Lover her or hater, Azealia Banks doesn’t hold back her tongue, and as of later, her controversial Twitter fingers have taken a liking to the one and only Queen Bey. Earlier this week Banks attacked Beyonce in a bonkers Twitter rant over her latest project Lemonade, and it seems she has more to say.
In a long series of tweets on Saturday, Banks chastised Beyoncé for trying to “capitalize on a national conversation” about black women’s suffering while “making herself the star.” “She’s not an artist, she’s a poacher,” she wrote. “She takes food out of darker skinned women’s mouths and pretends to be inspired.” She continued, “She needs to stay under Jay Z’s foot where she belongs, and stay out of the creative woman’s way.”
Most of her tweets came as replies to fans and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates trying to defend Bey and Lemonade. Check out all her tweets below and let us know what you think of Azealia’s claims.
ITS NOT. because its coming from an entertainer. she's capitalizing on a national convo, w/o actually having 2 https://t.co/7me7EFdFBx
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
@DVNLVZU participate in the conversation. she can't be interviewed unless the questions are approved beforehand.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
@DVNLVZU she's purposefully strayed away from political discourse her entire career to make sure she didn't alienate white ppl.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
@DVNLVZU and now that black women's suffering is a a national conversation, she wants to hop on it and make our suffering "trendy".
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
@DVNLVZU she needs to stay under Jay-z's foot where she belongs, and stay out of the creative woman's way.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
…as an album this Lemonade joint is a tremendous artistic achievement. Deeply inspiring to anyone who's trying to make art of any kind.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) April 30, 2016
@tanehisicoates Don't think for a second that beyonce was intelligent enough to come up with any of those ideas on her own.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
@tanehisicoates She's not an artist, she's a poacher. she takes food out of darker skinned women's mouths & pretends to be inspired.
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
@tanehisicoates Beyonce spent her entire career purposefully avoiding "blackness" but now that it's a trend she's trying to capitalize on it
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016
No, you're drinking the Roc Nation Concubine juice… those two women are not artists, they're just THERE. https://t.co/93G8Y52MFb
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 1, 2016