in the UK on May 28 and in the US the next day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/1991-ep/id529080589|title=Azealia Banks – ''1991'' – Digital EP|publisher=iTunes (UK)|access-date=June 13, 2012}}</ref> The 4-track EP, which includes [[212 (song)|''212'']], was not eligible for the [[UK Albums Chart|''UK Albums'']] chart, but the title track charted at #79 on the [[UK Singles Chart|''UK Singles'']] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/ |title=Official UK Singles Top 100 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=June 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/68FSyzVqr |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> It also reached #133 on the [[Billboard 200|US 200]],<ref name=US200>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=azealia banks|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Azealia Banks – Chart history – Billboard 200|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> while reaching #17 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|''US R&B/Hip-Hop'']] chart,<ref name="R&BAlbums">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=azealia banks|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}}|title=Azealia Banks – Chart history – R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|work=Billboard}}</ref> #12 on the [[Rap Albums|''US Rap'']] chart,<ref name="RapAlbums">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=azealia banks|chart=Rap Albums}}|title=Azealia Banks – Chart history – Rap Albums|work=Billboard}}</ref> and headin' [[Top Heatseekers|''US Heat'']] chart.<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=azealia banks|chart=Heatseekers Albums}} |title=Azealia Banks – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |access-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, [[1991 (EP)|''1991'']] was certified gold by the ''[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2013.htm |title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Singles |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |access-date=May 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6GSMovwHm?url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2013.htm |archive-date=May 8, 2013 }}</ref> |
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Banks was scheduled to release her second single, "Esta Noche", from ''Fantasea'', on September 25, 2012, but it was pulled the day of its release due to sampling disputes between Banks and its producer, [[Munchi (DJ)|Munchi]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Minsker|first=Evan|title=Azealia Banks Pulls Single "Esta Noche" After Producer Munchi Denies Permission|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/48003-azealia-banks-pulls-single-esta-noche-after-producer-munchi-denies-permission/|work=Pitchfork|date=September 26, 2012|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> The next month, it was confirmed that Banks had worked with [[Lady Gaga]] on two tracks, "Ratchet" and "Red Flame", on Gaga's third studio album, ''[[Artpop]]'' (2013), but they did not make the final album cut, and have since not been released.<ref name="ladygagakanyewestcollabo">{{cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1696281/azealia-banks-lady-gaga-kanye-west-collabo/ |title=Azealia Banks Confirms Lady Gaga, Kanye West Collabos |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> Banks also revealed that she collaborated with [[Kanye West]] on [[G.O.O.D. Music]]'s compilation album ''[[Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album)|Cruel Summer]]'' but that her contributions did not make the final cut.<ref name="ladygagakanyewestcollabo"/><ref>{{cite web|author=ASOS|title=Shop-along Hangout with Azealia Banks|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8rZ5_9GVaY|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=November 30, 2012|author-link=ASOS.com}}</ref> On December 31, 2012, Banks released "BBD", which ultimately appeared on her debut album, ''Broke with Expensive Taste''. |
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===2013–2016: ''Broke with Expensive Taste'' and ''Slay-Z''=== |
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{{Main|Broke with Expensive Taste|Slay-Z}}[[File:Life Ball 2013 - opening show 034 Azealia Banks.jpg|thumb|left|Banks performing at [[Life Ball]] 2013]] |
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Early in 2012, Banks revealed that her debut album would be called ''[[Broke with Expensive Taste]]'', and said the album would include contributions from musicians including [[Toko Yasuda]], [[Theophilus London]], Kevin Hussein, and [[Ariel Pink]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Robehmed|first=Natalie|title=Azealia Banks: Hip-Hop Cash Princess|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2014/02/19/azealia-banks-hip-hop-cash-princess-2/|work=[[Forbes]]|date=February 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Blistein|first=Jon|title=Azealia Banks Posts 'Broke With Expensive Taste' Tracklist|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/azealia-banks-posts-broke-with-expensive-taste-tracklist-20130910|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 10, 2013|access-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> She initially said the album's lead single would be a track titled "Miss Amor" and that it would be accompanied by a [[B-side]], "Miss Camaraderie", both produced by [[Lone (musician)|Lone]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/01/01/new-music-azealia-banks-bbd-bad-bitches-do-it/#more-146339 |title=New Music: Azealia Banks – 'BBD' |work=[[Rap-Up]] |access-date=February 23, 2013}}</ref> but these plans changed: in January 2013 she announced that the first official single from the album would be "[[Yung Rapunxel]]", which was released in March 2013 through [[SoundCloud]].<ref name="yungrapunxelasfirstsingle">{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks Unleashes 'Yung Rapunxel' on First Single|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/01/28/azealia-banks-unleashes-yung-rapunxel-on-first-single/|work=Rap-Up|access-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Minsker|first1=Evan|last2=Snapes|first2=Laura|title=Listen: Azealia Banks: "Yung Rapunxel"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/49850-listen-azealia-banks-yung-rapunxel/|work=Pitchfork|access-date=July 6, 2013|date=March 11, 2013}}</ref> |
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In May 2013, Banks announced that the second single from ''Broke with Expensive Taste'' would be "[[ATM Jam]]", featuring [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]].<ref name="atmjamannouncement">{{cite web|last=Diep|first=Eric|title=Azealia Banks Announces "ATM JAM" Single Featuring Pharrell|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/azealia-banks-announces-atm-jam-single-featuring-pharrell/|work=XXL|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2013}}</ref> On June 29, she debuted the song at the [[Glastonbury Festival 2013|2013 Glastonbury Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks Debuts 'ATM Jam' at Glastonbury|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/06/29/azealia-banks-debuts-atm-jam-at-glastonbury/|work=Rap-Up|access-date=June 29, 2013|date=June 29, 2013}}</ref> with New York City radio station [[WQHT|Hot 97]] premiering a clean, shortened version of the studio recording three days later.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mr. North|title=New Music: Azealia Banks Feat. Pharrell "#ATMJAM"|url=http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/azealia-banks-atm-feat-pharrell/|publisher=[[Miss Info]]|access-date=July 2, 2013|date=July 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705171251/http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/azealia-banks-atm-feat-pharrell/|archive-date=July 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 11, the full studio version of "ATM Jam" was released on [[BBC Radio 1]],<ref>{{cite web|title=New Music: Azealia Banks f/ Pharrell – '#ATMJam' [Full]|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/07/11/new-music-azealia-banks-f-pharrell-atm-jam-full/|work=Rap-Up|access-date=July 11, 2013|date=July 11, 2013}}</ref> and it was released for digital download on August 30.<ref>{{cite web|title=ATM Jam (feat. Pharrell) – Single|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/atm-jam-feat.-pharrell-single/id692596909|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref> Banks confirmed in November 2013 that "ATM Jam" would not appear on ''Broke with Expensive Taste'' due to negative fan feedback and personal disinterest regarding the song.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 12, 2013|title=Azealia Banks blames Pharrell for 'ATM Jam' performance|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-nov-12-la-et-ms-azealia-banks-blames-pharrell-for-atm-jam-performance-20131112-story.html|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weinstein|first=Max|title=Azealia Banks Keeps It Real About Being Shut Out of the Music Industry - XXL|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/azealia-banks-interview-music-industry/|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=XXL Mag|language=en}}</ref> |
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[[File:Azealia Banks at 2013 Glastonbury Festival (cropped).jpg|thumb|233x233px|Banks performing at the [[Glastonbury Festival 2013|2013 Glastonbury Festival]]]] |
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Banks announced in mid-July that after a long battle, she had parted ways with Universal Music Group. She reportedly has possession and the rights to the work she released with Interscope.<ref>{{cite news|title=Azealia Banks 'free' from record deal with Universal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/11/azealia-banks-leaves-record-deal-universal|last=Michaels|first=Sean|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 11, 2014}}</ref> On July 28, 2014, Banks released the official second single from ''Broke with Expensive Taste'', titled "[[Heavy Metal and Reflective]]", on her own label, ''Azealia Banks Records''. |
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Banks surprise-released ''Broke with Expensive Taste'' under [[Prospect Park (production company)|Prospect Park]] on iTunes on November 7, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/broke-with-expensive-taste/id936648395|title=Broke with Expensive Taste – Album|publisher=iTunes Store (UK)|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> The physical album was released on March 3, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Broke-Expensive-Taste-Azealia-Banks/dp/B00Q89MY9M|title=Azealia Banks: Broke with Expensive Taste|access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Banks performed at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] and posed nude for the April issue of ''[[Playboy]]'', shot by [[Ellen von Unwerth]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks Poses Nude for 'Playboy'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6465926/azealia-banks-playboy|work=Billboard|access-date=July 16, 2015|date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> In late 2015, Banks revealed that she was unable to release new music until March 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7603597/azealia-banks-blocked-no-new-music-march-2016|title=Azealia Banks Blocked From Releasing New Music Until March 2016|publisher=Idolator|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=August 8, 2015|first=Mike|last=Wass}}</ref> due to the separation from her label, Prospect Park, but as of February 2016 she was officially cleared of her contract and able to release new music. |
