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Azealia Banks Sees Sales Rise in Wake of F Word Controversy

Azealia Banks Sees Sales Rise in Wake of F Word Controversy

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The bisexual rapper's dissing of Angel Haze and Perez Hilton didn't hurt, and may have helped, her music sales.

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Bisexual rapper Azealia Banks's feud with fellow performer Angel Haze and gay blogger Perez Hilton, who Banks called "a messy faggot" on Twitter, hasn't hurt her music sales.

Banks's EP 1991 posted an 18% gain in sales last week, with nearly 1,000 copies sold, Billboard reports. Her single "212" was downloaded 3,000 times in the same period, a 3% gain over the previous week. Haze also saw a rise in sales, but all her titles combined sold less than 1,000 copies.

Banks backtracked on her use of the slur toward Hilton, but that didn't satisfy some observers, including GLAAD and gay Scissor Sisters front man Jake Shears.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.