Azealia Banks Assaults Beyoncé & Jay-Z Over “Cowboy Carter”

Azealia Banks rebuked Beyoncé’s pivot to nation music. Banks ranted about Beyoncé, Jay-Z and the upcoming album Cowboy Carter in a string of Instagram Tales posts.

“Wow we didn’t even attempt to put even slightly effort right into a extra creative title?” Banks wrote. “Sis I reside for whiteyonce Donatella Bianca Bardot DOWN, However I’m sort of ashamed at how u swap from baobab timber and black parade to this literal decide me stuff. Like u do lame stuff like carry out some black listed white ladies (Dixie chicks) on the nation music awards and they’d by no means ever do the identical for you. Ur at all times sharing ur platform with white ladies who’re so jealous of you however have such a protracted historical past of sabotaging different black womens careers.”

Banks believed Beyoncé missed a chance to make “pertinent cultural commentary” in favor of doing “white lady cosplay.” Banks mentioned Beyoncé strengthened “false rhetoric” about nation music.

Jay-Z confronted the wrath of Banks as she blamed him for supposedly making Beyoncé’ “boring.” Banks gave Hov credit score for his function in Rihanna’s profession however claimed he failed to assist Megan Thee Stallion and Rita Ora.

“Ugh I’m so saddened by Jay-Z and his overstrategizing every thing beyonce to the purpose the place it’s clearly his affect and never the true Bianca Bardot,” she wrote. “Somebody inform Jayz his methods are corny and beyonce has higher concepts. Prefer it’s apparent why we obtained no burna boy motion for Ja Ara E. We want to hear some beyonce information with out Jay-z on them. We want to see her outdoors with out him and his pound pet dreadlocks respiratory throughout herrrrrrrr.”

She continued, “I’ll give it to him for turning an initially very uninteresting Rihanna into one of many worlds largest stars however he flopped with Rita and Meg and for the sake of all issues grand, ought to notice how a lot he cramps her diva type ugh. Her legacy and freedom of expression is just not his to share and I want he would recover from that. Positive Jay is a vital determine in music however he’s not THE STAR that’s Bianca Bardot…. Go someplace n#### rattling.”

Banks additionally dismissed Beyoncé’s feedback about not feeling welcomed in nation music. Banks known as it “falsified sufferer crap” and accused Beyoncé’ of utilizing her “capitalist benefit” in opposition to Black nation artists.

“Please cease with the pity celebration and admit u obtained criticized the identical means you probably did if you tried to slip ‘hear’ into dream women regardless of it not being part of the unique rating,” Banks wrote. “it’s loopy to me that every one it takes is a few white individuals opinion for her to begin faucet dancing.”

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is scheduled to drop on March 29. The album is the second a part of a trilogy, which started with 2022’s Renaissance.