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In February 2016, Banks released the single, "[[The Big Big Beat]]", with its official video uploaded to Vevo in April.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Maxwell|first1=Ryan|title=Azealia Banks "The Big Big Beat" Video|url=http://www.hhkmag.com/azealia-banks-the-big-big-beat/|website=HHKMag|publisher=The King|access-date=April 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505054742/http://www.hhkmag.com/azealia-banks-the-big-big-beat/|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song would serve as the lead single to Banks' second mixtape, ''[[Slay-Z]]'', which was released on March 24, 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7272558/azealia-banks-slay-z-mixtape|title=Azealia Banks Returns to Twitter, Delivers Download Link to Her 'Slay-Z' Mixtape|last=Platon|first=Adelle|date=March 24, 2016|website=Billboard|access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> In July 2017, ''Slay-Z'' was reissued to iTunes, Spotify, and other online music stores under her independent record label, Chaos & Glory Recordings. The re-issue would include the [[Lunice]] collaboration, "[[Crown (Azealia Banks song)|Crown]]", which was released as the project's sole bonus track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/listen-to-azealia-banks-new-lunice-collaboration-crown-2268571576.html|title=Listen to Azealia Banks' New Lunice Collaboration "Crown"|last=Cuby|first=Michael|date=February 17, 2017|work=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref> |
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===2017–present: ''Icy Colors Change'' and upcoming projects=== |
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In early 2017, Banks launched her online store, CheapyXO. The site features artist merchandise from Banks as well as original skin care products.<ref name="baronspinissuestory" /> The site also includes “CheapyXO Radio” which links to a playlist curated by Banks herself. Banks would later relaunch the site in 2020 to include her podcast, ''Cheapy’s Two Cents'', as well as, “Botantica XO”, which is composed of spiritual items.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CHEAPYXO by Azealia Banks {{!}} The Official Merchandise Store|url=https://www.cheapyxo.com/|access-date=June 16, 2020|website=CHEAPYXO by Azealia Banks|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Banks announced that her next project will be ''Fantasea II: The Second Wave'', a follow-up to 2012 mixtape ''Fantasea''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Max |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/07/azealia-banks-interview-music-industry/ |title=Azealia Banks Keeps It Real About Being Shut Out of the Music Industry |work=XXL |date=July 13, 2017 |access-date=November 3, 2017}}</ref> On June 5, 2017, Banks released the song "[[Chi Chi (song)|Chi Chi]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/azealia-banks-is-back-in-full-form-for-new-hip-hop-track-chi-chi-2433592195.html|title=Azealia Banks Is Back in Full-Form for New Hip-Hop Track "Chi Chi"|last=Cuby|first=Michael|date=June 5, 2017|work=Paper|access-date=June 5, 2017}}</ref> intended to be the lead single from ''Business & Pleasure,'' however, it was later demoted to a stand-alone single.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Azealia Banks|url=https://www.facebook.com/azealiabanksmusic/photos/a.660198657418153/2789666587804672/?type=3|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=facebook.com}}</ref> On June 26, 2017, Banks released the promotional single, "[[Escapades (Azealia Banks song)|Escapades]]", from the upcoming album ''Fantasea II: The Second Wave''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2017/06/azealia-banks-escapades-48k-monitor-mix-demo/|title=Azealia Banks Drops Two Versions of New Song 'Escapades'|work=XXL|access-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> After a yearlong hiatus from touring, Banks returned to New York City to embark on a [[Azealia Banks: North American Tour 2017|North American tour]] with 20 dates across the U.S. and Canada. The tour began on October 4 in Chicago and concluded on October 31 in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/08/azealia-banks-tour/|title=Azealia Banks Is Going on Tour – XXL|website=XXL Mag}}</ref> Banks also performed across Europe in a handful of shows during 2017. |
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It was announced in 2015 that Banks would make her acting debut as the main character in the [[RZA]]-directed musical drama film ''Coco'' (now known as ''[[Love Beats Rhymes]]'').<ref>{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Azealia Banks, Common & RZA Teaming for Musical Drama 'It Doesn't Have to Rhyme'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6576094/azealia-banks-common-rza-teaming-for-musical-drama-it-doesnt-have|work=Billboard|access-date=May 31, 2015|date=May 26, 2015}}</ref> The film was officially released on December 1, 2017. |
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On January 31, 2018, Banks announced that she had signed a $1 million record deal with [[Entertainment One]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/video/2018/02/azealia-banks-signs-1-million-dollar-deal-entertainment-one/|title=Azealia Banks Lands $1 Million Deal With Entertainment One – XXL|website=XXL Mag|access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref> On March 9, 2018, she released "Movin' On Up" to iTunes and other streaming platforms as the 2nd promotional single from ''Fantasea II: The Second Wave''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MOVIN' ON UP FT. AN EXPRESSO (PRODUCED BY NEWBODY)|url=https://soundcloud.com/azealia-banks/movin-on-up-40|access-date=June 16, 2018}}</ref> The song was previously featured in the 2017 film ''[[Love Beats Rhymes]]'' which Banks starred in. In March 2018, she announced that the first official single from her forthcoming album would be "[[Anna Wintour (Azealia Banks song)|Anna Wintour]]". It was released on April 6, 2018, and the official music video for the single was released on May 24, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2018/05/azealia-banks-anna-wintour-video/|title=Azealia Banks Gets Into the Groove in New "Anna Wintour" Video - XXL|website=XXL Mag|access-date=October 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/azealia-banks-pays-homage-to-janet-jackson-in-anna-wintour-music-video|title=Azealia Banks Pays Homage to Janet Jackson in "Anna Wintour" Music Video {{!}} The House Next Door {{!}} Slant Magazine|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=October 17, 2018}}</ref> On July 6, a second single, "Treasure Island", was released.<ref>{{Citation|title=Azealia Banks – Treasure Island|url=https://genius.com/Azealia-banks-treasure-island-lyrics|access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/azealia-banks-shares-new-song-treasure-island-listen/|title=Azealia Banks Shares New Song "Treasure Island": Listen|website=Pitchfork|access-date=December 5, 2018}}</ref> In November, Banks announced on her [[Instagram]] account that she would release the Christmas-themed EP ''[[Icy Colors Change]]'' on December 7. A demo of the title track was released in December 2017. The project was released on December 19 after several delays, with a promotional single, "[[What Are You Doing New Year's Eve]]?", released on December 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/azealia-banks-releases-new-holiday-ep-icy-colors-change-listen/|title=Azealia Banks Releases New Holiday EP Icy Colors Change: Listen|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> Another promotional single from ''Fantasea II: The Second Wave'', "Playhouse", was released exclusively on [[SoundCloud]] on April 12, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 12, 2019|title=Azealia Banks Is Ready to Seduce on New Track "Playhouse": Listen|url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/azealia-banks-playhouse/|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=Highsnobiety|language=en-US}}</ref> Banks first teased the track back in 2016 by playing the entire song on the live streaming app, [[Periscope (app)|Periscope]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 21, 2016|title=Azealia Banks Shared a Rihanna Demo and a New Solo Track Last Night|url=https://www.spin.com/2016/04/azealia-banks-rihanna-demo-snippet-business-and-pleasure-playhouse-stream/|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=Spin}}</ref> |
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Banks would later separate from [[Entertainment One Music|eOne Music]] in 2019. Consequently, Banks announced in May of that year that she had been working on a project called ''Yung Rapunxel: Pt. II''. The title references Banks' debut single off ''[[Broke with Expensive Taste]]'' called "[[Yung Rapunxel]]". It was released through SoundCloud on September 11, 2019 before later being taken down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/azealia-banks-returns-with-yung-rapunxel-pt-ii-mixtape-new-mixtape.119562.html|title=Azealia Banks Returns With "Yung Rapunxel: Pt. II" Mixtape|website=HotNewHipHop|last=A.|first=Aron|date=September 12, 2019|access-date=November 8, 2019}}</ref> Banks would cover [[Elle (magazine)|''Elle'']] Russia in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azealia Banks (Elle Russia)|url=https://models.com/work/elle-russia-azealia-banks|access-date=June 16, 2020|website=MODELS.com}}</ref> |
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On December 16, 2019, Banks released the promotional singles "Count Contessa" and "Pyrex Princess" on various streaming platforms. Pyrex Princess is a song from ''Business and Pleasure'', previously released on August 22, 2018, before being taken down. Count Contessa, a song for ''Fantasea II: The Second Wave'' was previously published on SoundCloud in 2013.<ref>{{Citation|title=COUNT CONTESSA|url=https://soundcloud.com/azealia-banks/count-contessa|language=en|access-date=December 24, 2019}}</ref> A music video for "Count Contessa", directed by Rony Alwin and shot in Bali, Indonesia, was previously released on December 8, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/azealia-banks-count-contessa-1500106500.html|title=Watch Azealia Banks Walk Her Pet Pig, Dance On The Beach In "Count Contessa" Video|date=December 9, 2015|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=AZEALIA BANKS - COUNT CONTESSA|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNi6PJpB3JU|language=en|access-date=December 17, 2019}}</ref> |
