Azealia Banks Shares Thoughts On BET Award Nominations: “It’s A Running Joke”

Published: Monday 18th May 2015 by David

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Azealia Banks is unhappy with Black Entertainment Television.

Yes, after learning she had scored a nomination at the BET Awards, the ‘Wallace’ wonder took to Twitter to declare that she was unhappy with it.

Why?

She believes the award has already been handed to Nicki Minaj.

Her point of view below…

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Minaj is the only female rapper to have picked up the award every year since she was first nominated in the category.

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  1. Everyone’s A Critic May 18, 2015

    LOL she knows she’s attention seeking. Nicki runs female rap. Banks don’t be a bitter better just work on getting the crown. Work on getting that influence. But keep running over them barbs. Can’t stand em

    • LIL’ KIM IS THE G.O.A.T. May 18, 2015

      HOnika doesn’t run female rap. She runs the media and the blogs and the propaganda machine. She’s not that good. Azealia Banks will rap HOnika into a black hole. HOnika cannot compare to Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, Eve, or even Tink and Azealia Banks.

      • Everyone’s A Critic May 18, 2015

        Where they at then boo!?
        Missy didn’t have bars, she had beats and good videos and choruses. Eve had her time… Lil Kim STAYS pressed and needs a new topic. Nicki is winning. Period!
        Try again. You’re a hater. I’m not even a die hard fan but I’m not dumb enough to deny that she is independently the only rap girl in the commercial game

      • Faf May 18, 2015

        Both them s*** on Kim

        What network is her reality show on?

  2. Tinashe The Traitor May 18, 2015

    She spoke no lies. Nicki always wins. Dej Loaf definitely deserves it this year but watch them give it to Nicki. They might give it to Iggy to create drama.

    • LIL’ KIM IS THE G.O.A.T. May 18, 2015

      That’s because HOnika uses payola and backstage politics to win awards. Without backstage politics, HOnika wouldn’t be successful. She doesn’t have the talent to compete with the real queens of rap like Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Eve.

      • suckingyoutonight May 18, 2015

        B**** stfu the only awards she win is bet awards how the f*** she using backstage politics and her trophy case only half full

    • Danny Bey May 18, 2015

      Off ONE hit single tho? Y’all basics kill me.

    • JustCoastWitHa May 19, 2015

      So Dej loaf deserves the award, with no album huh ?

  3. Nicki Is Queen May 18, 2015

    She is pressdt! Maybe instead of sitting there on her fat ass and tweeting s*** about people she should go out and promote her music. How much did her album sell again? Girl sit your ass down. She’s seething cuz the queen stays winning.

    • igotstatellithowiseeit May 18, 2015

      It is not about album sales… it’s about the number of people coming to see her live… and she has had that taken care of since before the album came out.

    • LIL’ KIM IS THE G.O.A.T. May 18, 2015

      Azealia Banks is an independent artist. She pocketed ALL of the money from her album sales, while your fave needs to sell a million copies to get what Azealia Banks got from her album sales. How you gonna talk about album sales when HOnika’s album came out 6 months ago and still hasn’t sold a million copies WORLDWIDE, not to mention in the United States? HOnika is WASHED and she’s only on album 3. That’s the real kiiiiiii! Azealia Banks is a real talent and an innovator, so she has a long career ahead of her.

  4. Molly May 18, 2015

    This b***** is so miserable….. but she had a point we all know Iggy deserved that award last year but its ok we got bigger and better awards. I hope Dej loaf wins this year love her!

    • LB May 18, 2015

      LMAO no she didn’t, it’s a rap category.

      • Molly May 18, 2015

        Please stfu and go purchase AO.

    • LIL’ KIM IS THE G.O.A.T. May 18, 2015

      Azealia Banks is RIGHT!

  5. darreyas May 18, 2015

    I. Agree

  6. LB May 18, 2015

    LOL in a way she is right, Nicki is the only one who has picked up that award in recent years.

    Seeing the poor quality of a rap artist Nicki is, they might as well give it to Iggy this year considering they are the same type of artist (pop artists pretending to be rappers, who also have ghost writers).

    IMO Azealia Banks deserves this award over Nicki, she is a superior artist by far and is extremely talented. Nicki is a joke.

