Azealia Banks Ignites Scathing Social Media Exchange With Wale

Azealia Banks and Wale found themselves in a fiery social media clash this week, sparked by an unrelated response to Wale’s X post.

It all began when Wale tweeted, “I’m not sellin my soul. I’m not playin them other games either .. ain’t no ‘era’ I ain’t never stopped…hope this helps wit the nostalgia bait.”

Though the message didn’t name anyone directly, it caught the attention of Banks, who swiftly responded with, “Ni**a the only hot song you ever made is ‘ridin in that black joint’ [from Saints Row 2]. It’s no shade. But ur rap swag and delivery and persona got something off in a very generic type of way. It’s highkey cause u African no shade. U shoulda been African T-pain.”

The controversial rapper/singer didn’t stop there, doubling down in another post: “I’m talking about his music. lol why nobody ever told Wale he dumb trash?” Wale replied with some restraint, at first appearing genuinely curious. “Damn I thought u only came for ppl who disrespected u in some manner .. learn sumn new every day,” he wrote. But as Banks continued to dig at him, his curiosity turned into irritation.

Spanning several tweets, the “Luxury” artist criticized Wale’s artistry and heritage, calling him a “dumb colonized Nigerian” while claiming his music has “extremely low impact.” She then likened him to a “diet Curren$y flow / faux [Rick] Ross storytelling mixed with generic hypebeast blog era ‘swag’ raps.” She even suggested his music would do better on South African Gqom beats, referencing Distruction Boyz.

Wale shot back sarcastically: “My favorite thing on this app is you tellin everybody what they should be doing…life is hard af and yet you find time to tell everybody everywhere all the time how to do things … you are way too kind to us.” He later added, “Ngl … the chicken butcher lady sayin my only hit is off a video game I never played before is funny af. I don’t even think that song is on dsp. We Stan.”

Banks clapped back in a bizarre response: “Says the guy with a period panty fetish. I didn’t say it was your only hit, I honestly wouldn’t know what hits you have because you’ve never developed any sort of musical identity that was distinct enough for me to recognize. If someone played me something I’d probably just think it was Wiz Khalifa tbh.”

The Harlemite continued with a jab recalling Wale referencing her menstrual cycle years ago and then added, “The ‘chicken butcher’ is disappointingly pedestrian. You’ve got an undeniably flaccid way with words.” Wale clapped back, “Big word buzz word deep cut repeat … we get it your articulate. That’s why we enjoy your commentary … tell us more about the African thing.”

From there, the exchange nosedived, with Banks calling him “a tampon chewing dog” and “an effeminate weirdo in black American cosplay,” and even accused him of pandering to white producers in the industry. Wale, seemingly bewildered, responded, “The most disappointing thing bout this exchange is that I’ve realized u don’t know ball… this take sounds like if chat gpt and pitchfork had a baby .. u know too much!”

But Banks had more to say. “You know white balls in your mouth and the warmth of white buttholes quivering around your nose as you lick and savor the cheesy salt off of industry gooch,” she wrote on X. Then she took a bold jab, comparing his career to hers.

She claimed, “Wale, I make better music than you. I’m handicapped by blackness and female genitalia and have honestly spent way too much time trying to justify myself to a group of men who did everything to make sh*t hard for me.”

“You’re 40, you’ve peaked,” Banks continued. “And none of you ni**as have anything to offer me but jealousy and discouragement because you have nothing to offer yourselves but jealousy and discouragement. Why can’t you all be like Drake? Damnnit.”

In one of her closing statements, Banks questioned why Wale had so much energy for her but remained silent in past controversies involving other male rappers. “Did he have this much mouth for Meek Mill when he knocked his teeth out? Or does Wale watch everything I do unbeknownst to me?” she asked, before reflecting on her own struggles in the industry: “Does Wale know the types of sexual harassment, coercion, mental and physical abuse I have persevered throughout the years to only have gotten better at my craft?”

She concluded by calling out the silence she received from male peers in her moments of public humiliation: “Did Wale say anything when RZA let Russell Crowe spit on me and call me a Ni**er? Why do Black men in Hip-Hop who have nothing for me always try appointing themselves the one who will ‘teach me a lesson?’”

Take a look at their exchange above.