Azealia Banks is a rapper who doesn’t like being pressured by the anti-Israel bully-boys running music festivals in Great Britain to denounce Israel and join the chorus of those who want to destroy it. She’s just given the world a piece of her mind. It’s worth reading, here: “Rapper pulls out of music festivals alleging they wanted her to make ‘free Palestine’ statements onstage,” by Gabriel Hays, Fox News, June 28, 2025:
Musician Azealia Banks said on Wednesday she canceled her performances at two upcoming U.K. festivals because they asked her to make anti-Israel statements on stage.
The rapper and singer took to X earlier this week to announce that she was pulling out of the Maiden Voyage Festival in London, as well as the Boomtown Festival in Hampshire. She alleged that event promoters said she needed to push pro-Palestinian slogans during her performances.
“So guys, I am cancelling Boomtown and Maiden Voyage, the promoters have been stressing me out for weeks trying to force me to say free Palestine and threatening to cut me from the bill because I won’t say free Palestine and I’m not dealing with the threats and I’m not putting on a f—— hijab,” she wrote.
The “Luxury” singer’s lengthy post continued. She alleged that both events threatened to cut her acts if she didn’t comply with the requests, and noted that she went ahead and pulled out first because she didn’t agree with the demands.
“They’re both basically trying to extort me – by insinuating that I need to say I support Palestine or they will drop me from the gig BUT I would much rather drop them and not associate with anything that has cheap group think b——- attached to it.”
Still, Banks wasn’t finished.
She continued, “If they want to allow some no-name DJs to bully them into desecrating the nature of this music ecosystem and make ME the issue – whilst there being absolutely no ethical consumption under capitalism. Then that’s fine.”
“More thinly veiled racism and overt antisemitism from the f—— gays for Hamas.”…
Contrast Banks’ courage to the shallow conformism of “Bob Vylan,” who screamed “free Palestine, free Palestine” to a raucous, sickeningly cheering crowd at the Glastonbury Music Festival. That chant, for those who may still not know, is a call for Israel to disappear and to be replaced by a 23rd Arab state. Or Kanye West, who up until recently was urgent about publicly proclaiming his allegiance to Adolf Hitler. He wore swastikas. He denounced Jews. He kept praising Hitler, he proclaimed “Heil Hitler” and hoped that would make him a sensation on social media. Or Carlos O’Connell, who took the occasion of his Irish band’s being given an award for “Best Album” at the Rolling Stone UIKAwards on November 1 to denounce the embattled and much-maligned Jewish Israel. Or Roger Waters, the stark raving mad antisemite who likes to wear a Nazi uniform, keep tethered above the stage when he performs an inflatable pig with an embossed Star of David on its side, and has made plans to throw out swastika-shaped confetti to his fans.
In contrast to them and to so many others like them, Azealia Banks actually has integrity. Brava.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’m not into rap, but good for her!
somehistory says
Neither am I, but yes, good for her.
Kepha says
+1
Desh says
Roger Waters was throwing out confetti shaped like Hitler’s Hakenkrutz. Please do not refer to Nazi hateful Hakenkrutz symbols as Swastikas.
Swastikas are 4000 year old symbols of peace for the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist communities, who have zero Nazi history. These communities empathise with Israel and the Jewish community.
gravenimage says
Desh, the Swastika is foind all over the world–Byzantine churches, Native American rck carvings–its use in Hindu, Buddhis, and Sikh communities–and in Teutonic mythology and by the Nazis–are just part of it.
Few associate the ugly Nazi symbol with Eastern religions–and no one even slightly knowledgeable does this.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I agree w/ Desh above. Swastikas have been in use for millennia by all the groups you list above (not including the Nazis), but the term “Swastika” is just used for the Hindu symbols – ࿕, ࿖, ࿗, ࿘. I use the latter 2 in my above name to eliminate any such confusion or any perception that I may be a closet Nazi, outside maybe the lurid imagination of deranged Leftists
Either call the Nazi symbol “Hakenkreuz” as they did, or if that’s too German for one, call it the “hooked cross” like the Canadians do (that’s one thing they got right). (Although I don’t get how a German word is more alien to English than a Sanskrit word)
JS says
Swastikas were given a horrific name by Hitler. Jews are still horrified by such images and they do not need to be Holocaust survivors. It’s too soon now matter what kind of alliance you say you have with the Jewish communities!
