Azealia Banks in ELLE

Musician Azealia Banks is never afraid to express an opinion, as you’ll see in the December issue.

The 22-year-old talks about Cara, Twitter spats and her famous potty mouth – it’s not to be missed.

Here are some extras from her ELLE interview…

On New York Living…

'?I live in Washing Heights where I get a lot of bang for my buck. My dollar goes a long way! I’ve got a huge four-bedroom apartment for the same price that I would pay to live in a box in SoHo. I live in a really thick Hispanic neighbourhood so I can play my music loud because they love their music. There’s no knocking on my door telling me to turn my music down.'

On her hair…

'I’m the weave queen. My real hair is an afro, a big afro. I never do anything that requires much maintenance.'

On remembering the words when she raps…

'It’s muscle memory, when you’ve done something over and over and over. When I’m writing stuff that’s really fast, I’ll speed the beat down to maybe 4 or 5 BPM, rap it at a different pace then speed it up.'

'He gave me some cute clothes and an iPad. I was like, ‘Uncle Karl!’ He’s really interesting. And the people around him are really nice.'

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