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11 May 16

Azealia Banks launches online attack on Zayn Malik

Azealia Banks has unleashed a tirade of abuse on former One Direction singer Zayn Malik.

Gritty rapper Azealia Banks has been tweeting racial slurs at ex 1D star Zayn Malik.
No stranger to a rage fuelled rant, Banks tweeted that Malik had plaigarised her work after he released the video for new single ‘Like I Would’ yesterday.

Damn Zayn be mood boarding the fuck of out me ? https://t.co/TNnhvBYv0x

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

The former 1D star took to Twitter himself in an apparent reply.

No lies ... I see you reaching but I don't care ?✌?️

— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 10, 2016

My @'s too good for you

— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 10, 2016

What followed was an onslaught of homophobic and racist tweets insulting the pop singer.

Do you understand that you are a sand nigger who emulates white boys' renditions of black male hood? https://t.co/fNAk8XI1dg

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 11, 2016

oh look at the house nigger, caping for both of his white masters. HAHAHAHAHAHHA https://t.co/Dh3uhMjEtM

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 11, 2016

LOL @ZAYNMALIK IS A FAGGOT

— BRUJA DEL BLOQUE (@AZEALIABANKS) May 10, 2016

Malik replied somewhat bemusedly by saying his offending tweets were not even aimed at the rapper.

@AZEALIABANKS why you been saying nasty things about me ? I wasn't talking about you lol ?

— zayn (@zaynmalik) May 11, 2016

Banks has generated plenty of heat on Twitter as a result of her slurs and she's even been dropped from has been dropped as headliner of London festival Born & Bred.