Rapper’s provocative podcast comments calling Nigerian food “salty rice” and dismissing pidgin spark online fury.
American rapper Azealia Banks has ignited a fierce and widespread backlash following a string of inflammatory comments targeting Afrobeats, Nigerian culture, and Grammy-winning singer Rema during a recent podcast appearance.
Her remarks have rapidly become a dominant topic of conversation online, drawing passionate responses from fans, artists, and cultural observers across the globe.
On the podcast, Banks expressed blunt disdain, stating, “I don’t want to listen to someone singing in pidgin; I’d rather listen to someone sing in patois. I don’t like Afrobeats. Nigerians have no culture, they’re eating salty rice, and who even cooks with palm oil? I don’t like Rema; he’s a skinny little boy.”
The comments, particularly those dismissing staple ingredients and a widely spoken dialect, have been widely condemned as culturally insensitive and ignorant. Social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram are flooded with users expressing outrage, with many Nigerians and Afrobeats fans highlighting the genre’s global influence and the rich diversity of their culture in response.
While a small number have defended Banks’s right to her opinion, the overwhelming reaction has been one of pushback, with Rema’s supporters and cultural advocates celebrating the very aspects of Nigerian music and heritage that Banks sought to diminish. The incident has transformed into a broader conversation about respect, cultural appreciation, and the explosive global rise of Afrobeats that her criticism seems to have overlooked.
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