If you had any empathy you’d leave it alone. Where were the Hindus while Hitler was marching and killing with his symbol?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
As British colonial subjects, they were fighting in the war. Yeah, there was a small faction called the INA that gathered in Japan for the purpose of invading India and liberating it from the Brits, but even they weren’t antisemitic. As for the main British Indian army, their soldiers saw action in several war theaters
Bret says
Are Jews still horrified by swatzikas as maybe blacks are of cotton balls.?? Do they run into the basement and hide when they see one??
Heidi says
God point. People aren’t aware of the archaeological significance of this ancient symbol. The Nazis stole it and turned it around.
Wellington says
She has more balls than Vylan (Villain?).
John Smith says
Definitely Wellington, and she is without doubt on the right side of history. The Hamas supporters of today are exactly the same as the Nazi supporters of the past, and Bob Vylan is just one of them. They have taken the side of evil.
Wellington says
God help the UK, John Smith. The politicians and others in charge sure aren’t.
Big Dude says
Gd bless her
England Invaded says
You go girl.
Tony says
A strong-willed woman stands her ground from discriminatory Islam and its Muslims as well as Leftists. Leftists and Islam’s Muslims are diabolical supremacists that are against Israel, America, and ALL Non-Muslims to help gain ultimate totalitarian power and control. Allah teaches and promotes terrorism, hatred, and violence by Muslims against Jews and Christians because infidelity, unbelief, and blasphemy are a CRIME AGAINST ALLAH(Quran 9:29; 60:4; 98:6-7; and more). Allah in Quran 5:51 says, “O you who have believed[Muslims], DO NOT TAKE the Jews and the Nasara(Christians) as friends. They are friends to one another. And whoever among you takes them as friends, so surely he is of them. Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.” See also Quran 2:63-65; 3:115; 4:144; 5:59-60, 82; 7:166. Further, Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…”
Larry says
Finally a normal person!!! Or a true angel!!! God bless her!!!
Tim gallagher says
Good for her for having courage and integrity. I wonder whether she will ostracised by the fascist leftist scum for daring to step out of line, bunch of bullying shitheads that they are.
OLD GUY says
Tim she will probably pay a price for stepping out of line for what is right.
gravenimage says
Azealia Banks Gives the World a Piece of Her Mind
Azealia Banks is a rapper who doesn’t like being pressured by the anti-Israel bully-boys running music festivals in Great Britain to denounce Israel and join the chorus of those who want to destroy it.
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Kudos to Azealia Banks!
dumbledoresarmy says
Imagine if she created a rap in SUPPORT – celebration – of the beautiful Davids of the IDF and those amazing IDF and Yankee pilots who flew thousands of km into Iran to annihilate its wannabe death factory (its nuke project). Someone needs to sing/ chant/ rap about that!
Go gal! Get out a tamborine and shake, shake, shake!!
gravenimage says
+1
Lady of the lake says
Banks and Sharon Osbourne need to get together and put on some shows.. I was really enjoying the story until the author decided to dumb it down with mention of good old bob vylan and friends.
Is it too infashionable to write about some of the other pro common-sense artists instead of always trotting out the usual tired depictions of the shameless West, Waters, et al clowners?
James Lincoln says
Rap music is not my cup of tea, but I certainly admire Azealia Banks for taking a stand against anti-Semitism.
She’ll suffer a short-term financial loss, but in the long run she may end up WAY ahead.
tgusa says
“Azealia Banks Gives the World a Piece of Her Mind”
Here is a girl who refuses to put up with the red/green BS. As is said, you go girl. More and more these days we see American women standing up against the leftist BS. Those women know that doing that comes with a risk. But most real American men have your backs so keep pushing. Feel free to go as far as you want in this fight for what is right and just because mostly we are just sitting back watching.