Erica Banks Seems To Defend Her Controversial BBL Against The Haters At The BET Awards

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Erica Banks' cosmetic procedures and previous statements on BBLs and other enhancements have gotten her in hot water.

Erica Banks spoke to The Shade Room at BET's media house for their awards show last night (Sunday, June 30), and her thoughts on body positivity have many claiming that she clapped back at people hating on her BBL. "Of course. First of all, when it comes to comments, y'all... Please," she began her remarks. "Don't waste your whole life looking at comments, you know? When I first came into this whole world, you know, it was hard for me to kind of not look at comments. 'Cause I was new to it, you know?

"But over time, I was just like, 'I'm never going to see these people,'" Erica Banks went on. "I can't allow, you know, this app to upset me and hurt my feelings. So, you know, that would just be my best advice to that. And as far as, you know, body positivity... Do you, girl, you know? I'm doing me, you know? They just getting mad at me 'cause, I mean... Sorry y'all, sorry y'all. You crazy, you are so crazy. I'm sorry, my n***a, that my choice upset y'all. But you know how it be," she concluded after giving the camera a little spin at the behest of interviewer Jade Ashley, TSR's social media editor.

Erica Banks Speaks On Body Positivity

However, Erica Banks also has to deal with some pushback in other areas, such as her notion that she could beat Megan Thee Stallion in a freestyle battle. While there is no surefire answer here, a lot of fans pointed to Banks' old tweets about the Houston femcee as an indicator that she is actually more of an admirer than a combatant. After all, she labeled Meg as her "alter ego." Maybe they will settle this debate one day.

Meanwhile, the "ON HIS FACE" femcee will probably continue to live her best life and laugh at the haters in the process while encouraging her fans. She's the one who proposed the Megan Thee Stallion battle, so if she's all for it, that would be an interesting competition. Erica Banks may not have all the answers, but she tries to make her truth clear at every opportunity. Take this advice and do what you please with it; she doesn't mind.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.