Azealia Banks expresses her frustration with being labeled a rapper.
Harlem musician Azealia Banks no longer wants to be referred to as a rapper, according to a series of Facebook posts she uploaded yesterday (June 23).
“And stop referring to me as a rapper !! I don’t want to be called a rapper. or a fem-cee, or a ‘spitta’ or any of that shit. I want to be called a singer now,” Azealia Banks wrote.
She detailed the frustration that comes with being labeled a “rap-girl,” and later revealed why she pursued a rap career in the first place. For Banks, she says rapping was the next best thing when her career in acting didn’t take off as quickly as she expected.
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“I’m honestly tired of rapping, the rap scene and the whole rap-girl persona,” she said. “Considering dropping my last name and just going by ‘Azealia’ and not rap for a while. I’m really tired of being that girl. It’s not me. Remember, i only started rapping because my acting career wasn’t moving as quickly as i wanted it to. Rap has been SUCH diversion for me, and it’s probably the reason i feel so lost and off my path. I’ve done great things with Rap, but only because it pays my bills. I would much rather sing and act and never rap again. I don’t want to be a rapper anymore.”
Back in 2012, Banks expressed a similar sentiment when she declared that she no longer wanted to be a rapper.
Azealia Banks’ Facebook posts on the status of her rap career, can be found below.
