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Many people have wondered how Azealia Banks passed her time in the two years that she didn’t release any new music, and now we know: She stocked her reserves full of trash-talk about every single rapper who’s more famous than she is! (Read: all of them.) So now that she’s attempting to become relevant again, Ms. Bank$ is letting it all out in the form of seething, often racially-charged Twitter tirades. Remember when rappers had to write songs in order to express their contempt for one another? Those were the days. Anyway, whether she’s calling T.I.’s wife ugly or referring to Iggy Azalea as ” Satan in the form of mayonnaise ,” Banks is hip hop’s foremost hater these days, so we suppose it was only a matter of time before she directed her fury toward the genre’s current king: Kendrick Lamar appears on the cover of the new issue of Billboard magazine, and it seems Azealia didn’t like his comments about his own experiences as a black man in America. As you may have guessed, she didn’t keep her feelings to herself: “HOW DARE YOU open your face to a white publication and tell them we don’t respect ourselves,” Banks wrote in a tweet directed at Lamar. “Speak for your f–king self…Dumbest sh-t I’ve ever heard a black man say.” It’s been suggested that Banks’ comments have more to do with Lamar’s defense of her rival Iggy Azalea (“She’s doing her thing. Let her.”) than with his views on race relations, but in any event, it looks as though Kendrick won’t deign to reply. Probably a good idea. Banks continues to pick fights with Eminem , T.I., and other more famous artists in hopes that someone will stoop to her level and help her rise above her current Twitter Troll Queen status. Thus far, no one has taken the bait. 18 Celebrity Feuds We Never Saw Coming 1. Katy Perry vs. Taylor Swift Taylor Swift wrote a song titled “Bad Blood” about an enemy in the music business. We’re pretty sure the subject was Katy Perry.
Kendrick Lamar Chats Iggy Azalea In Billboard Magazine Unlike several of his counterparts , Kendrick Lamar has no beef with the fair-skinned rappers accused of “stealing Hip Hop” over the last two years. The West Coast rap god had nothing but positive vibes when asked about Aussie ATL chick Iggy Azalea and “Grammy-Bandit” Macklemore when he sat down with Billboard : Without blinking, Kendrick Lamar took on everyone from Drake to J. Cole to A$AP Rocky with his gauntlet-throwing verse on Big Sean’s “Control.” But that was in 2013 — and on wax. When the Compton MC spoke with Gavin Edwards for Billboard’s latest cover story, he wasn’t looking to knock any other rappers in casual conversation. Even Iggy Azalea — who has become a popular punching bag for Azealia Banks, J. Cole and Twitter in general — gets a pass from K. Dot. “She’s doing her thing,” Lamar tells Billboard. “Let her. People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing, continue to rock it, because obviously God wants you here.” Iggy’s The New Classic is up for best rap album at the Grammys this year, an award that Kendrick’s good kid, m.A.A.d city lost to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist in 2014. Some are predicting the widely scoffed-at Macklemore victory will repeat in 2015 via Azalea, but Lamar has no ill will toward either. “I appreciate [the Grammys] recognizing me,” Lamar says. “That’s not my overall goal… It’s best to just go and enjoy the festivities.” As for Macklemore — who texted an apology to Kendrick after “robbing” him — Kendrick calls him “a genuine dude” and adds, “I wish him much success.” It’s not like either one of those artists could ever dare swerve into Kendrick’s lane…so it makes sense that he takes no issue with either of them. Billboard / Ramona Rosales
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