Azealia Banks in ELLE

'?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.'

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

'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.'