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Azealia Banks Deletes Twitter, Says She's 'No Longer Wishing to Be a Rapper'

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2012-06-11 14:30

Azealia Banks [1] is making more waves on social media, this time taking to Tumblr to make a few career-altering announcements.

In a post titled "No Longer Wishing To Be a Rapper," Banks explained that she would be considering herself a "vocalist" from now on, and that she deleted her Twitter account because it "makes [her] too accessible."

"No longer wishing to be a rapper," she wrote. "i never was…. and as soon as i started paying attention to bulls--- urban media, i started getting myself in trouble. From now on i'm a vocalist, and will not be associating myself with the "rap game"... or whatever the f--- that means... no more twitter for me... it makes me entirely too accessible. Catch me on tumblr… it'll be more interesting."

Banks created a stir on Twitter last week after news broke that she was splitting from Lady Gaga [2] manager Troy Carter, whom she had signed with in April. Carter, for his part, told Billboard.biz "I can confirm that I ended the business relationship with Azealia last month on very amicable terms. She's incredibly talented and I wish her nothing short of an amazing career."

But Banks had a little bit more to say on the management front, tweeting "I will definitely be working BY MYSELF and saving MY 20% On management commissions while I avoid you sharks in the water...." and that "Lol I just want a really hardcore woman... Or a really gay man as my manager... You other n----s have WAY too much ego s--- with y'all."

It's not just management that she's fed up with, as she clarified in another post on Tumblr, saying "I'm still going to rap... i just don't want the label and all the other crap that comes with the "rap game"... it's boring. rather be a dance artist.. lol." In a response to a fan question, she also said "i'm too weird for hip-hop."

The vocalist is currently signed to Interscope/Polydor after a public falling out with former label XL Recordings, which stemmed from creative differences. Her 1991 EP just came out as a primer for her summer mixtape "Fantasea" and major label debut LP "Broke With Expensive Taste," expected in the fall.

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  • Troy Carter [5],
  • Lady Gaga [6]

Source URL (retrieved on 2013-05-22 09:31): http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/483437/azealia-banks-deletes-twitter-says-shes-no-longer-wishing-to-be-a

Links:
[1] http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/azealia-banks/1795081
[2] http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/lady-gaga/1003999
[3] http://www.billboard.com/tag/the-juice-0
[4] http://www.billboard.com/author/dan-rys-6219
[5] http://www.billboard.com/tag/troy-carter
[6] http://www.billboard.com/tag/lady-gaga

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