Azealia Banks has claimed the word ‘f*****’ isn’t homophobic (Picture: Rex)

Azealia Banks has claimed she uses the homophobic slur ‘f*****’ in a ‘feminist’ way.

The 28-year-old was asked why she keeps using the word, during a radio interview on Sirius XM.

She replied: ‘When I use the word ‘f*****’ it comes from a feminist point of view, not a homophobic point of view.’

Radio host Xorje Olivares then asked the 212 rapper, who is bisexual, to define the slur.


‘The word ‘f*****’ came to me from my mother. And it was never a thing about a guy being gay. It was always just a man who hates women,’ Azealia said.

She claimed the term is not homophobic (Picture: Getty)

‘You can be gay or straight. You can be a straight f*****… F*****s are men who want to bring women down, f*** with their heads, control them.’



Banks, who recently targeted Lizzo for ‘exploiting black female bodies’, added: ‘You called me a b****, I’ll call you a f*****. What’s the difference?’

The New York native said she doesn’t believe she’s being homophobic.

She said: ‘To be homophobic would imply that I’m, like, “I can’t sit next to a gay man because Imma catch the gay, but I already caught the gay.’

She previously targeted Lizzo for ‘exploiting black female bodies’ (Picture: Burak Cingi/Redferns)

Banks, who recently called Irish people ‘leprechauns’ in a shocking rant, then alleged that she notices a bias in the white gay male community.

‘I definitely think a lot of the time with the “white gay media” – especially with female artists – in order for you to seem successful or seem feminine you have to desire their approval,’ she said.

‘I feel like a lot of times gay men can be way more misogynistic than even straight men. Even how they come to you picking at your hair, telling you you’re fat, telling you all this other s***.

‘Telling you how to be a woman. What the f*** do you know about being a woman?’

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