Azealia Banks’ Horrifying Slurs Against Zayn Malik Got Her Canned From a U.K. Festival

Written By Brennan Carley
| May 11, 2016 - 8:47 am

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When there’s a story involving Azealia Banks, there’s no shortage of nouns, verbs, and adjectives writers can use to stuff their URLs with keywords, since the frequently controversy-embroiled rapper never keeps things simple. Last night’s Twitter drama starring the New York star was no exception.

Let’s try to break down the Broke With Expensive Taste provocateur’s past 24 hours as best we can: early yesterday, the 24-year-old commented on ZAYN’s (née Zayn Malik) new “Like I Would” music video, citing similarities in their artistic sensibilities and mentioning that she was flattered that the former One Direction star would lift her style for the visual. Later in the day, Malik tweeted about someone without naming names, saying “I see you reaching but I don’t care.”

Banks, of course, got caught in her own feelings and assumed it was about her, because this is The Truman Show minus Jim Carrey and plus Azealia Banks, after all. She began to unleash a tirade of vile, hateful comments about Malik and his family. Some of those are below for your horrified perusing:

@zaynmalik lol u a bitch nigga for even responding like that. Keep sucking this yung rapunxel dick u hairy curry scented bitch

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— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

Token sand nigga pout: “I was the least celebrated in the white boy group because I’m brown” https://t.co/iHaStz4SqQ

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

LOL @ZAYNMALIK IS A FAGGOT

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

This is the face he made when capital fm held auditions at the refugee camp for refugees best talent! https://t.co/sqJarejmHL

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 11, 2016

Caught up? Buckle in, there’s plenty more. A Malik fan reportedly hacked into the rapper’s iCloud account and leaked her cell phone number to the world; Banks retaliated by posting Malik’s email address and FaceTime information to her account. Mess stays being messy.

Here’s where Disney star Skai Jackson, the new undisputed ruler of Twitter, steps into play. “Azealia Banks needs to simmer down a little,” the 14-year-old posted to the social media service yesterday afternoon without tagging anyone. Once again Banks came out swinging against the 14-year-old girl on Twitter, because, remember, she lives her life on the Internet and — like Tinkerbell’s incessant need for applause — needs the drama to survive.

“And you need to grow some hips and start ur menses. stay in a child’s place,” Banks told Jackson. It was then that the earth tilted on its axis, a storm so great and powerful brewing at the behest of Jackson’s teenaged fingertips that not a man, woman, or child was prepared for the read of the century that the Disney star returned:

@AZEALIABANKS When a no hip having 14 year old has more class than you. Worry about your career. Get one. ?🏾

— Skai Jackson ? (@skaijackson) May 11, 2016

@AZEALIABANKS I had a career before Disney and I’m sure I will after! And I know I won’t turn out like you bitter and miserable! Fix ur life

— Skai Jackson ? (@skaijackson) May 11, 2016

@AZEALIABANKS and I’m sure my mom did a wayyy better job then yours did! You give black women a bad name. I’ll be praying for you🙏🏾💋

— Skai Jackson ? (@skaijackson) May 11, 2016

@AZEALIABANKS you got dissed by a one directioner how miserable can your life be?? Now have several seats Azealia Stanks!

— Skai Jackson ? (@skaijackson) May 11, 2016

Fans began rallying behind Jackson and Malik, tweeting directly to the upcoming U.K. festival Born & Bred — at which Banks was scheduled to headline — demanding they remove her from the bill. After several more hours of the rapper coming for British singer-songwriter MNEK with a series of homophobic slams, Born & Bred’s festival promoter Rinse FM responded accordingly, canceling Banks’ appearance: