Other than being one of the most openly controversial female rappers out there, Azealia Banks revealed on the cover story of Playboy, that Jay Z was the only rapper she wanted to follow.
In Banks’ eyes, she’s the only hip-hop artist to attain a mass amount of critical and commercial success while still being unapologetically Black. “I want to get there being very Black and proud and boisterous about it,” she told the magazine.
“A lot of times when you’re a black woman and you’re proud, that’s why people don’t like you. In American society, the game is to be a nonthreatening Black person.”
Words: Wardah Sempa