Jesus.
Azealia Banks launches into a bitter denunciation of America in the latest issue of Playboy Magazine.
Although the issue has yet to hit newsstands, new photos from the
spread (no nudes yet; sorry, guys) and interview tidbits have surfaced
online. After all, the rapper did promise more news today when the cover
was shared online over the weekend.
So, what all does the opinionated 23-year-old have to say in the latest Playboy issue?
Check out her expletive-laced thoughts on America, racism and being labelled an angry black woman below.
On America being racist:
people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and
meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on
their farms. Those little teenage girls who work at Kmart and have a
racist grandma – that’s really America.”
On race and being labelled angry:
run her mouth and talk sh*t about all these other b*tches, but y’all
aren’t saying she’s angry. If I have something to say, I get pushed into
the corner. Y’all motherf*ckers still owe me reparations! That’s why
it’s still about race.”
‘Why don’t you just make music?’ What would happen if I couldn’t sing?
Then I’d just be another black b*tch to y’all. It’s really f*cking
annoying. Black people need reparations for building this country, and
we deserve way more f*cking credit and respect.”
On her right to speak slang:
land, from their customs, from their culture, there’s still a piece of
me that knows I’m not supposed to be speaking English. I’m not supposed
to be worshipping Jesus Christ. All this sh*t is unnatural to me. People
will be like, ‘Oh, you’re ignorant because you don’t speak proper
English.’ No. This is not mine. I don’t even want this sh*t, so I’m
going to do whatever the f*ck I want with this language. I’m going to
call you a f*g or a cracker or a b*tch.”
On U.S. History textbooks and the need for black Americans to know their history:
own special curriculum that doesn’t start from the boat ride over from
Africa. All you know as a black kid is we came over here on a boat, we
didn’t have anything, and we still don’t have anything. But what was
happening in Africa? What culture were we pulled away from? That
information is vital to the survival of a young black soul.”
On Jay Z not trying to be accepted by White America like Pharrell and Kanye West:
set on. The race thing always comes up, but I want to get there being
very black and proud and boisterous about it. You get what I mean? A lot
of times when you’re a black woman and you’re proud, that’s why people
don’t like you. In American society, the game is to be a nonthreatening
black person. That’s why you have Pharrell or Kendrick Lamar saying,
‘How can we expect people to respect us if we don’t respect ourselves?’
He’s playing that non-threatening black man sh*t, and that gets all the
white soccer moms going, ‘We love him.’ Even Kanye West plays a little
bit of that game – ‘Please accept me, white world.’ Jay Z hasn’t played
any of those games, and that’s what I like.”
Azealia has never been one to mince her words. You can read more here.
The issue hits newsstands Friday.
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