    • Nicki Is Queen May 18, 2015

      You are fake af. Nicki’s rapping skills and talent are undenieble! But where is r****? rihoes already struggle vocals deteriorating because of all the drugs She’s on.. not only that isn’t 4.5flops stalled at platinum? BBHM? American Oxygen? Child..

  7. Islandboi80 May 18, 2015

    But if IGGY wins you’ll be crying same way.. STFU

  8. LC May 18, 2015

    She’s kind of right though. Nicki wins every year. She has the biggest fan base that will vote for her, so it makes sense that she keeps winning. I don’t think Azealia was saying she was unhappy about being nominated though. She was just saying she doesn’t care because she already knows who the award is going to.

    • JustCoastWitHa May 19, 2015

      @LC Finally, someone with a brain !!!

  9. #TeamTinashe Stan May 18, 2015

    I agree with her. Iggy Azalea was robbed last year due to Nicki Minaj having a strong relationship with Stephen Hill the president of BET and how they want to keep her reign up just for history.

    But I don’t agree with her saying she doesn’t want to be nominated by BET and disowning them. People are way too much. Once they are supporting their own people and they go on to do the opposite and applaud the other white mainstream awards more than do with BET..
    People need to realize how important BET was and still is. Their the one that broke and pushed your faves before anybody did. Miguel, J Cole, Beyonce (solo), Trey Songz, Fabolous, K Michelle, and many more. Black artists should appreciate this platform more than any tbh.

    • Legend B May 18, 2015

      Gurl bye. Iggy album wasnt even out yet and also she only had one hot song at the moment. Nicki had songs on the charts with others and the Pink Print was coming. Nicki deserved that award. Iggy didnt have enough out to receive that award.

      • igotstatellithowiseeit May 18, 2015

        Are we acting like Iggy didn’t have features that were much bigger than Nicki’s features last year?

      • Legend B May 18, 2015

        Umm That wasnt before The BET Awards.

  10. Mimi Carey May 18, 2015

    She told no lies. How many times are they gonna keep giving cement booty minaj that award? It’s a joke she has competition. It should be called the Nicki Minaj fake b**** award.

  11. Barb Wire May 18, 2015

    Not Nicki’s fault she reigns supreme. If Dej Loaf or Tink achieve mainstream success, things might change. I’d love for more female rappers to dominate.

    • igotstatellithowiseeit May 18, 2015

      What does mainstream have to do with it? It should be pound for pound artistry/skill. I pick no sides and I enjoy all of those artist but the criteria for how they pick who wins should be revealed. Nicki is the same artist that she was in 09… not much growth happening. Although, she does stick to the same formula.

  12. Islandboi80 May 18, 2015

    NICKI STILL RUNNING THESE B****** IN HIP HOP.. SHE HAS DONE MORE SORRY

  13. Mimi Carey May 18, 2015

    Nicki isn’t even real hip hop that ho sung two pop songs last night. I swear Iggy and Nicki are no different. Azealia, Tink, and Dej are real hip hop real rappers

  14. Linda May 18, 2015

    Most of these award shows are a joke. They no longer award talent, creativity etc like they did in the past. They give them out based on whose popular at the moment.

  15. The Beysus Impact May 18, 2015

    SHE needs to win!!!

  16. Anastasia Beaverhousen (aka T.I.T.S.) May 18, 2015

    The description of her in that car tho.. Lol, she so od’d on that one!!

  17. Only (NICKIARA) May 18, 2015

    Hold me before i lose my American oxygen

    • LB May 18, 2015

      I’m sure there is plenty of American Oxygen to go around, you know, with those half empty, sectioned off arenas at the Pink Print Tour, even with the $20 groupon tickets.

  18. LB May 18, 2015

    @Mimi Carey

    I agree, there is no difference between Pitbull, Iggy, Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj, Will.I.Am and if Flo Rida is not winning any rap awards, it is an insult to give them to Nicki. They are not rap artists.

  19. JMar May 18, 2015

    haters mad azelia bankruptcy just need to file bankruptcy she will never get a hit record or be on the charts with that bad ass attitude she got no one likes her at all.

    • igotstatellithowiseeit May 18, 2015

      What about the quality of that album though?

  20. Kendall Mattel May 18, 2015

    I agree with her.

  21. Jamie May 18, 2015

    I agree for once. Why would Azealia be pressed? She has more talent than Nicki.

