Azealia Banks facts, Age, parents, siblings, husband, kids, net worth—
Azealia Banks is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Banks has several singles to her credit, including “212”, “Liquorice” and “Yung Rapunxel.”
She is the winner of several awards, including New Style Icon at the Billboard Awards in 2011 and Best Single at the 2012 Urban Music Awards.
Banks is well-known for an infamous online spat with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton that unfolded on Twitter when Hilton sided with Banks’ rival, Angel Haze, in a dispute between the two rappers. She has also publicly feuded with Elon Musk and his girlfriend Grimes.
How old is Azealia Banks and where was she born?
Azealia Amanda Banks was born on May 31, 1991, in New York City’s Manhattan borough. In 2023, she turns 32 years old.
Who are Azealia Banks’ parents and siblings?
Azealia Banks was raised by her single mother after her father passed away from pancreatic cancer when she was two years old.
The names of her parents are not publicly available, but they are referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Banks. She also has two siblings, sisters named Latwan Banks and Lakimba Banks.
Following her father’s death, Banks says that her mother “became really abusive—physically and verbally.
“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. 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.
Who are Azealia Banks’ husband and kids?
As of March 2024, Azealia Banks is not married and has no children.
She was previously engaged to American conceptual artist, programmer, and creative director Ryder Ripps, but they announced their split in March 2021.
What is Azealia Banks’ net worth?
Azealia Banks’ net worth is an estimated $2 million. This wealth has been amassed through her successful career in music.
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.
She subsequently signed with Interscope and Polydor Records before separating in 2013. Banks became an independent artist and started her own independent record label, Chaos & Glory Recordings. She later signed to Parlophone and Warner Records before quitting her label in 2023.
Banks’s song “212” has been listed as one of the best songs of 2011 and one of the defining songs of the decade by music publications, including Rolling Stone and Billboard.
She has released several mixtapes, an album, and EPs, all of which have received positive reviews from critics.
Banks also made her film debut in 2017. Her music draws on various genres, including house, rap, pop, electronic music, and avant-garde.
Throughout her career, Banks’s social media presence and outspoken views, especially on U.S. politics and race, as well as disputes with other artists, have attracted significant controversy.
Complex noted in 2014 that “she gets more attention for her public feuds than she does for her music”.
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