Azealia Banks Says That Hip-Hop Doesn’t Support Black Women.

Azealia Banks
(Azealia Banks by Sharif Hamza For V Magazine.)


How do you solve a problem like Azealia Banks? Sometimes she’s way out there, other times she’s on the nose. Her seemingly stream of consciousness style when it comes to dissecting racism and sexism is often frustratingly obscure, but bold enough to make for good headlines.

Banks recently made the blogs go wild when she tweeted out this little gem:



Of course folks honed in the most sensational part of her rant, and missed this part:


While I don’t completely agree with her, the way that this set of tweets was covered pretty much proves Banks’ main point. I mean, right now as you’re reading this, Straight Outta Compton is breaking records in theaters…