AZEALIA BANKS

Azealia Amanda Banks (born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Her debut single '212' became a notable song of the 2010s and was included on Rolling Stone's list of the '500 Greatest Songs of All Time' in 2021. Banks was raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. She began releasing music via Myspace in 2008 and was signed to XL Recordings at age 18. She later signed with Interscope and Polydor Records before parting ways with them in 2013. Banks became an independent artist and established her own record label, Chaos & Glory Recordings. She subsequently signed to Parlophone and Warner Records before leaving her label in 2023. Her discography includes three mixtapes—'Fantasea' (2012), 'Slay-Z' (2016), and 'Yung Rapunxel Pt.II' (2019)—a studio album, 'Broke with Expensive Taste' (2014), and two extended plays, '1991' (2012) and 'Icy Colors Change' (2018). In 2017, Banks made her film debut in the musical drama 'Love Beats Rhymes,' portraying the lead character.