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Throughout the first quarter of 2020, Banks debuted her podcast ''Cheapy's Two Cents'' and released multiple promotional singles, including "Slow Hands", an [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] cover previously uploaded in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAtIGB2jiOk|title=Slow Hands (Interpol Cover)|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> as well as "Salchichón", and "1-800-Nu-Checks”, both being produced by frequent collaborator Onyx.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/slow-hands-single/1503289204|title=Slow Hands - Single|via=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/salchich%C3%B3n-feat-onyx-single/1500967382|title=Salchichón (feat. ONYX) - Single|via=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1-800-nu-checks-single/1504704374|title=1-800-Nu-Checks - Single|via=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref> Additionally, Banks released multiple tracks exclusively on her SoundCloud, such as "Diamond Nova", which previously stood as the B-Side to her 2013 single "[[ATM Jam]]", featuring and produced by [[Pharrell]],<ref>{{Citation|title=DIAMOND NOVA FT PHARRELL|url=https://soundcloud.com/azealia-banks/diamond-nova-ft-pharrell|language=en|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> as well as the Spanglish single, "Nirvana".<ref>{{Citation|title=NIRVANA PROD BY ONYX & AS IF KID|url=https://soundcloud.com/azealia-banks/nirvana-prod-by-onyx-as-if-kid|language=en|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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On June 9, 2020, Banks released the lead single<ref name=":2" /> from her upcoming album ''Business & Pleasure''<ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/kuntupdates/status/1225417666690723840|url=https://twitter.com/kuntupdates/status/1225417666690723840|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> titled “[[Black Madonna (Azealia Banks song)|Black Madonna]]" featuring producer [[Lex Luger (musician)|Lex Luger]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Black Madonna (feat. Lex Luger) - Single by Azealia Banks|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/black-madonna-feat-lex-luger-single/1517624974|access-date=June 10, 2020|website=Apple Music|language=en-ca}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Banks identifies as bisexual.<ref name="rollingstone" /> During the few instances where she has discussed her sexuality with the press, Banks has expressed dissatisfaction with society's labeling of others based on sexual orientation. In an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', Banks stated, "I'm not trying to be, like, the bisexual, lesbian rapper. I don't live on other people's terms."<ref name="nytimes1"/> |
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Banks is known for publicly speaking out on African-American civil rights issues, with a commentator at Splice Today describing Banks as having "that hot New York temper where she will pop off if you cross her the wrong way".<ref name="Moore">{{cite web |author=Madison Moore |title=Let's Talk About Azealia Banks |publisher=[[Splice Today]] |date=January 8, 2013 |url=http://splicetoday.com/pop-culture/let-s-talk-about-azealia-banks}}</ref><ref name="Independent14">{{cite web |title=Azealia Banks calls for reparations for slavery: 'America owes black people over $100 trillion' |work=[[The Independent]] |author=Antonio Molloy |date=December 30, 2014 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/azealia-banks-calls-for-reparations-for-slavery-america-owes-blacks-over-100-trillion-9949957.html}}</ref> In December 2014 she called for over $100 trillion to be paid to African Americans as [[Reparations for slavery debate in the United States|financial reparations for the enslavement of their ancestors]], citing U.S. reparations to Native American communities and the German reparations to Jewish survivors of the [[Holocaust]] as a precedent.<ref name="Independent14"/><ref name="NME14">{{cite web |title=Azealia Banks calls for $100 trillion in slave reparations |date=December 29, 2014 |author=Dean Van Nguyen |url=https://www.nme.com/news/azealia-banks/81961#CPYy4PvFzHdHYJgu.99}}</ref> Using Twitter, she urged young African Americans to take an interest in such issues, adding that "We are the children of the people who perished in the name of modern capitalism and we deserve a piece of that fucking pie."<ref name="Independent14"/><ref name="NME14"/> She added that reparations could be used to improve educational prospects for black Americans.<ref name="Independent14"/> |
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In 2016, Banks took to [[Twitter]] to express her endorsement of [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|2016 presidential campaign]], clarifying that "I have no hope for America...I think Donald Trump is evil like America is evil and in order for America to keep up with itself it needs him...politicians are inherently evil, I trust the one who is most transparent."<ref>{{cite web|title=Rapper Azealia Banks endorses Donald Trump|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/azealia-banks-endorses-donald-trump-2016-2|work=[[Business Insider]]|date=February 1, 2016|access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> Banks retracted her endorsement of Trump in October 2016, posting on Facebook, "I made a major mistake endorsing toupey-toupee. Women's rights are important and we must protect them."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lang|first1=Cady|title=Aaron Carter and Azealia Banks Withdraw Support for Donald Trump|url=http://time.com/4526589/aaron-carter-azealia-banks-on-donald-trump/|website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=October 15, 2016|date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> After Trump won the presidency, Banks posted "He is my fucking hero right now. I am elated."<ref name="Thorpe">{{cite news|last1=Thorpe|first1=Isha|title=Azealia Banks Congratulates Donald Trump On His Presidential Win|url=http://www.iheart.com/news/azealia-banks-congratulates-donald-trump-on-15284066/|access-date=November 10, 2016|publisher=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110112226/http://www.iheart.com/news/azealia-banks-congratulates-donald-trump-on-15284066/|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In July 2016, Banks admitted to lightening her skin due to skin blemishes from her birth control and defended the process of [[Skin whitening|skin bleaching]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7430326/azealia-banks-defends-skin-bleaching | title=Azealia Banks Defends Skin Bleaching, Says It Doesn't Negate Her Past Comments About 'Blackness in America' | work=Billboard | date=July 6, 2016 | access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> |
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In December 2016, Banks posted that she had a [[miscarriage]] and that she was "pretty taken aback by it all."<ref name="Havens">{{cite news|last1=Havens|first1=Lyndsey|title=Azealia Banks Reveals She Had A Miscarriage, Disses Nicki Minaj On Facebook|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7632291/azealia-banks-facebook-miscarriage-nicki-minaj-feud|access-date=December 21, 2016|work=Billboard|date=December 20, 2016}}</ref> She went on to ask her fans for advice and support, posting, "Has anyone else had this same experience who cares to share some words of wisdom or words of anything regarding this topic?"<ref name="Havens" /> |
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In October 2019, Banks announced that during tours in the [[former Soviet Union]], she will perform under the name Azilka ({{lang-ru|Азилька}}).<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Азилька: Azealia Banks chooses new stage name for performances in post-Soviet states |url=https://meduza.io/en/shapito/2019/10/21/meet-azilka-azealia-banks-chooses-new-stage-name-for-performances-in-post-soviet-states |access-date=October 28, 2019 |work=Meduza |date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> |
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On 8 August 2020, Banks announced that she intends to end her life through [[euthanasia]], and document the process on a film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morin |first1=Alyssa |title=Fans Send Support to Azealia Banks After She Posts Concerning Messages |url=https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/1177649/fans-express-concern-for-azealia-banks-after-she-posts-cryptic-messages |website=E! Online |publisher=E! |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> |
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==Artistry== |
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Banks has said she admires American recording artists [[Beyoncé]] and [[Aaliyah]], stating the former "[is] the queen of everything. She's the most remarkable performer and musician. And this is just my humble opinion, but I just think she's better than everyone else making music right now."<ref name="rollingstone" /> Banks is inspired by, and has drawn directly upon, black gay culture, such as the film ''[[Paris Is Burning (film)|Paris is Burning]]'', in her music.<ref name="Moore"/> |
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[[AllMusic]] characterizes Banks as "a stylish vocalist who combines [[hardcore hip-hop]], [[indie pop]], and [[dance music]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/azealia-banks-mn0002837954/biography|title=Azealia Banks {{!}} Biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> Meanwhile, ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s John Robinson considered Banks' style "an appealing blend of [[Missy Elliott]] and [[dance-pop]]."<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=John |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/22/this-weeks-new-live-music |title=This week's new live music |work=The Guardian |date=September 21, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref> In regards to her musical style, Banks has frequently been noted for the use of profanity in many of her songs, particularly her [[reappropriation|reclamation]] of the word "cunt",<ref name="independent">{{cite news|last=Self|first=Will|title=Hothouse Flower|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/t-magazine/culture/azealia-banks-hothouse-flower.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=March 2, 2012|access-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name="samcam">{{cite web|last=Wolfson|first=Sam|title=Samantha Cameron loves rapper Azealia Banks: has she heard the lyrics?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2012/sep/18/samantha-cameron-loves-azealia-banks|work=The Guardian|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name="guardianmarch">{{cite web|last=Empire|first=Kitty|title=Azealia Banks; Sharon Van Etten – review – The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/04/azealia-banks-sharon-van-etten|work=The Guardian|date=March 3, 2012|access-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref> examples including her debut single "[[212 (song)|212]]", in which she uses the word more than ten times, or other songs such as [[Fantasea (mixtape)|"Fierce"]], in which she refers to herself as the "cunt queen".<ref>{{cite web|last=Banks|first=Azealia|title=Azealia Banks – 212 – Lyrics|url=http://azealiabanks.tumblr.com/post/11497782646/azealia-banks-212-lyrics|publisher=[[Tumblr]]|access-date=June 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Banks|first=Azealia|title=Fierce – Lyrics|url=http://azealiabanks.tumblr.com/post/28504276967/fierce-lyrics|publisher=[[Tumblr]]|access-date=June 27, 2013}}</ref> Banks attributes this to her upbringing in Harlem, saying, "...I'm from Harlem. I went to art school; I grew up with the cunts. And that term doesn't come from me! People think I invented it, but I didn't. To be cunty is to be feminine and to be, like, aware of yourself. Nobody's fucking with that inner strength and delicateness. The cunts, the gay men, adore that. My friends would say, 'Oh you need to cunt it up! You're being too [[banjee]].' Banjee means unrefined and rough. You need your cunts: they fix your hair for you and do your makeup. They give you confidence and give you life."<ref name="rollingstone" /> She is also known for her often fast-paced rapping, or "[[Flow (rapping)|flow]]".<ref name=guardianmarch /> In a review of Banks' debut [[extended play|EP]] [[1991 (EP)|''1991'']], Chris Dart of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' found Banks' rapping speed "remarkable", commenting that she "manages a feat that takes most rappers the better part of a career to master: the perfect marriage of bangin', club-friendly beats and smart, crisply delivered lyrics".<ref name="Dart">{{cite journal|last=Dart|first=Chris|date=June 13, 2012|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/azealia_banks-1991|title=Azealia Banks – 1991|journal=[[Exclaim!]]|access-date=June 25, 2013}}</ref> |
