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Azealia Banks tweets explanation after aiming racial slurs at Zayn Malik

Banks took objection to Malik's new "Like I Would" video.

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Rapper Azealia Banks has aimed racial slurs towards former One Direction member Zayn Malik in a rant following her accusations that he plagiarised her in his new music video.

The disagreement began when Banks, 24, took objection to 23-year-old Malik's new "Like I Would" video, which was released on Tuesday.

She posted a picture to Instagram, pointing out the alleged similarities to her previous videos and style choices, reported NME magazine.

 

A photo posted by Azealia Banks (@azealiabanks) on

"Damn Zayn be mood boarding the ... of out me," she wrote, adding, "I'm not mad about this though. Zayn is a cutie pie".

Malik later seemed to address Banks' criticism, writing: "No lies... I see you reaching but I don't care".

In response to Malik's tweets, Banks embarked on a Twitter tirade in which she made many racial and homophobic slurs aimed at the British-Pakistani singer.

She called Malik a "hairy curry scented..." "dude, I make better music than you. Simmer down with that fake white boy rebellion and that wannabe beiber swag," Banks further wrote.
"@zaynmalik imma start calling you punjab you dirty..." 

To which Malik responded with,

After a lot of outrage on Twitter and calls to have her account removed, Banks deleted her tweets and wrote an explanation-


With PTI inputs. 

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