Two of Hip Hop’s (and social media’s) most outspoken personalities engaged on Twitter earlier today as Lupe Fiasco and Azealia Banks went head to head about Kendrick Lamar’s recent comments in Billboard magazine.
The beef started when Fiasco came to Kendrick’s defense for his comments. “#BeMoreLikeKendrickLamar” the Chicago rapper tweeted.
Azealia would come in and take a shot at Lupe about his relevance: “@LupeFiasco you still haven’t made a decent song since i was 17,” she tweeted. Lupe then replied pulling by out an old tweet Banks made about him a while back where she admired his flow.
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After a little back-and-fourth, Kid Cudi subsequently got involved. He began by subtweeting Lupe saying, “Dear black artists, dont talk down on the black community like you are Gods gift to niggaz everywhere.” Fiasco then went at the Cleveland native telling him to shut up. Kudi didn’t leave that alone and replied by saying, “How about you stop shitting on the people who really cared about your well being when this biz was ripping you apart. Fake ass @KidCudi.”
Azealia Banks recently took a few shots at Kendrick Lamar regarding comments he made in a recent Billboard cover story. Kendrick told the magazine,”What happened to [Michael Brown] should’ve never happened. Never. But when we don’t have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don’t start with just a rally, don’t start from looting — it starts from within.” Banks would later retaliate by attempting to give K Dot a history lesson.
“Lol do you know about the generational effects of poverty, racism and discrimination?” she wrote. “There are things in society that benefit a select few of us. fine…. But don’t put down the rest by saying they don’t respect themselves.”
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View all relevant tweets below:
#BeMoreLikeKendrickLamar
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 9, 2015
@LupeFiasco you still haven’t made a decent song since i was 17 — AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco you still haven’t made a decent song since i was 17
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco you are still kanye’s exman’sanem
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco I’ll still steal your flows LOL…. i bet i’ll make more money off them than you can LOL
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco Hear me??? I will STILL steal your flows, your soul and everything you are worth. Don’t fuck with me asshole.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
Huh? “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/KPehH79L9f
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco LUPE….. you’re not even a real rapper anymore.. ur that black guy who used to hang with kanye. hussshhhhh
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
What??? “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/JkMo2b1j79
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
Wait… “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/zklHgYofGj
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
But… “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/genL65ArUt
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
That’s… “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/VAO5MD7JJh
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco When kanye stepped away from you, you had no legs to stand on….. it’s over.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
I dont.. “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/8eKNKryzAz
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco you don’t even book shows. shhhhhhh.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
Then… “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/OBO9vCRBjx
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
Who?? “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/WvnRy2VkP5
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco Jay-z doesn’t know you silly. lol
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
WTF is… “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/Wa5AiO9tub
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
You said “@AZEALIABANKS: i used to steal so many Lupe Fiasco flows when i first started rapping haha. I love him!!” pic.twitter.com/8dXzGsM81s
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco *used to…. I’ve moved on to Jay-Z flows, there’s way more power and energy in them. BYE BACKPACKRAPPER
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco LOL UR A DICKRIDER….. LOLOL i hope jay-z sees this and laughs at you!!!!
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
@LupeFiasco in australia.. those are white people…. its cultural fetishism… they only like you because your black… not because ur good
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
Maybe.. “@AZEALIABANKS: in australia those are white people its cultural fetishism they only like you because ut black not because ur good”
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
BUT!!! @AZEALIABANKSpic.twitter.com/s4cnpbrfkT
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
With my uncanny cross referencing skills I’d make a great analyst at the CIA… pic.twitter.com/PIC9meKb6C
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
That was enough for Banks, who then began chatting it up with supermodel Emily Ratajkowski:
@LupeFiasco I’m onto @emrata being a babe…. it’s dead for you now.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) January 10, 2015
Dear black artists, dont talk down on the black community like you are Gods gift to niggaz everywhere.
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) January 10, 2015
If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don’t point the blame and talk down.
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) January 10, 2015
Shut up…FOH @KidCudi — Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
How about you stop shitting on the people who really cared about your well being when this biz was ripping you apart. Fake ass @KidCudi — Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
Uh oh we got em mad!!! Hahaha
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) January 10, 2015
My comments come from a place of love. Sorry if I offended anyone, except Poopé Fiasco. Fuck that niggaz feelings haha dweeb
— Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) January 10, 2015
Niggaz be invalid because they don’t really mean what they say. I hate niggaz that are disloyal at they core then flex like they Gandhi FOH — Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) January 10, 2015
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