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Since writing "212", Banks has adopted an alter ego named "Yung Rapunxel". This alter ego was adapted from Banks referring to herself as [[Rapunzel]], due to a long [[Artificial hair integrations|weave]] she wore while working at [[Starbucks]] as a teenager. Banks discussed this with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' saying, "Yung Rapunxel is that girl who pisses people off but doesn't really mean to. She's actually a sweetheart! But people are so taken aback that she's so herself; she's not even trying to be unique or different. She literally just lives in her head; she does what she wants to do. So, the lipstick is here for someone who is happy to be themself."<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite web|last=Nika|first=Colleen|title=Q&A: Azealia Banks on Why the C-Word Is 'Feminine'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qa-azealia-banks-on-why-the-c-word-is-feminine-181176/|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 12, 2018|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> |
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==Controversies== |
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Banks has developed a reputation for disputes with public figures on [[social media]],<ref name="The Independent"/> particularly [[Twitter]], with ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' noting that "she gets more attention for her public feuds than she does for her music".<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Diep |first1=Eric |last2=Ortiz |first2=Edwin |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/a-history-of-azealia-banks-twitter-beefs/ |title=A History of Azealia Banks' Twitter Beefs |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=June 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311224440/http://www.complex.com/music/2014/06/a-history-of-azealia-banks-twitter-beefs/ |archive-date=March 11, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Banks has had feuds with people including [[Pabllo Vittar]], [[Grimes (musician)| Grimes]], [[Elon Musk]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/04/azealia-banks-elon-musk-feud-twitter-shares-tesla-private-lawsuit-instagram-post|title='This is going to get ugly': Azealia Banks ramps up public feud with Elon Musk|last=Wong|first=Julia Carrie|date=January 5, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 5, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Remy Ma]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8063657/remy-ma-azealia-banks-beef|title=Remy Ma & Azealia Banks Exchange Jabs on Social Media Over the State of Female Rap|website=Billboard|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref> [[Cardi B]], [[Kim Kardashian]], [[Kanye West]], [[Lorde]], [[Lana Del Rey]], [[Marina Diamandis]], [[Charli XCX]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[T.I.]], [[Iggy Azalea]], [[Action Bronson]], [[Lil' Kim]], [[Skai Jackson]], [[Rita Ora]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Pharrell Williams]], [[Erykah Badu]], [[Kreayshawn]], [[Rihanna]], [[ASAP Rocky]], [[Baauer]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Sia (musician)|Sia]], [[Dominique Young Unique]], [[Jim Jones (rapper)|Jim Jones]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Angel Haze]], [[Lily Allen]], [[RZA]], [[SZA (singer)|SZA]], [[Rico Nasty]], [[Lupe Fiasco]], [[Eminem]], [[RuPaul]], [[Perez Hilton]], [[Nick Cannon]], [[Diplo]], [[Shea Coulee]], [[Funkmaster Flex]], [[The Stone Roses]], [[K. Michelle]], [[Shystie]], [[Amanda Brunker]], [[Troy Carter (music industry)|Troy Carter]], [[Cupcakke]], [[Mariah Lynn]], DC Young Fly,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2018/11/15/azelia-banks-twitter-suspended/|title=Azealia Banks Suspended on Twitter After Tweeting Threats to Mariah Lynn|last=Grant|first=Shawn|date=November 15, 2018|website=The Source|language=en-US|access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref> [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]], [[Lizzo]], [[Kim Petras]], [[Slayyyter]], [[Adrian Grenier]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Dave Chappelle]], [[Anthony Fantano]] and [[Wendy Williams]], among others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8455742/azealia-banks-vs-the-world-comprehensive-social-media-feud-history|title=Azealia Banks vs. The World: A Comprehensive List of Her Famous Feuds|work=Billboard|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://celebedition.com/azealia-banks-3/|title=Banks vs Everybody: 31 Celebrities Azealia Banks Beefed With on Twitter|date=May 13, 2016|website=Blex|language=en-US|access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref> |
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On September 22, 2015, Banks became involved in a confrontation with a fellow passenger and the flight crew while attempting to exit a [[Delta Air Lines]] flight that had just landed in [[Los Angeles]]. According to witnesses, Banks was attempting to squeeze past other passengers to disembark the plane more quickly, when a French man blocked her path. Banks reacted by spitting in the man's face, punching him, and clawing at his shirt. Subsequently, a flight attendant stepped in and demanded that Banks calm down. This resulted in Banks forcefully arguing with the flight attendant, in which she at one point called the Delta employee a "fucking [[Faggot (slang)|faggot]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/azealia-banks-drops-homophobic-slur-airplane-meltdown-article-1.2369767 |title=Azealia Banks' airline meltdown, homophobic slur caught on camera |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=September 22, 2015 |access-date=September 23, 2015 }}</ref> On November 10, 2015, it was reported Banks was under investigation by the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] following an altercation involving the rapper and a security guard at L.A. club Break Room 86.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6760579/azealia-banks-criminal-battery-investigation-security-guard-lapd |title=Azealia Banks Under Investigation for Alleged Scuffle With Security Guard |work=Billboard |access-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> Later that year, Banks was arrested in New York after attacking a female security guard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6812937/azealia-banks-arrested-attacking-security-guard-report |title=Azealia Banks Arrested After Attacking Security Guard: Report |work=Billboard |access-date=December 17, 2015}}</ref> |
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In March 2016, [[Sarah Palin]] threatened a lawsuit against Banks in response to a series of tweets where she attacked the politician, calling for "the biggest burliest blackest negroes" to "run a train on her", and for someone to "film it and put it on [[WorldStarHipHop|worldstar]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sarah-palin-threatens-to-sue-azealia-banks-over-twitter-tirade-20160405|title=Sarah Palin Threatens to Sue Azealia Banks Over Twitter Tirade|website=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref> Banks later apologized and said that her outburst was a result of her mistaking a fictional interview with Palin as a real event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/06/azealia-banks-apologises-to-sarah-palin-twitter|title='I never said you should be raped': Azealia Banks apologises to Sarah Palin|date=April 6, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref> In the fictional interview, Palin is quoted as saying "Negroes loved being slaves."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://politicops.com/palin-even-the-french-understand-that-slavery-wasnt-our-fault-because-the-negroes-liked-it/ |title=Palin: "Even The French Understand That Slavery Wasn't Our Fault, Because The Negroes Liked It" |work=Politicops |access-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420033959/http://politicops.com/palin-even-the-french-understand-that-slavery-wasnt-our-fault-because-the-negroes-liked-it/ |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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In May 2016, Banks was dropped by her UK booking agency and removed from headlining the grime and hip-hop festival Born & Bred following racist and homophobic tweets to [[Zayn Malik]]. Her Twitter account was also blocked after a succession of tweets directed at Malik.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44302767 |title=Eight times celebrities messed up on social media|first=Lucy|last=Todd|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> |
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In October 2016, Banks attended a party hosted by [[Russell Crowe]] as a guest of [[RZA]]. She filed a police report against Crowe, claiming that he choked her, spat on her, and called her a [[nigger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/azealia-banks-files-police-report-claiming-russell-crowe-attack-article-1.2834019|title=Azealia Banks files police report accusing Russell Crowe of spitting her and calling her the N-word, will speak out once she 'processes the brutality'|work=New York Daily News|first=Nancy|last=Dillon|date=October 17, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> RZA later said that Banks instigated the incident, and denied hearing Crowe call her a nigger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/803488/rza-stands-by-russell-crowe-in-azealia-banks-hotel-dispute|title=RZA Stands by Russell Crowe in Azealia Banks Hotel Dispute|work=E! Online|first=McKenna|last=Aiello|date=October 20, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> A year after the incident, RZA said that Crowe did spit toward Banks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/20/rza-claims-russell-crowe-did-spit-at-azealia-banks-at-that-infamous-hollywood-party-in-2016-7013482/|title=RZA claims Russell Crowe did spit at Azealia Banks at Hollywood party in 2016|date=October 20, 2017|work=Metro}}</ref> |
