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"Azealia Banks has said that she appeals to listeners who &amp;quot;enjoy being bad&amp;quot;.  The &amp;#039;Liquorice&amp;#039; rapper admitted that she often feels misunderstood by the hip-hop industry and relies on her fans to see her for who she truly is.   &amp;quot;I think my true, hardcore fans are people who enjoy being bad. People who enjoy drinking and smoking, but wanna get it together and just don&amp;#039;t know how,&amp;quot; Banks explained in an interview with Vibe. &amp;quot;When you really listen to my music you hear a girl who&amp;#039;s going through the motions. She&amp;#039;s experiencing men, having money, not having money, people who are trying to tell her she&amp;#039;s not cute, people telling her she can&amp;#039;t rap, she can&amp;#039;t dance\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 She&amp;#039;s really dealing with life.&amp;quot; Banks continued: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not some little light-skinned bitch out here. It&amp;#039;s a young black girl doing this for herself, by herself. Y&amp;#039;all can&amp;#039;t keep trying to pin me up against the wall. Hip-hop has to help me not let this slip through my hands.&amp;quot; The 20-year-old recently revealed that she turned down an opportunity to open for Nicki Minaj on her Pink Friday tour. Watch Azealia Banks&amp;#039; video for &amp;#039;Liquorice&amp;#039; below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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