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Azealia Banks Angers Australia by Calling Crowds ‘Belligerent’

Azealia Banks performs for fans during Splendour in the Grass on July 25, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia
Azealia Banks performs for fans during Splendour in the Grass on July 25, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia

*New York rapper Azealia Banks says she’s had it with playing in Australia, condemning the audiences as belligerent.

The Aussie-bashing follows her feud with white Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, whom Banks accused of cultural exploitation by affecting an African American accent.

Banks performed Saturday at Splendour in the Grass, an annual festival in the Australian winter held in the eastern beach town of Byron Bay.

Banks didn’t think it was cute when an Australian radio host, Paul “Browny” Brown, sarcastically congratulated her for completing a full performance in the country. In 2013, the rapper walked off stage at a Melbourne festival when she was hit by a can of beer.

“You guys are terrible crowds to play for. You’re violent and belligerent and I simply will not put my safety at risk,” Banks wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

“I would’ve walked off stage had someone thrown something,” she wrote. “Plus you guys are too far away and honestly, the show guarantees are never really worth the trip.”

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