Whether or not it’s Megan Thee Stallion vs. Nicki Minaj, Drake and J. Cole v. Kendrick Lamar and Future, or the Metropolis Women preventing one another, 2024 is filling up with rap beefs. The 2 newest rap stars to leap within the ring are “What It Is” hitmaker Doechii and “212” emcee Azealia Banks, who jumped within the former’s Instagram remark part to throw some shade on Tuesday evening (April 9).
It began when Doechii shared just a few flicks from an artsy photoshoot on the social media platform Saturday (April 6). In her caption, she mused, “Okay y’all… what ought to our fandom title be?”
In response to Doechii’s query to her followers, Banks replied, “Undoubtedly ought to name them the ‘wannabe’s,’” insinuating that Doechii and her supporters are mere facsimiles of herself and her fandom.
Doechii rapidly clapped again, commenting, “@azealiabanksforever the primary time you got here for me I let it slide outta respect for my elders. It’s not my fault you sellin bussy cleaning soap and I’m sellin platinum data. Depart me alone PLEASE.”
The RIAA bestowed a platinum certification on “What It Is” in February. Banks, compared, doesn’t have a single or album licensed by the RIAA.
Banks has but to answer Doechii’s jab, however that’s probably not too excessive on her precedence listing given her latest tussles with different high-profile artists. On Sunday (April 7), she shared an Instagram submit during which she wrote that “Tyler, the Creator and Lil Nas X ought to recover from their obsession with broke white b—y and turn out to be an influence couple.” Two weeks prior on March 20, she dragged Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter album cowl and title, solely to later slam Lily Allen for speaking down on Queen Bey’s nation pivot.
Doechii, for her half, is having fun with the discharge of her newest single — the house-inflected “Alter Ego” — which options fellow Florida native JT of Metropolis Women.
Since signing with Capitol Data and High Dawg Leisure in 2022, Doechii has loved a few of her largest industrial success but, together with a high 40 Billboard Sizzling 100 hit with the Kodak Black-assisted “What It Is” and a collaboration with Billboard 200-topping celebrity SZA (“Persuasive”).
