Azealia Banks went on one among her notorious Twitter (X) sprees this week, ranting and raving about Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s beef, Drake’s lawsuit towards Common Music Group and JAY-Z’s involvement with the Nationwide Soccer League (NFL).
Whereas Banks raised some attention-grabbing factors, she was fallacious when she talked about there being zero proof Drake has a questionable choice for younger ladies.
“If there have been precise proof of that, Drake could be being investigated and if Kendrick had proof of that , as the daddy and black messiah he’s making an attempt so desperately to painting himself as – he ought to’ve went to the police. It’s utterly inappropriate to make a joke regarded any situations of sexual abuse towards youngsters as a result of it’s not a f###### laughing matter
Properly, the truth that all the remainder of the so referred to as gangsta n##### who’ve been f##### by the business in each gap and tossed off a bridge would by no means have the monetary assets, leverage or balls to sue UMG for concern of being killed, however haven’t any downside killing each other.… https://t.co/WIq6a1huwm
— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) February 18, 2025
Banks is 100% proper about pedophilia being nothing to joke about, however when Kendrick Lamar rapped, “Licensed Lover Boy/Licensed pedophile” in “Not Like Us,” it was considerably based mostly on Drake’s monitor document—albeit a bit exaggerated. Lest anybody overlook that Drake—now 38—frequently texted underage women, together with Billie Eilish, Bella Harris and Millie Bobby Brown.
On the time Drake was texting Brown, she was 14 and he was 33. Throughout a 2018 interview with Entry Hollywood, she gushed, “I like him. I met him in Australia and he’s actually so incredible and an incredible pal and an incredible function mannequin. we textual content – we simply texted one another the opposite day and he was like ‘I miss you a lot’ and I used to be like ‘I miss you extra.’ He’s coming to Atlanta, so I’m undoubtedly gonna go and see him and I’m so excited.”
Not solely did Brown dismiss any negativity surrounding their friendship, however Drake additionally addressed the controversy within the music “One other Late Evening,” rapping, “Weirdos in my feedback talkin’ ’bout some Millie Bobby, look. Carry them jokes as much as the gang, we get to actually flockin’.”
Eilish, in the meantime, was simply 17 in 2019 when she started a texting relationship with Drake, then 34. Eilish defended their communication in an interview with Vogue, saying, “A grown man can’t be a fan of an artist? There are such a lot of those that the web must be extra apprehensive about. Like, you’re actually going to say that Drake is creepy as a result of he’s a fan of mine, and then you definately’re going to go vote for Trump? What the f### is that s###?”
As for Harris, who’s the daughter of producer Jimmy Jam, she was 18 when she was hanging out with 31-year-old Drake. They have been allegedly noticed having a non-public dinner collectively in Washington, D.C. in 2018, however she denied it. Nonetheless, two weeks prior, she had shared a photograph of herself backstage at Madison Sq. Backyard, the place Drake was performing and wrote, “No place I’d fairly be,” including gasoline to the fireplace.
Regardless of the case, it does seem to be Drake “likes ’em younger,” as Kendrick instructed. It’s additionally not onerous to make a case that Drake is extraordinarily misogynistic—all it’s important to do is take heed to his lyrics. Possibly the very fact he additionally had a toddler with a former p### star paints a good brighter image of the sort of man he’s.
In his protection, Drake straight tackled Kendrick’s accusations in “The Coronary heart Half 6” and claimed Okay. Dot was fed false info by pretend informants.
“Those that you just’re getting your tales from, they’re all clowns,” Drake rapped. “We plotted for per week after which we fed you the knowledge/A daughter that’s 11 years previous, I wager he takes it.”
He then angrily denied the allegations of underage intercourse, saying: “Drake shouldn’t be a reputation that you just gonn’ see on no intercourse offender record, straightforward does it/You mentioning A minor … B sharp and inform the followers: Who was it?/I by no means been with no-one underage … Only for readability, I really feel disgusted, I’m too revered.” If the allegations have been true, he added, “I promise I’d have been arrested.”
What do you assume? Is Banks proper or did she conveniently overlook about Drake’s historical past?
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