  22. Joel May 18, 2015

    BET, Billboard, Grammys, VMA’s, Golden Globes, Emmys, Bafta’s, Oscars are all a joke. So many deserving winners are snubbed due to their skin colour, lack of mainstream appeal and so forth. It’s only once in a while they award the rightful winners.

    The fact that Beyoncé has so many Grammys over Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Sade, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson etc. Especially when her discography doesn’t stand up against theirs.

    • Keyshia Cole Fan May 18, 2015

      Bey buys those Grammys. Her music is decent at best.

      • Tyler Makaveli May 18, 2015

        The general majority of the grammys that she’s one have been in R&B categories.
        Why would this generations most commercially viable R&B/Pop entertainer need to buy them?

    • Tyler Makaveli May 18, 2015

      But Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Sade, Whitney Houston, and Janet Jackson arent Beyonce’s contemporaries/competitors.

      The likes of Chris Brown, Rihanna, Ciara, Alicia, Britney, Gaga and Ashanti ARE/WERE. So…

    • Shady81 May 18, 2015

      Your right @Joel nothing but truth in what you said. To be honest today’s music is a complete joke so are the awards hell even radio stations tend replay the same crappy music over and over,but what can you do, I mean even today’s rap music even suck but today’s generation of musicians brings in no
      substance that’s why I’ll always appreciate the music I grew up on like Janet and Michael Jackson, Sade,Anita Baker,The Whispers Etc.

  23. Jamie May 18, 2015

    Iggy = Pitbull
    Nicki = Flo Rida

  24. Only (NICKIARA) May 18, 2015

    This b**** does not even have a billboard entry, but anyway who’s suprissed a few days ago she announced her second flop to be album. Hopefully QUEEN does not respond to peasant.

    • Jamie May 18, 2015

      She still has more TALENT then Nicki ho ass.

  25. Slay_Hive May 18, 2015

    Girl stfu and appreciate that BET is even recognizing your ass. I don’t see the VMA’S, Grammy’s, or even other award show doing that. This bird is so stupid!!

    • Britney Stan May 18, 2015

      She told no lie tho.

      • Slay_Hive May 18, 2015

        Nicki can’t help that she has no competition. Where is AB’s hit songs? Where are her R&B/Hip Hop chart entries? How many people own her album? Not many people even know s*** about her. Instead of venting on twitter like an angry jealous b****, she should get on ha grind and come harder. Nicki worked for her spot in the game and it didn’t come easy. AB gets no respect from me. Whining like a two year old, when she should appreciate the black award show for even recognizing her ass. Her mouth f**** her up!!!

    • igotstatellithowiseeit May 18, 2015

      That’s the thing BET is playing the same popularity game that the rest are playing. If Nicki cares about the award and let’s say they gave it to someone deserving of it… I bet Nicki will start acting like she has something to prove. What they have done is make artist get comfortable and entitled.

  26. Britney Stan May 18, 2015

    Hahaha she wants to kill barbz.. this chick is crazy

  27. It’s Barbie B**** May 18, 2015

    add up the album sales, count up the certifications, and compare billboard charting positions and you will find that non of those other rap b****** can even compete with Nicki. *sips green tea*

    • Jamie May 18, 2015

      Azealia,Tink and Dej loaf are all more talented than Nicki.

      • Tyler Makaveli May 18, 2015

        Dej Loaf isnt all that great of a lyricist tbh.

        Have you not heard her song about “catching a body”???

      • It’s Barbie B**** May 18, 2015

        you might think they are more “talented” but the General public that’s buying all of Nickis says other wise.

    • igotstatellithowiseeit May 18, 2015

      But who’s fault is that. These corporations know the game. You saturate the market with this one thing until the consumer is conditioned to want and like it. Nicki was smart.. she was a black girl who went pop. She gave the masses our flavor (swag) but looks like a tanned version of them. You can’t beat it.

  28. Centurion May 18, 2015

    I love her.

  29. Housekeeping May 18, 2015

    Azealia Banks has all the talent in the world but can’t get people to buy her music. that must her Kanye sized ego.

  30. JT May 18, 2015

    Azealia told no lies but she weren’t saying it to be salty tho. I hate Igloo’s new crimson chin built like an avator inspired by Lil Kim head ass but I honestly thought she was gonna win last year, then Onika came thru and clocked tf outta her with that speech!

