Azealia Banks axed from Rinse Festival following racist rant

Azealia Banks commits social media suicide with prolonged racist attack against former 1D member Zayn Malik - gets axed from Rinse FM | Born & Bred Festival line up.

Mike Warburton

Date published: 11th May 2016

Photo: Azealia Banks

The controversial, foul-mouthed New York lyricist Azealia Banks has once again unleashed her dark side on Twitter, this time zeroing in on former One Direction member Zayn Malik after accusing the singer of stealing elements of her video to 'Chasing Time' for his latest release 'Like I Would'. See her original Instagram post below.

Damn Zayn be mood boarding the fuck of out me 😳.. I'm not mad about this though. Zayn is a cutie pie

A photo posted by Azealia Banks (@azealiabanks) on May 10, 2016 at 9:15am PDT

After Zayn replied with 'I see you reaching but I don't care' on Twitter, Banks dived into a prolonged, racist assault, using the words 'sand nigga', 'curry scented bitch', 'faggot' and 'paki' throughout her increasingly vile tirade.

"Trying to make myself known but I'm still known as the token sand nigga from 1D" https://t.co/iHaStz4SqQ
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

She also took swipes at Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and UK hip hop, calling it a disgrace to rap culture in general.

Gaga is OVER, Rih's been fucked in evry hole & discarded, now that nicki's sucked Kim dry, nuttin left 4 her 2 steal https://t.co/x2dEI7f2Lc
— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 11, 2016

After recently backing Donald Trump for president, and ahead of facing legal action from Sarah Palin after another series of violent, angry tweets, it's probably time Banks retired from social media once and for all.

UPDATE: Azealia Banks has since been axed from the line up to Rinse | Born & Bred Festival following her meltdown, with the festival posting the following on Instagram.

We have decided to cancel Azealia Banks’ headline appearance at Rinse | Born & Bred Festival. Rinse | Born & Bred Festival is a celebration of rave culture and has been created for EVERYONE. We celebrate inclusivity and equality.

A photo posted by Rinse FM (@rinsestagram) on May 11, 2016 at 4:17am PDT

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