Azealia Banks Drags Kendrick Lamar & Elliott Wilson Through The Mud In Latest Twitter Rant

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MIAMI, FL - MARCH 23: Azealia Banks performs on stage at Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park on March 23, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Sergi Alexander/Getty Images)
She's not letting her foot off the gas...

Azealia Bans has spent a good chunk of the past year on social media dragging Top Dawg Entertainment and any of its artists and supporters online. What's more is that, as Kendrick Lamar does more and more, she has more and more to say, and he's definitely not convincing her of his greatness anytime soon. Moreover, the Harlem femcee saw a tweet from Elliott Wilson celebrating K.Dot's achievements on Firday (February 14), and decided to take them both down in her latest Twitter rant.

"The reason why this is just not believable is because there is absolutely nothing aspirational about being a short, dark-skinned, nappyheaded asthmatic dude from Compton California," Azealia Banks wrote concerning Kendrick Lamar, eventually turning her gaze to Elliott Wilson. "To be a star, men have to want to be you and women have to want to f**k you. Kendrick has neither going on for him. Men want to BE drake and women want to f**k him. That is why he is a STAR. But ur ugly and light skinned im sure the cognitive dissonance is f***ing your head especially now that you’re old ugly and light skinned."

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Furthermore, in a series of follow-up tweets, Azealia Bans doubled down on her stance that Kendrick Lamar is never beating Drake in the physical sense, even making mention of their... Hypothetical prowess, let's say. Also, she argued that the 6ix God has much more of a command of "a standardized American English accent" that makes his reach much greater than the Compton lyricist. However, the 33-year-old did label Drizzy as a "more viable product" than Dot, so maybe she's just stacking them up in a purely industry-driven, global capitalist – and, let's be real, white – sense. After all, she doesn't make the rules...

Regardless, none of this shocked anyone because of Azealia Banks' previous Internet barrages against the likes of Doechii and many more. We wonder when she will take a break on this Kendrick Lamar and Drake discourse or if she will take this to the grave with her head held high. But then again, nobody else is taking a break from these comparisons, are we?

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.