Azealia Banks Explains “XL Recordings” Departure: “Richard Russell Dropped Me”

Currently housing ‘He Won’t Go’ singer Adele and formerly home to ‘Bad Girls‘ beauty MIA, ‘XL Recordings‘ once found themselves tasked with building a star out of a teenage Azealia Banks.

Alas, despite her close ties to the likes of Diplo and the talent honed and perfected at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, she was dropped…booted from the label she had hoped would her to the heights attained by one-time schoolmate, Nicki Minaj.

Want Azealia’s take on the matter?

Peep her explanation of her short-lived run at the label with Viacom‘s MTV below!