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Azealia Banks on the cover of PAPER mag’s Music Issue

Azealia Banks has ignited the Internet with her music and feisty persona, and now she’s lighting up the cover of PAPER magazine’s Music Issue, on sale now. Continue reading

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Harlem’s Azealia Banks Quits Hip Hop?

That’s right, Azealia Banks is calling it quits — from hip hop. After fitful beginnings to her career as an emcee, the buzzworthy artist from Harlem says she wishes to disassociate herself from the rap game and from now on wants to be known as a “vocalist.” Continue reading

Azealia Banks is Not going Holmes Alone

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Azealia Banks is mixing business with pleasure. Sources close to the situation tell us the 21-year-old Harlem-born rapper has split with Lady Gaga ’s powerful manager, Troy Carter , after less than two months in his stable, and is now repped by Dave Holmes , who’s doing double duty as Banks’ boyfriend. Continue reading

Harlem’s Banks Brings a Mermaid Ball to NYC (video)

One thing was made clear early on at Azealia Banks’ first-ever headlining set in her native 212 area code on Sunday night (June 4), even before entering the throes of Bowery Ballroom: this was not a grimy New York hip-hop show. Continue reading

Harlem’s Azealia Banks Head

“I live in my head a lot,” says Azealia Banks, “and in my head I’ve always been an artist. I don’t know about other people’s radar.” Continue reading

Harlem’s Azealia Banks Signs With Lady Gaga’s Manager

Newcomer Azealia Banks, who signed to Universal Music in January, is being represented by Lady Gaga’s manager Troy Carter. Continue reading

Why Rapper Azealia Banks And Other Females Need Mentors

Harlem Arts Alliance Presents:  On the “A” with Souleo

A few positive words of encouragement were all it took to brighten the faces of the young women at the Petals-N-Belles’ LIMITLESS 2012 one-year anniversary. Continue reading

Harlem’s Azealia Banks Talks Kanye, Gwyneth, Karl, Gaga And Pharrell With GQ (video)

Azealia Banks broke through with the indelible black-and white video for her goofily raunchy song “212,” in which she spits merciless rhymes. The clip, shot cheaply and on the fly, went viral (4 million hits and counting), earning her a record deal with Interscope, a top-ten spot on Pitchfork’s best songs of 2011, and a laundry list of boldfaced fans, including Kanye West, Gwyneth Paltrow, Karl Lagerfeld (who hired her for a party at his home), and Lady Gaga’s style guru, Nicola Formichetti, who will direct Banks’s next video. The Harlem-born 20-year-old seems almost aggressively unastonished by the attention. Continue reading

Harlem’s Azealia Banks Performs “212″ At House Karl Lagerfeld (video)

Azealia Banks is the rapper of right now, so it makes sense that Karl Lagerfeld would be into her. In celebration of his new line, Karl, he invited the Harlem rapper to perform at his house in Paris.  Continue reading

Harlem Rapper-singer Azealia Banks Makes New Music With Kanye and Gaga

With Kanye West in her corner and the Coachella Festival in California on the horizon, Azealia Banks is quickly making real headway. Continue reading