    • Tyler Makaveli May 18, 2015

      Piggy-I-Smell-Ya has made a caricature of black culture.
      You honestly thought that they were going to give her a BET Award. Really though???

      • Molly May 18, 2015

        Why do you always have to hate on her?

      • JT May 18, 2015

        I completely agree! And yes I thought Iggy would win but not because I wanted her to, I thought that BET would do it to be shady but God was on the right side. Plus at that time Nicki didn’t have anything out and Fancy was shoved down everyones throat for a long periodically time

  31. TeamTrina May 18, 2015

    Trina nominated! One time for the Queen of the south!!!

  32. Molly May 18, 2015

    At the end of the day Nicki and Iggy are both winning. Azealia really needs to focus on her own career and stop being so pressed about everything else. Look at Dej Loaf coming thru and actually charting on the hot 100 something Azealia banks still hasn’t done.

  33. Jencarlos Canela/ Marlene favela May 18, 2015

    if I’m wrong correct me… this b**** is angry that Iggy get awards but the same b**** is blasting Nicki a black person? that b**** is blasting the only award show that recognized her …. since I heard her sing I’ve never liked it 2bh… the b**** is saying she hates being nominated for a bet award as if she is a Grammy/VMA/billboard nominee…. I’m sorry but she is just jealous… the award goes to people that impacted the culture ..the only thing she impacted was twitter ….. in my opinion, I will chose Nicki over azalea over and over again… Nicki may rap bubblegum sometimes(in which there are still punchline) and still be raw and drag the type of kanye & jayz on there own track… even azalea banks said herself that “Nicki had the best punchline she’s ever heard “Roger that” that d*** in a b*** part) and also said that nic is a hardworking rap beast” ….

  34. Mother May 18, 2015

    Iggy is gonna win this year, it’s already rigged

  35. Rihanna Lately May 18, 2015

    She didn’t lie tho. She should win it

  36. Molly May 18, 2015

    I thought Azealia liked Nicki? Lol guess not she stays showing her true colors. Idk how anyone can respect this bîtch. Azealia is a disgrace to blacks look at her dragging the only Mainstream black award show smh but yall don’t care.

    • Liam May 19, 2015

      She does love Nicki…..she wasn’t pressed or anything but she didn’t lie tho lol…..

  37. Feather duster May 18, 2015

    this ungrateful hoex she be glad that’s she’s even nominated in the same category as nicki.

  38. Rihicon May 18, 2015

    it really was no shade. she only came for the barbz

  39. Legend B May 18, 2015

    Shes right. Other award shows wouldnt even televise a female rap category. Everybody knows Nicki was the only female in Rap that was seeing success. There wasnt a best female rapper artist category. Who’s going to be in it, other than Nicki?? Nicki now has competition in Iggy but who’s the other artists? BET shouldve just gave her the award, untelevised until worthy nominees appeared

  40. Rihanna Lately May 18, 2015

    She should win this award, the hive will defend nicki becuz of her sales I see you “s**** hive”. Yall are hypocrites.

    • Legend B May 18, 2015

      Biitch hush. Award shows are all about sales and popularity. If you’re not selling nothing, who’s going to nominate you???

    • Slay_Hive May 18, 2015

      B**** Nicki has no competition!! AB is a nobody underground artist still trying to make it. Nicki is killing it right now. It is what it is!

  41. Kimbella May 18, 2015

    Running over barbz? lol

    This girl must be bi polar she was praising Nicki a couple months ago.

  42. Rihanna Lately May 18, 2015

    Everyone knows Miss Banks is more talented than Nicki.

  43. Kimbella May 18, 2015

    @FaghannaLately

    Beyonce > Faghanna
    Nicki > Azebra Bankrupt

  44. Rihanna Lately May 18, 2015

    Both Rihanna & Banks are innovating & Thotyonce & Plasticnika are ghetto & repetitive. The other one is a lil Kim TRIBUTE nothing is real about that girl even her tears are fake.

  45. Legend B May 18, 2015

    You’re such an Idiotic Dumb Rihtarted Bum biitch kii ????????????????????????????????

  46. Rihanna Lately May 18, 2015

    I actually respect Beyoncé more than Nicki. She can actually sing & dance & has good stage presence. What does this plastic bloated thing do? Sit down look for old Lil Kim pictures & Videos and start tributing her. She’s not creative everything she’s doing is already been done. LB is right she’s just like Iggy & Florida etc. This girl is a popstar. To me she’s just like Iggy.

