Banks talking of her departure from XL RecordingsĪfter leaving XL Recordings, Banks dropped the 'Miss Bank$' moniker and formally became Azealia Banks, which preceded a move to Montreal. I came here to cut some fucking records." I got turned off on the music industry and disappeared for a bit. I was like, "I didn't come here for a date. He wound up calling me "amateur" and the XL interns started talking shit about me. Richard was cool, but as soon as I didn't want to use his beats, it got real sour. Later that year, she signed a development deal with record label XL Recordings and began working with producer Richard Russell in London, leaving the label later that year due to conflicting ideas. Banks sent both tracks to American DJ Diplo. The recording was accompanied by the self-produced track "Seventeen", which sampled the Ladytron song of the same name. Under the moniker Miss Bank$, she released her debut recording, "Gimme a Chance", online on November 9, 2008. She never finished high school, instead choosing to follow her dream of becoming a recording artist. Because of this unfulfillment, she began writing rap and R&B songs as a creative outlet. At this point Banks decided to end her pursuit of an acting career, citing the stiff competition and overall sense of unfulfillment. At age 16, she starred in a production of the comedy-noir musical City of Angels, where she was found by an agent who sent her to auditions for TBS, Nickelodeon, and Law & Order, all without success. I remember once she threw out all the food in the fridge, just so we wouldn't have anything to eat." Due to escalating violence, Banks moved out of her mother's home at age 14 to live with her older sister.Īt a young age, Banks became interested in musical theater, dancing, acting, and singing. Like she would hit me and my sisters with baseball bats, bang our heads up against walls, and she would always tell me I was ugly. Following her father's death, Banks says that her mother "became really abusive-physically and verbally. Her single mother raised her and her two siblings in Harlem, after their father died of pancreatic cancer when she was two years old. Life and career Early life and career beginningsĪzealia Amanda Banks was born on May 31, 1991, in New York City's Manhattan borough she was the youngest of three. She has developed a reputation for having disputes with public figures on Twitter. politics and race, have attracted significant controversy, criticism, and media scrutiny. Throughout her career, Banks' social media presence and outspoken views, especially on U.S. In December 2017, Banks had her film debut in the musical drama Love Beats Rhymes, portraying the lead character. The lead singles from each respective album, "Anna Wintour" and "Black Madonna" were released in April 2018 and June 2020 respectively. Her long-delayed second and third studio albums, Fantasea II: The Second Wave and Business & Pleasure, await release. Banks ultimately became an independent artist and started her own independent record label, Chaos & Glory Recordings, after multiple negative experiences with previous labels.īanks has released three mixtapes ( Fantasea in 2012, Slay-Z in 2016, and Yung Rapunxel: Pt.II in 2019), one studio album ( Broke with Expensive Taste in 2014), and two extended plays ( 1991 in 2012 and Icy Colors Change in 2018). Banks subsequently signed with Interscope and Polydor Records before later separating in July 2013. In 2011, her debut single "212" went viral and entered several international charts. Raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, she began releasing music through Myspace in 2008 before being signed to XL Recordings at age 18. Azealia Amanda Banks ( / ə ˈ z iː l i ə/ ə- ZEE-lee-ə born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress.
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