Azealia Banks has accused Beyonce of being in 'white woman cosplay' for her Cowboy Carter album cover as she slammed the 'boring and pretty' superstar in a wild social media rant this week.
'There was so much pertinent cultural commentary to be made her. I don't get why you have to be in white woman cosplay to make – facsimile"country" music".' 'And subsequently reinforcing the idea that there is no racism / segregation / slavery / violence / theft / massacres / plagues / manifest destiny craziness that form the bedrock of epithets like 'proud to be an american', or 'god bless the usa'.
'Sis I'm sorry to rain on your parade but there's actually nothing monumental about it. Had you made a great country song - going number one should be the headline without the weird race part. Azealia wrote on social media: 'Sis I live for whiteyonce Donatella Bianca Bardot DOWN, But I'm kind of ashamed at how u switch from baobab trees and black parade to this literal pick me stuff
'It's crazy to me that all it takes is some white person's opinion for her to start tap dancing. This is almost as bad as her"feminist" era after some white c**** called her boring and predictable on a blog, You were never ever boring. Jay-Z is the only boring thing here 'Her legacy and freedom of expression is not his to share and I wish he would get over that. Sure Jay is an important figure in music but he is not the star that is Bianca Bardot.'
She added: 'My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant.' Banks previously wrote: 'Them critics are not just going to accept an ugly blond wig and , bullying from jay-z !!! It's giving big time musical grift. Yes black girls can make country music... but you're just really not hitting the button'
She explained: 'I focused on this album as a continuation of RENAISSANCE…I hope this music is an experience, creating another journey where you can close your eyes, start from the beginning and never stop.' 'Them critics are not just going to accept an ugly blond wig and , bullying from jay-z !!! It's giving big time musical grift. Yes black girls can make country music... but you're just really not hitting the button.