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In December 2016, Banks posted a series of videos on [[Instagram]] detailing her cleanup of a closet in her apartment where she claims to have been practicing [[witchcraft]]. She admitted to practicing "three years worth of [[Witchcraft in Latin America|brujeria]]”. The video appears to show dried blood, feathers, and the [[carrion]] of dead chickens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/music/azealia-banks-witchcraft-brujeria-peta-statement/|title=Azealia Banks Cleans Blood-Stained Room She's Used to Practice Witchcraft for 3 Years: 'Real Witches Do Real Things'|publisher=People|author=Dave Quinn|date= December 30, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref> She was criticized on Twitter by the artist [[Sia (musician)|Sia]], who stated that "sacrificing animals for your gain is the wackest shit I've ever heard. Get ahead by being awesome, kind and working hard." Banks responded to Sia with a series of tweets stating "your ugly pasty dry white lady winter skin face is the ugliest face I've ever seen, that must be why you hide it all the time. Have some fucking respect for my fucking [[Traditional African religions|traditional African religion]], you pompous white bitch." The post was later deleted.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Damian |title=Sia slams Azealia Banks over bizarre 'animal sacrifice' video |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sia-slams-azealia-banks-bizarre-animal-sacrifice-video-1926656 |website=NME |access-date=January 10, 2019 |date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> |
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In January 2019, Banks made a wordplay of the Irish airline [[Aer Lingus]], calling it "Air Cunnilingus", and had to leave the plane due to an altercation with an air stewardess in January 2019, after calling her "fucking ugly" on Instagram. Banks also labelled Irish people "inbred" and referred to them as "[[leprechaun]]s," adding "most of you can't talk or write." She also mocked the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]] on Instagram by asking a follower; "don't you have a famine to go die in?" The following day, she said she would dedicate her Dublin show to "beautiful Irish women."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/azealia-banks-i-want-to-dedicate-this-to-all-the-beautiful-irish-women-1.3767685|title=Azealia Banks: 'I want to dedicate this to all the beautiful Irish women'|first=Aoife|last=Moriarty|website=The Irish Times}}</ref> |
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In August 2019, Banks commented on Instagram after performing in Sweden: "I would really love to see someone bomb the shit out of this place, [[wikt:LMFAO|LMFAO]]. Give y'all white asses something to fucking cry about. Ugly blonde pigs you Swedes are."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/Wb3d4Q|title=Amerikansk rapper rasende på Sverige: – Ville elsket å se noen bombe dritten ut av dette stedet|website=vg.no}}</ref> On the [[Scandinavian Airlines]] flight back to L.A. from [[Stockholm]] she accused the staff of racist assault. The airline denies this and claims that Banks was displaying erratic behavior and that they had contacted law enforcement at the destination to escort her off the plane.<ref>{{cite web |title=Azealia Banks Lashes Out After Plane Passenger Allegedly Claims Singer 'Had Sex' On Flight |url=https://e-news.us/azealia-banks-lashes-out-after-plane-passenger-allegedly-claims-singer-had-sex-on-flight/ |website=e-News.US |access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Azealia Banks Says She Was Racially Profiled & Assaulted on Flight, Airline Blames Her |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/azealia-banks-says-she-racially-173041555.html |access-date=August 28, 2019 |publisher=Yahoo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Azealia Banks anklagar SAS-anställd för misshandel på flyget – FBI kallades in |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/GGq8kB/azealia-banks-anklagar-sas-anstalld-for-misshandel-pa-flyget--fbi-kal |publisher=Aftonbladet}}</ref> |
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==Discography== |
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{{main|Azealia Banks discography|List of songs recorded by Azealia Banks}} |
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; Studio albums |
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* ''[[Broke with Expensive Taste]]'' (2014) |
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==Filmography== |
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{{Main|Azealia Banks videography}} |
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|+Azealia Banks film roles |
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| 2005 |
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| ''[[The American Ruling Class]]'' |
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| Empire Falls Singer and Dancer |
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| Feature film |
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| 2017 |
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| ''[[Love Beats Rhymes]]'' |
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| Coco |
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| Feature film |
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==Tours== |
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'''Headlining''' |
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* Mermaid Ball (2012–13)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/06/azealia-banks-mermaid-ball-numbers/ |title=Azealia Banks' Mermaid Ball, By the Numbers |first=Devon |last=Maloney |date=June 4, 2012 |work=Spin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405014557/https://www.spin.com/2012/06/azealia-banks-mermaid-ball-numbers/ |archive-date=April 5, 2013 }}</ref> |
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* Broke with Expensive Taste Tour (2014–15)<ref>{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks postpones UK tour dates |url=https://www.nme.com/news/azealia-banks/76093 |work=NME |date=March 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315101430/http://www.nme.com/news/azealia-banks/76093 |archive-date=March 15, 2014 }}</ref> |
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* Azealia Banks: North American Tour (2017) |
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'''Featured act''' |
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* ShockWaves NME Awards Tour (2012) |
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==Awards and nominations== |
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| rowspan=3|2011 |
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| [[BBC]] |
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| [[Sound of...#Sound of 2012|Sound of 2012]]<ref name="so12"/> |
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| rowspan=2|Herself |
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| style="background:lightgrey"| Third |
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| rowspan=2|Rober Awards Music Poll |
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| Most Promising New Artist |
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| rowspan=2 {{won}} |
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| Best Dance Anthem |
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| rowspan=2|"[[212 (song)|212]]" |
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| rowspan="9" | 2012 |
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| rowspan="2" | [[NME Awards]] |
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| Dancefloor Anthem |
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| {{nom}} |
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| Philip Hall Radar Award<ref name="so12"/> |
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| rowspan="3" | Herself |
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| rowspan="1" {{Won}} |
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| [[MTV Woodies|mtvU Woodie Awards]] |
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| The Breaking Woodie |
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| rowspan="2" {{nom}} |
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| [[O Music Awards]] |
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| Best Web-Born Artist<ref>{{cite web|title=And the O Music Awards Nominees Are...|url=http://blog.omusicawards.com/2012/05/oma-3-nominees/|publisher=[[O Music Awards]]|access-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> |
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| rowspan="3" | [[Urban Music Awards]] |
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| Best Single<ref name="2012urbanmusicawardsnominees">{{cite web|title=Rita Ora leads nominations for the 10th annual Urban Music Awards 2012|url=http://urbanmusicawards.net/2012/10/rita-ora-leads-nominations-for-the-10th-annual-urban-music-awards-2012/|publisher=[[Urban Music Awards]]|access-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Urban Music Awards |url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/2012-urban-music-awards.html |publisher=[[MetroLyrics]] |access-date=June 3, 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525061540/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2012-urban-music-awards.html |archive-date=May 25, 2013 }}</ref> |
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| "212" |
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| {{Won}} |
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| Best International Artist<ref name="2012urbanmusicawardsnominees" /> |
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| rowspan="5" | Herself |
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| rowspan="22" {{nom}} |
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| Artist of the Year<ref name="2012urbanmusicawardsnominees" /> |
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| [[European Festival Awards]] |
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| Newcomer of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/european-festival-awards-2012-shortlist-announced-113590|title=European Festival Awards 2012 shortlist announced|website=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> |
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| [[Music of Black Origin Awards|MOBO Awards]] |
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| Best International Act<ref>{{cite web|title=MOBO Awards 2012 – Who Might Win?|url=http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/mobo-awards-2012-nominees-shortlist-revealed|publisher=[[Music of Black Origin Awards]]|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806100337/http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/mobo-awards-2012-nominees-shortlist-revealed|archive-date=August 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| rowspan="5" | 2013 |
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| [[NME Awards]] |
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| Villain of the Year<ref>{{cite web|title=NME Awards 2013 – as it happened|url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/68932|work=NME|access-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> |
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| [[UK Music Video Awards]] |
