An American rapper has lashed out at Australia, calling our nation “broke and racist” in an unhinged Instagram rant.
Azealia Banks, who is thought for her outrageous feuds, wrapped up her Australian nationwide tour on the weekend.
On Tuesday, she let unfastened on Instagram accusing the touring agent of being “scams” and saying they tried to get out of paying her.
Following her rant towards the agent, she made a submit saying “Y’all white people down here are broke and racist LMAO.”
She then adopted with a warning concerning the brokers for different artists — citing their “slave-like” contracts and calling them “pubic lice”.
She in contrast Australia’s foreign money to the US ($1 AUD = .61 USD) and named it “charity”.
The promoters denied the claims to The Daily Mail.
In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the rapper’s debut single 212 of their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time checklist at #485.
This isn’t the primary time Banks has thrown shade at Australia. Per week earlier she unleashed, saying Australia made her “utterly miserable” and cancelled two appearances in Brisbane and Melbourne.
During her final Brisbane present, she had a bottle thrown at her on stage which she known as essentially the most “demoralising experience” of her life.
This additionally isn’t the primary time she’s criticised promoters — earlier this yr she had a go at US promoters about her Miami Pride present saying she was “f..ked with” round set occasions.
But Australia shouldn’t take her rant to coronary heart, because the controversial rapper regularly makes headlines for her weird antics.
In 2021, she dug up her lifeless cat Lucifer from a grave to convey her again to life whereas she was on Instagram dwell.
Fans had been horrified as she boiled the cat’s stays in a pot of water.
But Banks’ hatred of Australia could possibly be associated to the very fact her visits are normally centered on the east coast.
Last week, a video of Tyler the Creator went viral on TikTok after he claimed Perth was the very best metropolis in Australia.
He known as town “awesome” and stated he beloved it after visiting for 5 days.
“Perth is like… it’s a metropolis nevertheless it’s tremendous chill. I felt simply tremendous civilian like on the market and it was nice.