Post by The Curmudgeon on May 17, 2016 12:50:11 GMT 2
Oh, she's not dead. But she might as well be.
Remember in the old days of one hit wonders, where a singer would have a song, everyone loves it, they ride high on the wave and then their follow up song doesn't do much, they fall from the public eye and then they're mentioned in those "hey, whatever happened to.." links online.
Turns out now all you need to do to keep yourself in the public eye is to act, for want of a better term, like a complete cunt on Twitter. Because when it comes to that, she's a fucking A-list celeb.
It might seem strange to see the Curmudgeon, who's been known to enjoy the odd troll attempt from time to time, criticise someone for being a terrible person online, but I'd like to think I carried myself with a certain tongue-in-cheek flair. Certainly more than calling a 14 year old girl a "coon in training" and Zayn Malik from One Direction "the token sand nigger."
This was all in one mad night for Banks, who really did go on a hell of a career destroying tear, insulting all British hip-hop, (calling them "faggots" if memory serves) and, well, you get the idea. Banks has always, always, had an enormous chip on her shoulder regarding race, but this was her at her most poisonous. She eventually gave a weak apology (for any hurt caused, but not what she said) and then a few days later aplogised for everything. But it was too late.
If Banks was British, she would have been arrested for her tweets. No doubt (hell, people have been charged for less. Right or wrong, that's where we are in the world right now). What did happen though was her Twitter account was suspended (meaning she had to go apologise on Instagram, the shame!) She was scheduled to be a headline act at a British hip-hop festival who pulled her from the bill and UK government are even considering banning her from the country.
I would say "let's focus on her music" but she had one good song in 2011. She can't even fall back on that. Azealia Banks is doomed.
Remember in the old days of one hit wonders, where a singer would have a song, everyone loves it, they ride high on the wave and then their follow up song doesn't do much, they fall from the public eye and then they're mentioned in those "hey, whatever happened to.." links online.
Turns out now all you need to do to keep yourself in the public eye is to act, for want of a better term, like a complete cunt on Twitter. Because when it comes to that, she's a fucking A-list celeb.
It might seem strange to see the Curmudgeon, who's been known to enjoy the odd troll attempt from time to time, criticise someone for being a terrible person online, but I'd like to think I carried myself with a certain tongue-in-cheek flair. Certainly more than calling a 14 year old girl a "coon in training" and Zayn Malik from One Direction "the token sand nigger."
This was all in one mad night for Banks, who really did go on a hell of a career destroying tear, insulting all British hip-hop, (calling them "faggots" if memory serves) and, well, you get the idea. Banks has always, always, had an enormous chip on her shoulder regarding race, but this was her at her most poisonous. She eventually gave a weak apology (for any hurt caused, but not what she said) and then a few days later aplogised for everything. But it was too late.
If Banks was British, she would have been arrested for her tweets. No doubt (hell, people have been charged for less. Right or wrong, that's where we are in the world right now). What did happen though was her Twitter account was suspended (meaning she had to go apologise on Instagram, the shame!) She was scheduled to be a headline act at a British hip-hop festival who pulled her from the bill and UK government are even considering banning her from the country.
I would say "let's focus on her music" but she had one good song in 2011. She can't even fall back on that. Azealia Banks is doomed.
