Azealia Banks

Azealia Banks is one of those artists I can't look away from, for better and worse. "212" was a genuine cultural lightning strike, sharp and exhilarating enough to land on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs list, and it announced a Harlem talent with real range across rapping, singing and production. What complicates my admiration is the controversy: her outspoken social media presence has generated as much headline space as her music. I find that tension genuinely interesting, because the same fearlessness that fuels her best work also drives the friction. Talent this distinctive, paired with this much volatility, is rare and impossible to ignore.

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Name (English)

Azealia Banks

Name (Japanese)

アゼリア・バンクス

Reading

あぜりあ・ばんくす

Born

May 31, 1991 (age 35)

Origin

New York, United States

Occupation

rapper / singer / songwriter / actor / record producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

High school

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/azealiabanks/
• Xhttps://x.com/azealiabanks
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azealia%20Banks
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271385

Tags

• New York
• rapper
• singer
• songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.