Rapper Azealia Banks has vowed to “never ever ever” visit Israel again after she reportedly encountered racism and poor treatment while visiting the country for a performance in Tel Aviv on Monday.
In a series of tweets about her displeasure, Banks claimed she was treated unfairly on account of her skin color and accused a rabbi seated next to her on the plane of soliciting her for sex. But her complaints didn’t stop there. The rapper, known for her provocative comments and erratic behavior, proceeded to gripe about the horrible trip, detailing her experience on the plane and at the busy airport.
“How much y’all wanna bet these racists at the airline lost my bag on purpose???,” she tweeted. ” … Why are these people like this? I don’t understand — the amount of times I’ve been purposefully coughed on, stepped on, cut in line is toooo much.”
“I need a strong drink,” she added.
Banks opined that security took “extra long” to check her bags “clearly because she was Black,” and claimed she got strange looks from people whenever she walked inside of a restaurant or a grocery store.
Anytime I walked into a restaurant the people seemed annoyed that I wanted to eat. The people at the grocery store asked me what I was doing there… pretended they didn’t speak English when I asked for help.h&
— CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 8, 2018
Her rant raged on from there and included details of her encounter with the rabbi who taught her some numerology and allegedly “asked if I’d have sex with him for money.” Banks then claimed some “old Jewish lady” berated her in front of the whole plane for trying to put her carry-on bag where the woman’s bag was.
On my flight back I sat next to a rabbi who taught me some numerology then asked if I’d have sex with him for money .. “away from the community”.. it was kind of kinky but I politefully declined.
— CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 8, 2018
No some old Jewish lady on my el al flight screamed at me in front of the whole plane for trying to put my bag where hers was. It was so racist I sat in my seat and cried
— CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 8, 2018
“It was so racist, I sat in my seat and cried,” she wrote.
The experience was horrid enough for Banks to vow to never return to the largely Jewish nation.
I will never ever ever ever ever go to Israel again. I love my fans but y’all gonna have to fly out to come see me because y’all country is nuts
— CHEAPY XO (@cheapyxo) May 8, 2018
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