Scribbled in history books for some good and not-so-good reasons, 2016 brought with it some of modern music’s most memorable moments.
As the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree shaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.
Tuck in below to reflect on the year we’re sure rapper Azealia Banks wants to forget soon:
As quickly as 2015 saw Azealia Banks earn support for her endearing stance on racial equality measures (namely stemming from her battle with Australian femcee Iggy Azalea), she lost those votes after 2016 handed her L after L after L.
From lost battles with Beyonce‘s #Beyhive and Rihanna‘s #Navy to being dragged on Twitter by a teen Disney star and Zayn Malik fans, the first half of 2016 should have been enough to silence the unnecessarily outspoken rapstress. But, for what the year’s first quarters didn’t do, incidents from its latter half unfortunately left the rapper in tears.
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First quarter 2016:
Azealia Banks attacked by Rihanna’s #Navy for dissing singer’s voguing skills
Azealia Banks reignites beef with Iggy Azalea
Second quarter 2016:
Sarah Palin Threatens to Sue After Rapper Suggests Politician Gets ‘Train Ran” On Her
#Beyhive Sting Banks After Rapper Says Beyonce Stole Concepts Found In “Lemonade”
Banks Slayed By Teen Disney Star in Twitter Tussle
Banks Banned From Twitter For Lewd Language and “Hate Speech”
Third quarter 2016:
Banks Slammed By Own Fans For Skin Bleaching
Rapper Promises To Quit Social Media
Fourth Quarter 2016:
Banks Alleges Attack at Hands of Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe Escapes Charges In Alleged Scuffle With Banks
Banks Endorses Donald Trump/Slams Lady Gaga & Katy Perry
She is talented, but stupid with her fights, it was cute at first but she took it too far and started too many.
I have lost interest.
u r 1 bitter asf woman and i’ve had it. Normally an Artist would channel all of lifes anger & disappointments in their music and at first you weren’t an exception. Lately though, you seem to just vomit it back out to us, YOUR FANS THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING HARD TO STICK BY YOU THROUGH ALL OF THIS THICK & THIN! Not doing it anymore, sorry. Us fans have to arrive at a point where we figure out what affect an artist like you has on our existence. Frustratingly, the genious you put out in the form music no longer balances the scales. You put out more negativity than you do creativity. ATTENTION LINGERING FANS— Cancer cells work the same way….. #cancerfree
who?
Is it safe to say the movie she filmed with RZA will never see the light of day as well?
hopefully it’ll just come out on Netflix. Damn the box office, I just wanna see the sh!t lol
is this really necessary? This just proves how relevant she is to this site -_-
Lmao Rashad, I can’t at FIRST QUARTER 2016…..SECOND QUARTER 2016…..All of her problems listed ???
And the biggest or Largest of them L’s was handed to ha by a 13 year old girl
I don’t pay attention to social media a lot, it’s a huge waste of time as most people pretend to be something they’re not or obsess over people who don’t pay them bills or know they’re alive. She’s a hood rat, we know that. But her music is sickening and she gives you a NASTY beat and catchy flow. So I’ll continue to ignore her personal life and focus on her sole purpose in my life- her music.
That’s not social media’s fault. SHE chooses to let her messy personality overshadow whatever talent she may have.
did SHE choose that or does mainstream publications choose to only focus on that?
Why are we still talking about this bipolar woman? She’s done!
We’ll take Kanye crazy over Azealia crazy, cause at least Kanye crazy will give us a HIT song lol…bye girl
YOU REALly spent time putting this flop post together while you could have shown the light on Azealia brewing up a new era for us. THE visuals she just put out are breathtaking and y’all ain’t gonna be ready for B&P. Skai didn’t drag AB with those watered down 4th grade comebacks herb mom and the Disneyland interns put together they where dry and brittle lol where skai at now anyway. RIHANNA AND Bey steal from AB atll the time so I wouldn’t need say that she taking any Ls
Lmao. She deserves to flop.
TGJ is AB’s biggest fan, I swear.