Azealia Banks Slams BET Awards, Nicki Minaj in Twitter Rant

June 2024 · 2 minute read

Tell Us the way you truly feel! Azealia Banks took to Twitter on Monday, May 18, and used to be brutally honest about the nominees for the approaching BET Awards, including herself and rival Nicki Minaj.

Banks, 23, was nominated in the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist category alongside Minaj, Iggy Azalea, Dej Loaf, Tink, and Trina. She used to be heralded by means of the community as "one of rap's most unfiltered MCs," and held up to her name in the aftermath of the nominations announcement.

"@bet has thrown me such much shade over the years. Keep misspelling my name…" Banks began. "I really hate getting nominated for @bet awards. They're so bogus."

"The female rap award at the bet awards goes to nicki every year, it's not even a real award anymore lol it's a bit of a running joke," she endured, naming Minaj, with whom she has incessantly butted heads. "They should just nominate nicki five times with five different wigs on and pick the best picture lol."

Minaj, 32, has certainly ruled at the BET Awards in fresh years, taking house the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist honor in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010. 

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Banks went on to focus on Minaj's fans, tweeting, "*hears barbz buzzing in the distance* *rolls up car windows* *sound of little barb heads slamming into glass* *unconscious barbs on floor*… *turns up random nicki Minaj verse* *puts car in reverse* *backs up over barbs* *blood splatters* *puts car in drive and takes off*"

For her section, Minaj has but to comment on Banks' rant. The celebrated rapper's Twitter feed is populated instead via links and fan tweets about her new music video "Feeling Myself" with Beyonce. The "Anaconda" performer is up for multiple different awards at the display, which is scheduled for June 28, together with Video of the Year, Best Collaboration, and Viewers' Choice. 

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