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| Best Urban Video – Budget |
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| "[[Atlantis (Azealia Banks song)|Atlantis]]" |
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| rowspan="2" | [[BET Awards]] |
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| [[BET Award for Best Hip-Hop Artists|Best Female Hip Hop Artist]]<ref name="2013betawardnominations">{{cite web|last=Takeda|first=Allison|title=BET Awards 2013: Kendrick Lamar Wins Big, Justin Timberlake Performs With Charlie Wilson|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/bet-awards-2013-kendrick-lamar-wins-big-justin-timberlake-performs-with-charlie-wilson-201317|work=[[Us Weekly]]|access-date=July 1, 2013|date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> |
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| rowspan="2" | Herself |
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| [[BET Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]<ref name="2013betawardnominations" /> |
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| [[International Dance Music Awards]] |
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| Best Rap/Hip-Hop Dance Track |
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| "212" |
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| rowspan=2|2014 |
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| [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]].com Mid-Year Music Awards |
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| Most Memorable Feud |
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| Herself vs [[T.I.]] |
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| Rober Awards Music Poll |
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| Best R&B |
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| rowspan=2|Herself |
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| rowspan=4|2015 |
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| [[BET Awards]] |
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| Best Female Hip Hop Artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/05/18/bet-awards-nominations-2015-full-list-nominees/|title=BET Awards Nominations 2015 – Beyonce, Chris Brown & More|work=HollywoodLife|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> |
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| [[International Dance Music Awards]] |
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| Best Rap/Hip-Hop/Trap Dance Track |
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| "[[Heavy Metal and Reflective]]" |
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| A2IM Libera Awards |
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| Groundbreaking Album of the Year |
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| ''[[Broke with Expensive Taste]]'' |
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| Rober Awards Music Poll |
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| Floorfiller of the Year |
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| "[[Trap Queen]]" (with [[Fetty Wap]]) (Remix with [[Quavo]] & [[Gucci Mane]]) |
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| rowspan=2|2016 |
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| rowspan=6|[[Society Awards|Music Society Awards]] |
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| Hip-Hop Recording of the Year |
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| "Ice Princess" |
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| rowspan=2|Hip-Hop Album of the Year |
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Birth name | Azealia Amanda Banks |
Also known as | Miss Bank$ |
Born | New York City, U.S. | May 31, 1991
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Azealia Amanda Banks (/əˈziːliə/; born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, she began releasing music through Myspace in 2008 before being signed to XL Recordings at age 18. In 2011, her debut single "212" went viral and entered several international charts. Banks subsequently signed with Interscope and Polydor Records before later separating in July 2013. Banks ultimately became an independent artist and started her own independent record label, Chaos & Glory Recordings, after multiple negative experiences with previous labels.
Banks has released two mixtapes (Fantasea in 2012 and Slay-Z in 2016), one studio album (Broke with Expensive Taste in 2014), and two extended plays (1991 in 2012 and Icy Colors Change in 2018). Her long-delayed second and third studio albums, Fantasea II: The Second Wave and Business & Pleasure, await release. The lead singles from each respective album, "Anna Wintour" and "Black Madonna" were released in April 2018 and June 2020 respectively.[4][5]
In early 2017, Banks launched her online store, CheapyXO. The site sells spiritual items, artist merchandise from Banks and most notably, original skin-care products.[6] In December 2017, she had her film debut in the musical drama Love Beats Rhymes, receiving positive reviews for her performance as the lead actress in the film.
Throughout her career, Banks's social media presence and outspoken views, especially on U.S. politics and race, have attracted significant controversy, criticism, and media scrutiny. She has developed a reputation for having disputes with public figures on Twitter.[7][8]
Life and career
Early life and career beginnings
Azealia Amanda Banks was born on May 31, 1991, in New York City's Manhattan borough; she was the youngest of three girls.[9][10] Her single mother raised her and two older sisters in Harlem, after their father died of pancreatic cancer when she was two years old.[11] Following her father's death, Banks says that her mother "became really abusive—physically and verbally. Like she would hit me and my sisters with baseball bats, bang our heads up against walls, and she would always tell me I was ugly. I remember once she threw out all the food in the fridge, just so we wouldn't have anything to eat." Due to escalating violence, Banks moved out of her mother's home at age 14 to live with her older sister.[12]
At a young age Banks became interested in musical theater, dancing, acting and singing. At age 16, she starred in a production of the comedy-noir musical City of Angels, where she was found by an agent who sent her to auditions for TBS, Nickelodeon, and Law & Order, all without success.[13] At this point Banks decided to end her pursuit of an acting career, citing the stiff competition and overall sense of unfulfillment.[14] Because of this unfulfillment, she began writing rap and R&B songs as a creative outlet. She never finished high school, instead choosing to follow her dream of becoming a recording artist.[9] In April 2009, Banks attempted to murder her sister with a box cutter.[15]
Under the moniker Miss Bank$, she released her debut recording, "Gimme a Chance", online on November 9, 2008.[13] The recording was accompanied by the self-produced track "Seventeen", which sampled the Ladytron song of the same name. Banks sent both tracks to American DJ Diplo.[16] Later that year, she signed a development deal with record label XL Recordings and began working with producer Richard Russell in London, leaving the label later that year due to conflicting ideas.[17][18]
2011–2012: 1991 and Fantasea
Richard [Russell] was cool, but as soon as I didn't want to use his beats, it got real sour. He wound up calling me "amateur" and the XL interns started talking shit about me. It just got real fucking funny. I was like, "I didn't come here for a date. I came here to cut some fucking records." I got turned off on the music industry and disappeared for a bit. I went into a bit of a depression.
—Banks talking of her departure from XL Recordings[18]
After leaving XL Recordings, Banks dropped the 'Miss Bank$' moniker and formally became Azealia Banks, which preceded a move to Montreal. Using YouTube as a portal, she uploaded several demo tracks, including "L8R" and a cover of "Slow Hands" by Interpol. After her Canadian visa expired, Banks returned to New York, where she sold keychains at a Manhattan jazz club and danced at a Queens strip club to make ends meet.[13] "That's when I was really depressed", Banks has said. "I don't have a manager, I don't have a boyfriend, I don't have any friends, I don't have any money. Here I am working at the strip club, trying not to say the wrong thing and get into fights with these girls who don't give a shit."[13]
In September 2011, Banks released her debut single, "212", as a free digital download from her website. It was released officially on December 6, 2011, as the lead single from her EP 1991.[19] The track attained European moderate chart success, peaking at #14 in the Netherlands, #12 in the United Kingdom and #7 in Ireland.[20][21][22]
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Though unsigned at the time, Banks began working with British producer Paul Epworth on a debut studio album.[23] It was announced in December 2011 that she would feature on "Shady Love", a track on American band Scissor Sisters' fourth studio album, Magic Hour, though the feature was uncredited. An accompanying music video was released in January 2012 following its radio premiere from Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1) on January 4,[24] though the single's release was canceled for unconfirmed reasons. Banks released the track "NEEDSUMLUV (SXLND)" on the Internet on January 16, 2012, coinciding with what would have been the 33rd birthday of the late singer Aaliyah, who is sampled on the track.[25] A week later saw the emergence of a second track, "Bambi", produced by Paul Epworth and selected as the soundtrack for a Thierry Mugler fashion show in Paris.[26]
In May 2012, Banks announced plans to release a mixtape—originally titled Fantastic—titled Fantasea.[27] Preceding its release the tracks "Jumanji",[28] "Aquababe",[29] and "Nathan" (featuring rapper Styles P) were made available online.[30] Fantasea was released via Banks' Twitter account on July 11,[31] and was succeeded by the unveiling of Banks' online radio project, Kunt.FM the following week.[32]
Banks's first EP, 1991, was released in the UK on May 28 and in the US the next day.[33] The 4-track EP, which includes 212, was not eligible for the UK Albums chart, but the title track charted at #79 on the UK Singles chart.[34] It also reached #133 on the US 200,[35] while reaching #17 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart,[36] #12 on the US Rap chart,[37] and headin' US Heat chart.[38] In 2013, 1991 was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[39]
Banks was scheduled to release her second single, "Esta Noche", from Fantasea, on September 25, 2012, but it was pulled the day of its release due to sampling disputes between Banks and its producer, Munchi.[40] The next month, it was confirmed that Banks had worked with Lady Gaga on two tracks, "Ratchet" and "Red Flame", on Gaga's third studio album, Artpop (2013), but they did not make the final album cut, and have since not been released.[41] Banks also revealed that she collaborated with Kanye West on G.O.O.D. Music's compilation album Cruel Summer but that her contributions did not make the final cut.[41][42] On December 31, 2012, Banks released "BBD", which ultimately appeared on her debut album, Broke with Expensive Taste.
