Azealia Banks has another thing coming if she thinks RuPaul is going to credit her for her work without a fight!
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Fans of the creatives have watched the pair clash over claims that Ru shamelessly stole pieces from Banks’ ‘The Big Big Beat‘ to erect his track ‘Call Me Mother.’
Yesterday, after several streaming sites pulled the latter from its servers, Paul revealed that he had found a way to get around Azealia’s legal muscle and had succeeded in throwing it back up on the likes of Spotify.
ALBUM “American” featuring “Kitty Girl” & “Call Me Mother” **SPOTIFY** https://t.co/CB3llhByWV pic.twitter.com/euJUO6Ukcl
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) June 5, 2018
Banks’ Twitter account disappeared shortly after…much to the delight of Ru’s fans.
I had a whole thread but I deleted it and im gonna be brief now: I hate Azealia Banks as a public figure but her music is too good for me to believe that RuPaul’s shit music was stolen from her. Like girl, if Ru really plagiarized from you, wouldn’t he sound good? Doesn’t add up.
— cooking mama esports (@stevejoezip) June 6, 2018
Some remained horrified by their feeling that Banks is being bully a black woman seeking justice:
one day y’all will understand why Azealia Banks is so rageful, she’s had her music stolen and people are just telling her to shut up about it.
shit is whack, there’s really no more integrity in the industry. https://t.co/ymCwMtUoMd— ?????????? ? (@godismikey) June 6, 2018
Apparently you not familiar with Azealia music and who she’s influenced by doesn’t change the fact @RuPaul copied her song. If Ru was so legendary why he’s copying her flow on that tired ass song? pic.twitter.com/9GHX3NRvXq
— bam slam (@bambus3k) June 6, 2018
Y’all really mad at Azealia bc Rupaul’s misogynist and transphobic ass ripped off music from her and she responded?
Wow… y’all will do anything to demonize her. Got her account suspended and everything.
— Fag Albert (@rasheedajamu) June 6, 2018
Rupaul should be suspended from music for stealing her flow like that. It wasn’t right, and y’all continue to drag her down but it’s the TRUTH. Azealia Banks is not wrong.
— LC (@LCposhx) June 6, 2018
It’s the same people who got Kanye West to number one on iTunes who are talking shit on Azealia Banks defending herself from RuPaul. What’s so wrong about a queer black women protecting her art and craft from a VH1 show ? Lol
— sextosol (@valenciaga213) June 6, 2018
Y’all dragging Azealia now but remember when RuPaul was transphobic and then posted a pic of a “train” flag instead of the trans flag ? I’m not feeling the same energy from those people. People love to bash a black woman smh pic.twitter.com/uSWS0O6IyL
— wes (@Rafesley) June 5, 2018
Azealia Banks is the black woman Rupaul aspires to be. Why get it from somewhere else. Get your inspiration straight from the source and credit her ALREADY! She’s a muse stupid man pic.twitter.com/jE6iQQhuS5
— Leo (@haute_leo) June 2, 2018
Fuck Azealia Banks ? @_FranDaniel_ you are delusional honestly how can you even talk ? Are you deaf and completely blind ? RuPaul stole azealia’s intellectual property you guys are trash to even come for her like what the fuck ? Shut up for a moment.
— JUMANJI (@RgmIsLife) June 5, 2018
You all let Rupaul get a pass to be problematic with no accountability. His work in the industry & #LGBT rights doesn’t exempt him.
Wrong is wrong. He blatantly stole & profits off Azealia Banks, a Black queer woman! Compensate her & give her, her coins! @Rupaul @cheapyxo pic.twitter.com/VLJPWwouip
— Jerome Trammel (@MrJeromeTrammel) June 5, 2018
In her tuprmuptulous career Azealia Banks has had more success, fame, and money- she’s had more musical success than ALL OF THE drag racers (Even Trixie). Stop calling her bitter, or saying she’s irrelevant. Either @RuPaul or somebody on his team STOLE from her.
— Auntie Christ (@RexWestwood) June 5, 2018
The truth is that these black gay men (and rupaul) look up to Azealia for ideas, looks, attitudes and music but refuse to acknowledge her art.
— ?MALVIBROSO? (@M4LV1BR0S0) June 6, 2018
y’all really got azealia banks suspended for calling out rupaul’s theft of her work pic.twitter.com/SDtnyuKWlu
— Stan Luna feat. grimes (@qwilfishes) June 6, 2018
The drama continues. In the meanwhile, what are…
I’ve never heard Azealia Banks version so I’m lost totally!!
Ive never heard of azelia banks so im lost with you lol
This whole debate is ignorant. Race has nothing to do with it. Facts should be established first… artists often have songs written and produced for them so it is unfair to assume that RuPaul knowingly plagiarized Banks. He might not have been aware that the song in the form he was given plagiarized Banks.
Second, its unlikely he listens to her as an artist so i doubt he knowingly performed in her style.
Thirdly, it should be dealt with independently by the two artists themselves.
Finally, to call RuPaul a hypocrite re: his views on a trans person taking part in the show is unfair. There have been trans queens such as peppermint who were open about it on the show. He also apologised for his comments. AB has been calling black women b****** and slagging off the LGBT comunity for years. Funny how she gets praise but others get called bullies for calling her trash (she’s said much worse)
Yassssssss Mama Ru!
Wow this is blatant theft come on why y’all defending that old ass man
They’re reaching. This is not a black woman issue. This is not a racial issue. This is not a gender issue. Azealia banks is a bully and this is ONE case where she is not… people don’t care about HER
this is stupid… JUST because Ru’s song goes to AB’s track does not mean she was copied in any way at all. There is similarities to both tracks but thats as far as it goes. Ru’s style is very drag/Gay which AB kind of relies on so….. besides the song was written and produced for Ru to perform not like he had anything to do with it, he liked it..recorded it end of story.
lmao where is all this energy when its time to buy her music? or even stream it? lmfaooooo mama ru wins again!
lmao mama ru said nice try sweetie, now sashay away & dont come for MOTHER lmfaoooooooo
My thoughts are that AB is a bully who stole that beat from ball room and that Ru samples the same song she did. It’s that simple. Your homophobia is jumping out with the way you’re obscuring facts though TGJ. Do better. Maybe support the black q**** man being attacked by a bigoted woman and her ashy followers?
nobody listen to her music but knows exactly who she is LOL when media attention give her more attention than her music , and btw i still don’t udnerstand why she is excused because she does “good music” , if she was white she would be banned from …..EVERYWHERE
First Zayn stole her video concept and now Rupaul stole her beat and flow. The b**** is right, they love dismissing and tearing down black women when we stand up for our rights and work. Take it to court girl. It is our own black men who do the most to destroy black women!
you cant steal tempo… I guess when someone says “Guess whose back in the house” y’all dont remember when snoop has said it.. or other people. the songs tempo is the same and thats it…
Judging from these tweets you would think Azealia Banks was the most influential artist of our times.