Rap rabble-rouser Azealia Banks asked forgiveness from the LGBT community on Friday (June 10), owning up to the hurt her words have caused many and vowing to never again use the word fa**ot. The bisexual 25-year-old delivered the apology in a lengthy Facebook post that was generally well-received as it approached 1,000 comments and shares.
"The amount of people that get hurt when i use the word vs. the amount of people I've said it to are just not worth it," Azealia said in opening up on the f-word. She would eventually close her letter touching on fear as to how her abuse of derogatory language and attacks might continue to cost her, stating: "I love to please and inspire others with my music and art the most, More than i love anything in the world. To lose out on a chance to make people feel good and smile and be happy would be the dumbest thing i could do in this lifetime."
2016 has been a war torn year for the 212 artist, with her slamming everyone from Beyonce, Rihanna and Iggy Azalea, and having provoked tiffs with Wale and Sarah Palin of all people. The meltdowns have threatened her livelihood, with Palin promising to bring a defamation lawsuit against her and her more recent projections of bigotry at Zayn Malik leading her to be axed from a UK music festival, and then banned from Twitter. Many felt she reached a low point when she got into a spat with 14-year-old Disney star Skai Jackson. But her attacks against such LGBT allies as DeRay McKesson exposed a bitterness that she addresses in her message, as being deep-seeded. As McKesson continued to refrain from escalating into hostile territory while checking Banks on her use of the word (in April), she got increasingly rigid in her defense of it.
"By using those words i paint a picture of myself that isn't the true me. I paint the picture of my upbringings, my neighborhood, my pain, and my misfortunes... I paint the picture of someone who is used to suppressing things, and being defensive. I paint the picture of someone who cannot allow themselves to be vulnerable or at the very least, Happy," wrote Banks.
Source: perezhilton.com