2013–2016: Broke with Expensive Taste and Slay-Z
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Early in 2012, Banks revealed that her debut album would be called Broke with Expensive Taste, and said the album would include contributions from musicians including Toko Yasuda, Theophilus London, Kevin Hussein, and Ariel Pink.[43][44] She initially said the album's lead single would be a track titled "Miss Amor" and that it would be accompanied by a B-side, "Miss Camaraderie", both produced by Lone,[45] but these plans changed: in January 2013 she announced that the first official single from the album would be "Yung Rapunxel", which was released in March 2013 through SoundCloud.[46][47]
In May 2013, Banks announced that the second single from Broke with Expensive Taste would be "ATM Jam", featuring Pharrell.[48] On June 29, she debuted the song at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival,[49] with New York City radio station Hot 97 premiering a clean, shortened version of the studio recording three days later.[50] On July 11, the full studio version of "ATM Jam" was released on BBC Radio 1,[51] and it was released for digital download on August 30.[52] Banks confirmed in November 2013 that "ATM Jam" would not appear on Broke with Expensive Taste due to negative fan feedback and personal disinterest regarding the song.[53][54]
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Banks announced in mid-July that after a long battle, she had parted ways with Universal Music Group. She reportedly has possession and the rights to the work she released with Interscope.[55] On July 28, 2014, Banks released the official second single from Broke with Expensive Taste, titled "Heavy Metal and Reflective", on her own label, Azealia Banks Records.
Banks surprise-released Broke with Expensive Taste under Prospect Park on iTunes on November 7, 2014.[56] The physical album was released on March 3, 2015.[57] In 2015, Banks performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and posed nude for the April issue of Playboy, shot by Ellen von Unwerth.[58] In late 2015, Banks revealed that she was unable to release new music until March 2016,[59] due to the separation from her label, Prospect Park, but as of February 2016 she was officially cleared of her contract and able to release new music.
In February 2016, Banks released the single, "The Big Big Beat", with its official video uploaded to Vevo in April.[60] The song would serve as the lead single to Banks' second mixtape, Slay-Z, which was released on March 24, 2016.[61] In July 2017, Slay-Z was reissued to iTunes, Spotify, and other online music stores under her independent record label, Chaos & Glory Recordings. The re-issue would include the Lunice collaboration, "Crown", which was released as the project's sole bonus track.[62]
2017–present: Icy Colors Change and upcoming projects
In early 2017, Banks launched her online store, CheapyXO. The site features artist merchandise from Banks as well as original skin care products.[13] The site also includes “CheapyXO Radio” which links to a playlist curated by Banks herself. Banks would later relaunch the site in 2020 to include her podcast, Cheapy’s Two Cents, as well as, “Botantica XO”, which is composed of spiritual items.[63]
Banks announced that her next project will be Fantasea II: The Second Wave, a follow-up to 2012 mixtape Fantasea.[64] On June 5, 2017, Banks released the song "Chi Chi"[65] intended to be the lead single from Business & Pleasure, however, it was later demoted to a stand-alone single.[66] On June 26, 2017, Banks released the promotional single, "Escapades", from the upcoming album Fantasea II: The Second Wave.[67] After a yearlong hiatus from touring, Banks returned to New York City to embark on a North American tour with 20 dates across the U.S. and Canada. The tour began on October 4 in Chicago and concluded on October 31 in San Francisco.[68] Banks also performed across Europe in a handful of shows during 2017.
It was announced in 2015 that Banks would make her acting debut as the main character in the RZA-directed musical drama film Coco (now known as Love Beats Rhymes).[69] The film was officially released on December 1, 2017.
On January 31, 2018, Banks announced that she had signed a $1 million record deal with Entertainment One.[70] On March 9, 2018, she released "Movin' On Up" to iTunes and other streaming platforms as the 2nd promotional single from Fantasea II: The Second Wave.[71] The song was previously featured in the 2017 film Love Beats Rhymes which Banks starred in. In March 2018, she announced that the first official single from her forthcoming album would be "Anna Wintour". It was released on April 6, 2018, and the official music video for the single was released on May 24, 2018.[72][73] On July 6, a second single, "Treasure Island", was released.[74][75] In November, Banks announced on her Instagram account that she would release the Christmas-themed EP Icy Colors Change on December 7. A demo of the title track was released in December 2017. The project was released on December 19 after several delays, with a promotional single, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?", released on December 13.[76] Another promotional single from Fantasea II: The Second Wave, "Playhouse", was released exclusively on SoundCloud on April 12, 2019.[77] Banks first teased the track back in 2016 by playing the entire song on the live streaming app, Periscope.[78]
Banks would later separate from eOne Music in 2019. Consequently, Banks announced in May of that year that she had been working on a project called Yung Rapunxel: Pt. II. The title references Banks' debut single off Broke with Expensive Taste called "Yung Rapunxel". It was released through SoundCloud on September 11, 2019 before later being taken down.[79] Banks would cover Elle Russia in November 2019.[80]
On December 16, 2019, Banks released the promotional singles "Count Contessa" and "Pyrex Princess" on various streaming platforms. Pyrex Princess is a song from Business and Pleasure, previously released on August 22, 2018, before being taken down. Count Contessa, a song for Fantasea II: The Second Wave was previously published on SoundCloud in 2013.[81] A music video for "Count Contessa", directed by Rony Alwin and shot in Bali, Indonesia, was previously released on December 8, 2015.[82][83]
Throughout the first quarter of 2020, Banks debuted her podcast Cheapy's Two Cents and released multiple promotional singles, including "Slow Hands", an Interpol cover previously uploaded in 2012,[84] as well as "Salchichón", and "1-800-Nu-Checks”, both being produced by frequent collaborator Onyx.[85][86][87] Additionally, Banks released multiple tracks exclusively on her SoundCloud, such as "Diamond Nova", which previously stood as the B-Side to her 2013 single "ATM Jam", featuring and produced by Pharrell,[88] as well as the Spanglish single, "Nirvana".[89]
On June 9, 2020, Banks released the lead single[66] from her upcoming album Business & Pleasure[90] titled “Black Madonna" featuring producer Lex Luger.[91]
Personal life
Banks identifies as bisexual.[92] During the few instances where she has discussed her sexuality with the press, Banks has expressed dissatisfaction with society's labeling of others based on sexual orientation. In an interview with The New York Times, Banks stated, "I'm not trying to be, like, the bisexual, lesbian rapper. I don't live on other people's terms."[11]
Banks is known for publicly speaking out on African-American civil rights issues, with a commentator at Splice Today describing Banks as having "that hot New York temper where she will pop off if you cross her the wrong way".[93][94] In December 2014 she called for over $100 trillion to be paid to African Americans as financial reparations for the enslavement of their ancestors, citing U.S. reparations to Native American communities and the German reparations to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust as a precedent.[94][95] Using Twitter, she urged young African Americans to take an interest in such issues, adding that "We are the children of the people who perished in the name of modern capitalism and we deserve a piece of that fucking pie."[94][95] She added that reparations could be used to improve educational prospects for black Americans.[94]
In 2016, Banks took to Twitter to express her endorsement of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, clarifying that "I have no hope for America...I think Donald Trump is evil like America is evil and in order for America to keep up with itself it needs him...politicians are inherently evil, I trust the one who is most transparent."[96] Banks retracted her endorsement of Trump in October 2016, posting on Facebook, "I made a major mistake endorsing toupey-toupee. Women's rights are important and we must protect them."[97] After Trump won the presidency, Banks posted "He is my fucking hero right now. I am elated."[98]
In July 2016, Banks admitted to lightening her skin due to skin blemishes from her birth control and defended the process of skin bleaching.[99]
In December 2016, Banks posted that she had a miscarriage and that she was "pretty taken aback by it all."[100] She went on to ask her fans for advice and support, posting, "Has anyone else had this same experience who cares to share some words of wisdom or words of anything regarding this topic?"[100]
In October 2019, Banks announced that during tours in the former Soviet Union, she will perform under the name Azilka (Russian: Азилька).[101]
On 8 August 2020, Banks announced that she intends to end her life through euthanasia, and document the process on a film.[102]
Artistry
Banks has said she admires American recording artists Beyoncé and Aaliyah, stating the former "[is] the queen of everything. She's the most remarkable performer and musician. And this is just my humble opinion, but I just think she's better than everyone else making music right now."[92] Banks is inspired by, and has drawn directly upon, black gay culture, such as the film Paris is Burning, in her music.[93]
