American Musician Azealia Banks Accused Of Racism Towards BLACKPINK’s Lisa

Netizens have accused controversial American musician Azealia Banks of racism against BLACKPINK’s Lisa.

Azealia Banks | Instagram

BLACKPINK’s Lisa | RCA

Azaelia Banks is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter who has been active in the industry for many years. While she has collected accolades and is undoubtedly talented, Banks’ controversial statements and behaviors have often overshadowed her work.

She has been called out for what many describe as homophobic and transphobic language in the past, once even believed to have made a reference to BTS’s Jungkook in a viral tirade.

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This time, however, she’s attracted attention for a remark involving Lisa.

Lisa recently released her solo album, Alter Ego, and it is currently a hot topic.

On March 1, Banks replied to a fan asking if she had any thoughts about Lisa’s album, saying she didn’t listen to K-Pop.

I don’t listen to kpop https://t.co/nzd25MvqyO

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) March 1, 2025

While listening to K-Pop is a preference and personal choice, some have taken offense to her reasoning for not listening to Lisa specifically.

Lisa’s recently released solo work and album are in English, and the idol herself is not Korean, but Thai.

These facts have led fans to accuse Banks of racism for not correcting her initial statement. Banks later made a series of tweets making the valid complaint against fashion houses not including enough Hip-Hop artists in their celebrity attendees, but unnecessarily mentioned K-Pop idols’ attendance, showing her perception of the genre’s artists.

Sidebar: how the fuck are all these garbage k-pop stars getting all this love from notoriously racist European fashion houses before the plethora of hiphop artists who have been showing love, driving their sales and immortalizing them in song for the last three decades?

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) March 1, 2025

Many called her over her response to being asked about Lisa.

Thats racist xddd
Shes not korean
The album is fully in english
And is not Kpop but well.. https://t.co/ZR5IraLtXQ

— Chill Baby (@jamesouterspace) March 1, 2025

This is just racism and idgaf https://t.co/Xe8ESZOG9t

— WavesKordei (@MsWaveskordei) March 1, 2025

lisa's thai and her whole album is in English with Spanish too….yall are just xenophobic https://t.co/VgAiG7birK

— mooksoo (@rojejilisa) March 1, 2025

its a fully english album made by a Thai woman https://t.co/pF8XHtcXS1

— luna 🌙 (@lovesickari_) March 1, 2025

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