Rapper Azealia Banks is bringing her beef with fellow female rapper Iggy Azalea to social media.
Banks began Tweeting about the decision made by a New York City grand jury to not indicate the white police officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man and father of six. Garner died in July after being put in a chokehold by a police officer.
Hours after the Garner killing verdict was announced on Wednesday, Banks posted numerous Tweets, insulting the Australian-born rapper and calling her out for being silent on the grand jury's decision.
"It's funny to see people Like Igloo Australia silent when these things happen...," Banks tweeted. "Black Culture is cool, but black issues sure aren't huh?"
Banks later added, "If you're down to ride with us b---- you gotta RIDE ALL THE WAY. Don't just be down to ride Black D---..... If you with us you WITH US!!!! LOL... I'M PETTY, but it's so true, ugh, that wannabe black girl s--t makes me wanna throw a jar of my p--- at her LMFAOOOO."
In other tweets Banks asked fans to stop comparing the "Fancy" singer to Nicki Minaj and used a racist term to describe rapper T.I., who helped along Azalea's success.
Banks ended her rant against Azalea by commenting directly to her, writing, "I just really want to know what your fascination with Black women is..... Why do you want to act like us? I need to know... Why do you imitate us in such a way that i feel like you are actually making fun of us? Why?"
A few hours later, Azalea responded, writing, saying, "I see all hell broke loose while I was at rehearsals today. We've all read the script 49584068408540 billion times now, find a new game plan."
"There's more to sparking a change than trolling on social media," she wrote. "World issues shouldn't be used as a poor excuse to promote fan battles... Make sure you do something to let YOUR government know how you feel when something is unjust., not JUST your followers on twitter... Make sure you sign petitions, hit the streets and protest or donate to groups helping to support and rebuild the community too."
In her post the rapper accused Banks of using her to get publicity.
Azalea added, "Also try not to judge another's support or 'lack thereof' solely on if they have ranted on twitter about it, that's not right or helpful. The world is too hung up on what is or isn't said on twitter. There's an actual world out there and multiple ways you can promote change. Be mad but be productive, please! Night twitter kids. Peace be with you. xoxo."
