Azealia Banks Dropped From U.K. Music Festival After Racist Twitter Beef With Zayn

November 28, 2024

Oy.

Has Azealia Banks finally, actually trolled her way out of a career? Well, she’s at least down one gig following yet another tirade on Twitter. London’s Born & Bred music festival has dropped Banks as its headliner following a racist beef she started with Zayn Malik Tuesday night. Her social media attack started out relatively innocuously, with Banks suggesting on Instagram that Zayn had copied her style for his clearly Tron-inspired “I Would” video. Later, Zayn appeared to subtweet her, saying “No lies … I see you reaching but I don’t care” and “My @’s too good for you.”

That’s all it took to set Banks off on a terribly bigoted rant against Zayn, in which she referred to the former One Directioner (who is half-Pakistani and also a Muslim) with multiple apparent slurs, including “Punjabi,” “sand nigga,” “house nigger,” “faggot,” and, well, you get the idea. She also accused Zayn of giving her phone number to his fans so they could harass her — to which she responded by leaking his email and FaceTime contact — and went on to insult the U.K.’s entire music scene, and grime in particular.

"Trying to make myself known but I'm still known as the token sand nigga from 1D" https://t.co/iHaStz4SqQ

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

LOL @ZAYNMALIK IS A FAGGOT

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

YUNG RAPUNXEL ALWAYS WINS PUNJABI!! pic.twitter.com/vK4jkSxcoo

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

When Zayn eventually acknowledged her, asking “Why you been saying nasty things about me ? I wasn’t talking about you lol?”, she threatened that America would “obliterate” his “entire extended family.” She also accused Zayn of “act[ing] like a white boy pretending to be black.”

#TRUMP2016 https://t.co/fNAk8XI1dg

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

U.S.A IS ABOUT TO TEACH YOU WHO NOT TO FUCK WITH!! https://t.co/fNAk8XI1dg

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

When your entire extended family has been obliterated by good ol the U.S of A will you still be trying to.... https://t.co/fNAk8XI1dg

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

Do you understand that you are a sand nigger who emulates white boys' renditions of black male hood? https://t.co/fNAk8XI1dg

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

In the midst of all this, Disney Channel star Skai Jackson (you know her from all those memes) stepped into Azealia’s mentions to call her out for lacking class. Briefly, Banks put her beef with Zayn on hold to start one with Jackson, of course. She responded by calling Skai “a little black girl who’s going to be kicked off the disney conveyer belt” and a “little thot in training,” and accused Skai’s mother of pimping her daughter out, among other vile things. And here’s where Azealia Banks, who is 24, got read her last rites by a 14-year-old:

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