The ‘Anaconda’ hitmaker complained that black women are rarely rewarded for their contribution to pop culture after she failed to receive a nomination for the Video of the Year prize at the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards but Azealia has now hit back saying she only spoke out against discrimination once it started to affect her personally.
After claiming that the only reason anyone speaks about race is because of her, the ‘212’ hitmaker responded to a fan who asked on Twitter if she thinks it’s a ‘good thing that Nicki and others have now spoken out too’.
Azealia tweeted back: ‘No because she only started speaking out when it affected her. And she always pulls a pussy move and says … ‘that’s not what I meant’ trying to save with white audiences when she gets caught.’
The outspoken rapper-and-singer – who claimed ‘all’ of her music videos ‘deserve’ VMAs and her album a Grammy following Nicki’s comments – took to Twitter on Friday, July 31, 2015 to vent her frustrations.
She wrote:
Every single one of the conversations about cultural appropriation and fairness in the music industry began at my fingertips.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 31, 2015
I was the only one brave enough to speak up now everyone just dives right in and Christopher Columbus’ my ideas as their own.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 31, 2015
But I was called crazy and told to shut up. Then here come all these rap niggas literally quoting me verbatim ….
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 31, 2015
Then all of a sudden the industry has time to address the issue…… Still trying to pretend like I haven’t been shouting this for years
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) July 31, 2015
