Azealia Banks Blasts BET Awards & Black Media

    Azealia Banks says she is not pleased with her BET Awards nomination for Best Female Hip Hop Artist.

    “I really hate getting nominated for @bet awards,” the rapper wrote on Instagram today (May 18). “They’re so bogus.”

    Banks’ tweets on the matter are as follows:

    Nicki Minaj has won Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards five consecutive years.

    The full BET Awards Nominations 2015 is below, via Hollywood Life.

    BET Awards Nominations 2015

    BEST FEMALE R&B/POP ARTIST

    BEYONCÉ

    CIARA

    JANELLE MONÁE

    JHENÉ AIKO

    K. MICHELLE

    RIHANNA

    BEST MALE R&B/POP ARTIST

    AUGUST ALSINA

    CHRIS BROWN

    JOHN LEGEND

    THE WEEKND

    TREY SONGZ

    USHER

    BEST GROUP

    A$AP MOB

    JODECI

    MIGOS

    RAE SREMMURD

    RICH GANG

    YOUNG MONEY

    BEST COLLABORATION

    AUGUST ALSINA F/ NICKI MINAJ – NO LOVE (REMIX)

    BIG SEAN F/ E-40 – IDFWU

    CHRIS BROWN F/ LIL WAYNE & TYGA – LOYAL

    CHRIS BROWN F/ USHER & RICK ROSS – NEW FLAME

    COMMON & JOHN LEGEND – GLORY (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE “SELMA”)

    MARK RONSON F/ BRUNO MARS – UPTOWN FUNK

    BEST MALE HIP HOP ARTIST

    BIG SEAN

    COMMON

    DRAKE

    J. COLE

    KENDRICK LAMAR

    WALE

    BEST FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST

    AZEALIA BANKS

    DEJ LOAF

    IGGY AZALEA

    NICKI MINAJ

    TINK

    TRINA

    VIDEO OF THE YEAR

    BEYONCÉ – 7/11

    BIG SEAN F/ E-40 – IDFWU

    CHRIS BROWN F/ LIL WAYNE & TYGA – LOYAL

    CHRIS BROWN F/ USHER & RICK ROSS – NEW FLAME

    COMMON & JOHN LEGEND – GLORY (FROM THE MOTION PICTURE “SELMA”)

    NICKI MINAJ – ANACONDA

    VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

    BENNY BOOM

    BEYONCÉ, ED BURKE & TODD TOURSO

    CHRIS ROBINSON

    FATIMA ROBINSON

    HYPE WILLIAMS

    BEST NEW ARTIST

    BOBBY SHMURDA

    DEJ LOAF

    FETTY WAP

    RAE SREMMURD

    SAM SMITH

    TINASHE

    BEST GOSPEL ARTIST

    DEITRICK HADDON

    ERICA CAMPBELL

    FRED HAMMOND

    LECRAE

    MALI MUSIC

    MICHELLE WILLIAMS

    BEST ACTRESS

    GABRIELLE UNION

    KERRY WASHINGTON

    TARAJI P. HENSON

    TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

    VIOLA DAVIS

    BEST ACTOR

    ANTHONY ANDERSON

    IDRIS ELBA

    JUSSIE SMOLLETT

    KEVIN HART

    TERRENCE HOWARD

    YOUNGSTARS AWARD

    JACOB LATIMORE

    JADEN SMITH

    MO’NE DAVIS

    QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS

    ZENDAYA

    BEST MOVIE

    ANNIE

    BEYOND THE LIGHTS

    SELMA

    THINK LIKE A MAN TOO

    TOP FIVE

    SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

    BRITTNEY GRINER

    CANDACE PARKER

    SERENA WILLIAMS

    SKYLAR DIGGINS

    VENUS WILLIAMS

    SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

    CHRIS PAUL

    FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR.

    LEBRON JAMES

    MARSHAWN LYNCH

    STEPHEN CURRY

    COCA-COLA VIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARD

    BEYONCÉ – 7/11

    DEJ LOAF – TRY ME

    KENDRICK LAMAR – i

    NICKI MINAJ F/ DRAKE, LIL WAYNE & CHRIS BROWN – ONLY

    RAE SREMMURD F/ NICKI MINAJ & YOUNG THUG – THROW SUM MO

    THE WEEKND – EARNED IT (FROM THE “FIFTY SHADES OF GREY” SOUNDTRACK)

    CENTRIC AWARD

    AVERY SUNSHINE – CALL MY NAME

    JAZMINE SULLIVAN F/ MEEK MILL – DUMB

    MARK RONSON F/ BRUNO MARS – UPTOWN FUNK

    SAM SMITH F/ MARY J. BLIGE – STAY WITH ME

    THE WEEKND – EARNED IT (FROM THE “FIFTY SHADES OF GREY” SOUNDTRACK)

    BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: AFRICA

    AKA (SOUTH AFRICA)

    FALLY IPUPA (DR CONGO)

    SARKODIE (GHANA)

    SAUTI SOL (KENYA)

    STONEBWOY (GHANA)

    THE SOIL (SOUTH AFRICA)

    WIZKID (NIGERIA)

    YEMI ALADE (NIGERIA)

    BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT: UK

    FKA TWIGS

    FUSE ODG

    LETHAL BIZZLE

    LITTLE SIMZ

    MNEK

    STORMZY

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    16 thoughts on “Azealia Banks Blasts BET Awards & Black Media

    1. She Speaks The Truth…keep doing you… to bad Man don’t have the balls to speak up onit….Fuck BET Fuck so called Black media that promotes bullshit…You too HIPHOPDX…

      1. True shi t her album was good a lot better then the bs out.These small brain maggots can’t comprehend that though

    2. This bitch is confused. First she hates white folks then come to find out she only fuuuuuuck white men. Now she’s complaining about so called black media.

    3. She’s only bitter because she knows she won’t win the award. If Nicki weren’t in the running she’d be *soooo* honored to be nominated.

    4. a lot of the nominations are ridiculous. seems like the same five artists getting nominated for the last 5-7 yrs and none of them are that hot

    5. She makes a valid point. They don’t even do it based on the music or BARS. It’s who had the largest buzz and most sold Bullshit music. Nicki is a joke and is lame like all of her wigs & voices she do. It’s a shame that the youth have accepted that trash and forgot about real Femcees like MC Lyte & Lauryne Hill. At least Azalea knows what she is speaking on. No I don’t fuck with her music but she gets it. #WakeUpYouSLeepingFools

    6. she is better than Nicky,she doesnt sound like Wayne s kid.She kicks sense,she would battle and win against Nikki anytime.she has brains,,the nominations are horrible,beyonce,Nikki always win for just bumming

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