Azealia Banks

Azealia Amanda Banks born May 31 1991 is an American rapper singer songwriter and actress Raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City she began releasing music through Myspace in 2008 before being signed to XL Recordings at age 18 In 2011 her debut single 212 went viral and entered several international charts Banks subsequently signed with Interscope and Polydor Records before later separating in July 2013 Banks ultimately became an independent artist and started her own independent record label Chaos Glory Recordings after multiple negative experiences with previous labels In December 2017 Banks had her film debut in the musical drama Love Beats Rhymes portraying the lead character