‘High By the Beach’ beauty Lana Del Rey thought it was high time somebody put controversial rapstress Azealia Banks in her place.

The ‘Ice Princess’ femcee – who slammed Del Rey last week for criticizing Kanye West‘s controversial plea to abolish the 13th amendment (click here to read more) – was on the receiving end of an icy clap back when the songstress took to social media to remind all that she’s not afraid to resort to some ole gangsta sh*t if need be.

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Azealia Banks is at it again.

The rapper hit headlines yesterday when she took aim at Nick Cannon and his show Wild ‘N Out – claiming that she was ambushed branded ugly during a recent taping.

Well, Wendy Williams discussed the matter on her show this morning and (like most) didn’t have the most favorable take on the femcee’s “alleged” plight.

Never one to hold her acid-soaked tongue, Banks took to social media to hurl the worst kind of filth Williams’ way.

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Azealia Banks has another thing coming if she thinks RuPaul is going to credit her for her work without a fight!

Want an update on their ongoing plagiarism battle?

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Azealia Banks may have squandered most of her opportunities by talking too much, but that hasn’t stopped her.

And, given her past antics, why would it? Especially given that she’s just dropped a new music video.

Nonetheless, we digress.

With social media weighing in on Kanye West’s recent dramas, Banks joined in. And quickly took a left to share an “interesting” story about her time working on a Rihanna album. A process she says literally saw her starved by the Bajan belle.

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Azealia Banks has a little something for everybody.

After scaring Cardi B off Instagram, mocking Stefflon Don and praising Beyonce‘s efforts to elevate the discourse on the black female’s experience, the entertainer has lifted the lid on a situation she says saw Teyana Taylor rob, lie and steal to create her iconic ‘Fade’ moment.

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Following Kanye West‘s decision to endorse the views of an anti Black Lives Matter political personality on Twitter, Azealia Banks has shared fresh thoughts on her endorsement of Donald Trump.

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It’s been over a year-and-a-half since Azealia Banks alleged she was the victim of physical and verbal assault at the hands of Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe [click here to read], but the femcee’s making it known she is far from over the incident.

As fans may remember the ‘Ice Princess’ performer immediately took to press after the altercation was first reported in October 2016 to openly discuss the details, claiming she was called racial slurs, spat on, and physically removed from a party.  Initially casting doubt on her story, rapper RZA – also in attendance at said party – confirmed over a year later she was not lying [click here to read more].

Now, just a day after fellow rapper Vince Staples took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the matter, Banks gave her followers an update on how she’s been coping:

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Azealia Banks‘  new interview with ‘XXL’ has set many a pulse racing today thanks to her bold and brave criticism of the music industry.

On being shut out of the game?

I’m definitely shut out from where I was, 100 percent. People are very scared to be associated with me because of, you know, the controversy, I guess the skin bleaching or the “sand nigger” or the “faggot” thing. I’m not sad about it, I’m not disappointed at the situation. I’m disappointed with myself for sure. I’m a little disappointed in them, but not really.

I guess the source of my disappointment comes from just watching lots of other men in hip-hop, just like male rappers, have their career setbacks and go through things. Or even when a Black male rapper misspeaks something… just seeing Black men go through the motions, seeing the Black mass just kind of seemingly accepting it as just an attribute of their artistry. So they’ll be like, “Kanye West is saying all that because he’s crazy” or “Okay, yeah, R. Kelly raped a girl but damn, he makes some good music.” I don’t feel like I ever got that kind of empathy. I never got those kinds of privileges, I never got those kinds of allowances, especially coming in the rap game without any real rap friends. I basically came in the building by myself. There was nobody to validate me, there was nobody to vouch for me or whatever, and I got mishandled a lot.

It made me really bitter for a very long time, very, very, very bitter, so bitter to the point that I would just kind of say things that I didn’t mean, like, “I hate Black men” and shit like that. I would just say things like that because I would just feel so misunderstood. It was all purposeful, like when T.I. was threatening me with physical violence or when Jim Jones was threatening me with physical violence. Come on, hip-hop should have said something about it, and nobody said anything about it.

Even now, you guys have this guy XXXTentacion on the [XXL] Freshman cover, but he’s tweeted about how he thinks Black women are roaches and that we should die and how dark people are roaches and we should die and shit like that. It’s discouraging, and I’m not afraid to cry about it or afraid to admit that it hurts me now, rather than just going about things the wrong way and trying to fight fire with fire.

On her feelings towards Remy Ma, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj?

I really, really like Cardi B. I followed Cardi B on Instagram before she started rapping and I was like, Oh my God, this girl just reminds me of all the girls I went to middle school with, all the girls I grew up on the block with, all the Dominican babysitters. I grew up with girls just like Cardi B. So I always thought she was funny, and when she started rapping, I was like… what is she doing? Then I heard “Foreva”and I was like, Okay, this is really fucking good, she’s not playing. Then I heard a couple other songs and I was like, Oh shit, Cardi’s not playing! And now I’m a fan of Cardi B’s music and her personality.

I like Remy Ma too, I like when her whole brand isn’t anti-Nicki. I think she gets a little carried away with that. I don’t know, maybe I like Cardi and Remy just because they sound like home. Like I know that girl, that uptown, Manhattan, Bronx girl. I think that’s why I like them the most.

On how systemic racism affects the industry?

The media itself ’cause clearly, everything is owned by White people—I’m tired of talking about White people. These media conglomerates have this socioeconomic leverage, and they can orchestrate any industry, and any story or any happening the way they want to. The music industry isn’t the only one that’s subjected to it. Hollywood is subjected to it, tech world, everybody. It’s just the media in general. I feel like it’s everyone’s biggest problem.

Even for people who are succeeding at playing the media game. They’re always crying about how they feel stifled and all that other shit. I think in the coming years, [the media] is gonna prove to be very detrimental to society’s social and psychological health.

I think the media does a lot to chastise people into… or just micro-manage people’s aggressions and chastise people into forming opinions. Especially in America, where the media is such a big part of our culture. Because we really drag ourselves down into Prozac nation on fucking steroids. But nobody cares, I’m just the Black bitch from fucking Harlem [laughs].

I’m just a Black bitch from Harlem who only puts out one song a year. I’m joking.

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Azealia Banks has officially gone to battle with Rihanna.

The attention starved rapper tugged at the Bajan star following the latter’s denouncing of Donald Trump.

As we reported, Rih jabbed back.

And true to form, Banks has too.

Her scathing drags await after the jump…

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At the rate Azealia Banks is going, it’ll be little surprise if she’s banned from the internet by the year’s end.

For, fresh from her headline-grabbing axe from Twitter in 2016, the foul-mouthed femcee has been sensationally deleted from Facebook.

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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:

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Azealia Banks has launched a scathing attack on presidential runner-up Hillary Clinton.

Never one to hold her tongue, the embattled rapper did so while voicing her support for winner Donald Trump.

Labelling him her “hero,” Banks praised the controversial figure in earnest and lashed out at Clinton campaigners Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.

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