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Azealia Banks
Blazing onto the scene with the electro-rap hit '212', Azealia Banks combined
endless amounts of swagger and attitude with thumping house beats and razor
sharp hip-hop barbs and was quickly championed as one of the most creative,
controversial female MCs to emerge in years. Born in Harlem, New York she
originally had dreams of starring in Disney musicals and studied drama at
LaGuardia Performing Arts School in Manhattan, but began making up rhymes whilst
she was dating a rapper and started posting tracks to MySpace when she was 17.
Coming to the attention of producer Diplo, she l...