  47. Rihanna Lately May 18, 2015

    Now she’s serving us this pop anthems trying to get her album platinum trying to win back her teenager white audience. Smh this plastic h** doesn’t have any backbone. I’ll never respect a b**** like that atleast AB is quality & Onigga is Quantity.

  48. Rihanna Lately May 18, 2015

    Can’t wait to see AB in NYC.

  49. GEEZUS95 May 18, 2015

    Why didn’t TGJ post the tweet where she clockedt urban blogs for thinking she’s throwing shade (sides eye TGJ). Azalea was only speaking the truth. But the thing is Nicki is the Beyonce of female rap. She really works hard EVERY YEAR , pushes her self EVERY YEAR and she reaps the benefits of it EVERY YEAR therefore she deserves to win that award EVERY YEAR. Nicki cemented herself properly. Even if her albums only scan gold with every next release she’s still the female rapper in the forefront. I like Dej and I’m loving Tink and I like AB and some Trina and a bit of Iggy’s ghost writer but they are not seeing Nicki or her accomplishments and tbh Nicki’s competition is only herself. Female rappers just have to do better or just stick to their own lane. It’s not like these female rappers are doing Jay, Kanye, Drake , J Cole and Kendrick numbers where the outcome of winner is an “idk” there is only 1 female rapper. Nobody complained when Missy was winning these awards back to back, then right after that there wasn’t even a female rap category until NICKI MINAJ. Now everybody wants to try to tear her down. Iggy doesn’t come close because Iggy was made up by record labels to take Nicki down. It’s the system. They’re doing to Hip Hop and R&B what they did to Rock. Rock was black music now today a black kid who listens to rock gets called f**, white and etc for listening to rock music by Hip Hop raised kids. Now they label Sam Smith and Ariana Grande as general R&B acts but would call Beyonce R&B/Soul. Now they want this b**** Iggy to sweep all these awards when it’s not even deserved. Only award she deserved was Top Rap song and the streaming bullshits… Until I saw the March 2014-March 2015 thing going around.

    • Queen Brit Brit May 18, 2015

      But how was Iggy created by the labels when she was around before she had a deal??? LOLOLOLOLOL!! Yall Iggy haters kill me with these THEORIES about the industry backing Iggy as if they didn’t all pay her complete dust before Fancy. LOLOLOL!!

  50. Keri Qween May 18, 2015

    Did she lie though?

  51. Barb B**** May 18, 2015

    Lol she is a seething mess. Not even worth the analysation.

  52. Terryb May 18, 2015

    They stopped giving out a Grammy for best female rap artist after Missy Elliot kept winning…they need to do the same with this BET award. Anyways I don’t like Banks, she was just kissing Nicki’s backside a few months ago when she was harassing Iggy, now she has a problem? Lol

  53. Mark111 May 18, 2015

    Well the award itself is a joke. Didn’t one year Master P daughter get a nomination? They pretty much scape whatever female rapper up that year and send them a nomination. Before Nicki, Missy was winning every year. Someone check, but i think the only rappers that ever won it was Missy and Nicki.
    .
    Say what you want, but Iggy should had won last year, simply because Nicki didn’t have an album or music out.

  54. Navy Nick May 18, 2015

    Commercially IGGY owned it the past year; lyrically Nicki did, PINKPRINT is her best work yet! Dej Loaf is still too new, BUT IM DIGGIN HER, TINK TOO (both are cool and refreshing), banks she just works my nerves, always talking crap, BUT WHAT SUCKS IS she is actually talented, and I liked her cd, I just refuse to support her rude ass.

  55. Sam May 18, 2015

    Why do you bother posting bout someone like Azealia Banks when you could be posting bout Canadian female rap icon Joelle! Im surprised to see no posts bout joelle on all these popular blogs.

  56. MISHKA May 19, 2015

    Well she’s right.

    Even Nicki can’t disagree on that. That’s not her fault though, she knows how to hustle and Azealia *obviously* can’t.

  57. the real xoxo May 19, 2015

    who cares? ‘Broke with Expensive Taste’ is better than all of the other nominees music.

  58. You wanna love it right bettor like you do then my funky money May 19, 2015

    She know that Nicki minja is better then her

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