Azealia Banks hits out at Doechii: “It’s giving DEI hire”

nme.com:

Azealia Banks has launched a scathing attack on Doechii, saying that her success is “giving DEI hire”.The New York rapper and singer shared her thoughts on the rising artist and BBC Sound Of 2025 nominee in a post on X/Twitter last week (January 2).

Banks was responding to a follower who had hailed Doechii as “one of the hardest rappers out there” currently.“Absolutely not.

Lmao. She got def jam poetry slam newyorican cafe music/TDE writing camp shit. It’s giving DEI [Diversity, equity and inclusion] hire,” she wrote. “Everybody has convinced themselves she’s good because she’s dark-skinned and if u tell the truth and admit she’s boring – ur automatically colourist or whatever.”Banks went on to criticise Doechii’s fashion sense, saying that “she looks horrible in them outfits, the hyperpigmentation around her coochie and butt is SO CRUNCHY but she loooove showing it lmao”.She continued, explaining that she believed that the Dallas rapper Asian Doll should be receiving the hype Doechii has been enjoying of late: “Honestly all [these] sympathy accolades she’s getting could have gone to ASIAN DOLL.“Asian Doll is dark-skinned and gorgeous and her music is fire and Asian been hot for a MINUTE.

The girls don’t wanna give her her 10’s cause they’re all jealous of her she’s fucking FAB.”Absolutely not. Lmao. She got def jam poetry slam newyorican cafe music/TDE writing camp shit.