AllMusic characterizes Banks as "a stylish vocalist who combines hardcore hip-hop, indie pop, and dance music."[104] Meanwhile, The Guardian's John Robinson considered Banks' style "an appealing blend of Missy Elliott and dance-pop."[105] In regards to her musical style, Banks has frequently been noted for the use of profanity in many of her songs, particularly her reclamation of the word "cunt",[106][107][108] examples including her debut single "212", in which she uses the word more than ten times, or other songs such as "Fierce", in which she refers to herself as the "cunt queen".[109][110] Banks attributes this to her upbringing in Harlem, saying, "...I'm from Harlem. I went to art school; I grew up with the cunts. And that term doesn't come from me! People think I invented it, but I didn't. To be cunty is to be feminine and to be, like, aware of yourself. Nobody's fucking with that inner strength and delicateness. The cunts, the gay men, adore that. My friends would say, 'Oh you need to cunt it up! You're being too banjee.' Banjee means unrefined and rough. You need your cunts: they fix your hair for you and do your makeup. They give you confidence and give you life."[92] She is also known for her often fast-paced rapping, or "flow".[108] In a review of Banks' debut EP 1991, Chris Dart of Exclaim! found Banks' rapping speed "remarkable", commenting that she "manages a feat that takes most rappers the better part of a career to master: the perfect marriage of bangin', club-friendly beats and smart, crisply delivered lyrics".[111]
Since writing "212", Banks has adopted an alter ego named "Yung Rapunxel". This alter ego was adapted from Banks referring to herself as Rapunzel, due to a long weave she wore while working at Starbucks as a teenager. Banks discussed this with Rolling Stone saying, "Yung Rapunxel is that girl who pisses people off but doesn't really mean to. She's actually a sweetheart! But people are so taken aback that she's so herself; she's not even trying to be unique or different. She literally just lives in her head; she does what she wants to do. So, the lipstick is here for someone who is happy to be themself."[92]
Controversies
Banks has developed a reputation for disputes with public figures on social media,[8] particularly Twitter, with Complex noting that "she gets more attention for her public feuds than she does for her music".[7] Banks has had feuds with people including Pabllo Vittar, Grimes, Elon Musk,[112] Remy Ma,[113] Cardi B, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Marina Diamandis, Charli XCX, Lady Gaga, T.I., Iggy Azalea, Action Bronson, Lil' Kim, Skai Jackson, Rita Ora, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Erykah Badu, Kreayshawn, Rihanna, ASAP Rocky, Baauer, Nicki Minaj, Sia, Dominique Young Unique, Jim Jones, Beyoncé, Angel Haze, Lily Allen, RZA, SZA, Rico Nasty, Lupe Fiasco, Eminem, RuPaul, Perez Hilton, Nick Cannon, Diplo, Shea Coulee, Funkmaster Flex, The Stone Roses, K. Michelle, Shystie, Amanda Brunker, Troy Carter, Cupcakke, Mariah Lynn, DC Young Fly,[114] Disclosure, Lizzo, Kim Petras, Slayyyter, Adrian Grenier, Busta Rhymes, Dave Chappelle, Anthony Fantano and Wendy Williams, among others.[115][116]
On September 22, 2015, Banks became involved in a confrontation with a fellow passenger and the flight crew while attempting to exit a Delta Air Lines flight that had just landed in Los Angeles. According to witnesses, Banks was attempting to squeeze past other passengers to disembark the plane more quickly, when a French man blocked her path. Banks reacted by spitting in the man's face, punching him, and clawing at his shirt. Subsequently, a flight attendant stepped in and demanded that Banks calm down. This resulted in Banks forcefully arguing with the flight attendant, in which she at one point called the Delta employee a "fucking faggot".[117] On November 10, 2015, it was reported Banks was under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department following an altercation involving the rapper and a security guard at L.A. club Break Room 86.[118] Later that year, Banks was arrested in New York after attacking a female security guard.[119]
In March 2016, Sarah Palin threatened a lawsuit against Banks in response to a series of tweets where she attacked the politician, calling for "the biggest burliest blackest negroes" to "run a train on her", and for someone to "film it and put it on worldstar."[120] Banks later apologized and said that her outburst was a result of her mistaking a fictional interview with Palin as a real event.[121] In the fictional interview, Palin is quoted as saying "Negroes loved being slaves."[122]
In May 2016, Banks was dropped by her UK booking agency and removed from headlining the grime and hip-hop festival Born & Bred following racist and homophobic tweets to Zayn Malik. Her Twitter account was also blocked after a succession of tweets directed at Malik.[123]
In October 2016, Banks attended a party hosted by Russell Crowe as a guest of RZA. She filed a police report against Crowe, claiming that he choked her, spat on her, and called her a nigger.[124] RZA later said that Banks instigated the incident, and denied hearing Crowe call her a nigger.[125] A year after the incident, RZA said that Crowe did spit toward Banks.[126]
In December 2016, Banks posted a series of videos on Instagram detailing her cleanup of a closet in her apartment where she claims to have been practicing witchcraft. She admitted to practicing "three years worth of brujeria”. The video appears to show dried blood, feathers, and the carrion of dead chickens.[127] She was criticized on Twitter by the artist Sia, who stated that "sacrificing animals for your gain is the wackest shit I've ever heard. Get ahead by being awesome, kind and working hard." Banks responded to Sia with a series of tweets stating "your ugly pasty dry white lady winter skin face is the ugliest face I've ever seen, that must be why you hide it all the time. Have some fucking respect for my fucking traditional African religion, you pompous white bitch." The post was later deleted.[128]
In January 2019, Banks made a wordplay of the Irish airline Aer Lingus, calling it "Air Cunnilingus", and had to leave the plane due to an altercation with an air stewardess in January 2019, after calling her "fucking ugly" on Instagram. Banks also labelled Irish people "inbred" and referred to them as "leprechauns," adding "most of you can't talk or write." She also mocked the Great Famine on Instagram by asking a follower; "don't you have a famine to go die in?" The following day, she said she would dedicate her Dublin show to "beautiful Irish women."[129]
In August 2019, Banks commented on Instagram after performing in Sweden: "I would really love to see someone bomb the shit out of this place, LMFAO. Give y'all white asses something to fucking cry about. Ugly blonde pigs you Swedes are."[130] On the Scandinavian Airlines flight back to L.A. from Stockholm she accused the staff of racist assault. The airline denies this and claims that Banks was displaying erratic behavior and that they had contacted law enforcement at the destination to escort her off the plane.[131][132][133]
Discography
- Studio albums
- Broke with Expensive Taste (2014)
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | The American Ruling Class | Empire Falls Singer and Dancer | Feature film |
2017 | Love Beats Rhymes | Coco | Feature film |
Tours
Headlining
- Mermaid Ball (2012–13)[134]
- Broke with Expensive Taste Tour (2014–15)[135]
- Azealia Banks: North American Tour (2017)
Featured act
- ShockWaves NME Awards Tour (2012)
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2011 | BBC | Sound of 2012[17] | Herself | Third |
Rober Awards Music Poll | Most Promising New Artist | Won | ||
Best Dance Anthem | "212" | |||
2012 | NME Awards | Dancefloor Anthem | Nominated | |
Philip Hall Radar Award[17] | Herself | Won | ||
mtvU Woodie Awards | The Breaking Woodie | Nominated | ||
O Music Awards | Best Web-Born Artist[136] | |||
Urban Music Awards | Best Single[137][138] | "212" | Won | |
Best International Artist[137] | Herself | Nominated | ||
Artist of the Year[137] | ||||
European Festival Awards | Newcomer of the Year[139] | |||
MOBO Awards | Best International Act[140] | |||
2013 | NME Awards | Villain of the Year[141] | ||
UK Music Video Awards | Best Urban Video – Budget | "Atlantis" | ||
BET Awards | Best Female Hip Hop Artist[142] | Herself | ||
Best New Artist[142] | ||||
International Dance Music Awards | Best Rap/Hip-Hop Dance Track | "212" | ||
2014 | Billboard.com Mid-Year Music Awards | Most Memorable Feud | Herself vs T.I. | |
Rober Awards Music Poll | Best R&B | Herself | ||
2015 | BET Awards | Best Female Hip Hop Artist[143] | ||
International Dance Music Awards | Best Rap/Hip-Hop/Trap Dance Track | "Heavy Metal and Reflective" | ||
A2IM Libera Awards | Groundbreaking Album of the Year | Broke with Expensive Taste | ||
Rober Awards Music Poll | Floorfiller of the Year | "Trap Queen" (with Fetty Wap) (Remix with Quavo & Gucci Mane) | ||
2016 | Music Society Awards | Hip-Hop Recording of the Year | "Ice Princess" | |
Hip-Hop Album of the Year | Broke with Expensive Taste | |||
2017 | Slay-Z | |||
Best Urban Album | ||||
Best Hip-Hop Recording of the Year | "The Big Big Beat" | |||
Artist of the Year, Female - Hip-Hop | Herself |
References
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- ^ "Azealia Banks Talks House-Inspired 'Anna Wintour' Single, 'Fantasea II' Album & State of Women in Hip-Hop". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "The Ones: Azealia Banks' "Black Madonna" [ft. Lex Luger]". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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