Azealia Banks and Wale launched into a fiery and completely draining social media battle this week.
The drama kicked off Wednesday when the “212” rapper took offense to Wale’s tweet: “I’m not sellin my soul . I’m not playin them other games either .. ain’t no ‘era’ I ain’t never stopped…hope this helps wit the nostalgia bait.”
Although the tweet wasn’t aimed at her, Banks fired back hours later with: “N***a the only hot song you ever made is ‘ridin in that black joint’ [from Saints Row 2]. It’s no shade . But ur rap swag and delivery and persona got something off in a very generic type of way. It’s highkey cause u African no shade. U shoulda been African T-pain.”
“I’m talking about his music. lol why nobody ever told Wale he dumb trash?” she added in another tweet.
“Damn I thought u only came for ppl who disrespected u in some manner .. learn sumn new every day,” he fired back.
In a series of tweets, Banks went after the “Lotus Flower Bomb” rapper, labeling him a “dumb colonized Nigerian” with “extremely low impact” whose music she compared to “diet Curren$y flow / faux [Rick] Ross storytelling mixed with generic hypebeast blog era ‘swag’ raps.” She also suggested Wale should “be on them [Distruction Boyz] beats. Some Gqom/midnight starring vibes.”
“My favorite thing on this app is you tellin everybody what they should be doing…life is hard af and yet you find time to tell everybody everywhere all the time how to do things … you are way too kind to us,” Wale responded.
“Ngl … the chicken butcher lady sayin my only hit is off a video game I never played before is funny af,” he added in another tweet. “I don’t even think that song is on dsp. We Stan.”
“Says the guy with a period panty fetish,” Banks shot back. “I didn’t say it was your only hit, I honestly wouldn’t know what hits you have because you’ve never developed any sort of musical identity that was distinct enough for me to recognize. If someone played me something I’d probably just think it was Wiz Khalifa tbh.
“I do remember you kind of creepily and randomly alluding to my period, and I do remember ridin in that black joint from like 2009. You should put it out. I liked it. . . Ps: the ‘chicken butcher’ is disappointingly pedestrian . You’ve got an undeniably flaccid way with words.”
Wale fired back sarcastically, “Big word buzz word deep cut repeat … we get it your articulate. That’s why we enjoy your commentary … tell us more about the African thing.”
Elsewhere in the exchange, Banks compared Wale to “a tampon chewing dog” and “an effeminate weirdo in black American cosplay.” She also accused him of trying to come across as “non threatening and agreeable as to corny white ‘producers.'”
“The most disappointing thing bout this exchange is that I’ve realized u don’t know ball,” he replied. “And you’ve been the AnR for everybody everywhere all the time for years…. and you just don’t know ball .. this take sounds like if chat gpt and pitchfork had a baby .. u know too much!”
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“Wale, I make better music than you. I’m handicapped by blackness and female genitalia and have honestly spent way too much time trying to justify myself to a group of men who did everything to make shit hard for me,” she fired off in another tweet.
“You’re 40, you’ve peaked. And none of you n***as have anything to offer me but jealousy and discouragement because you have nothing to offer yourselves but jealousy and discouragement. Why can’t you all be like Drake? Damnnit.”
“She continued, “Did he have this much mouth for Meek Mill when he knocked his teeth out? Or does Wale watch everything I do unbeknownst to be? Does Wale know the types of sexual harassment coercion, mental and physical abuse I have persevered throughout the years to only have gotten better at my craft?
“Did wale say anything when Rza let Russell Crowe spit on me and call me a N****r? Why do black men in hiphop who have nothing for me always try appointing themselves the one who will ‘teach me a lesson.'”
