Azealia Banks Talks 'Fat White Americans,' Kanye West And Race In Playboy Interview

Azealia Banks Talks 'Fat White Americans,' Kanye West And Race In Playboy Interview
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Azealia Banks did not hold back during her interview with Playboy for the magazine's April 2015 issue, discussing topics like pervasive racism, her sex life and even Kanye West.

The 23-year-old Harlem native, known for her no-holds-barred tweets, began her career sharing songs on Myspace and emailing producers for beats. In November, she released her debut studio album, "Broke with Expensive Taste." Rolling Stone's Suzy Exposito said it "might be the year's boldest release." Now, Banks is on the cover of Playboy's latest issue alongside the headline: "Azealia Banks: Hip-Hop's Fierce Queen Is Ready To Roar."

Here are some things we learned about the rapper:

"Jay Z. That’s the only person I have my eye set on. The race thing always comes up, but I want to get there being very black and proud and boisterous about it. You get what I mean? A lot of times when you’re a black woman and you’re proud, that’s why people don’t like you. In American society, the game is to be a nonthreatening black person. That’s why you have Pharrell or Kendrick Lamar saying, 'How can we expect people to respect us if we don’t respect ourselves?' He’s playing that nonthreatening black man shit, and that gets all the white soccer moms going, 'We love him.' Even Kanye West plays a little bit of that game—'Please accept me, white world.' Jay Z hasn’t played any of those games, and that’s what I like."

"It’s always about race. Lorde can run her mouth and talk shit about all these other bitches, but y’all aren’t saying she’s angry. If I have something to say, I get pushed into the corner."

"I hate everything about this country. Like, I hate fat white Americans. All the people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on their farms. Those little teenage girls who work at Kmart and have a racist grandma—that’s really America."

"I get upset when people are like, 'Why don’t you just make music?' What would happen if I couldn’t sing? Then I’d just be another black bitch to y’all. It’s really [f***ing] annoying. Black people need reparations for building this country, and we deserve way more [f***ing] credit and respect."

"I don’t understand how someone could be an atheist. Think about God as software, right? If you were to look at God’s face, your head would explode. Because your head is a calculator, and the amount of information that would be embedded in his face would fit only on a Google-size data center. Your head cannot handle that much information. Stop looking for God."

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 19: Azealia Banks performs on stage at Brixton Academy on September 19, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Christie Goodwin/Redferns via Getty Images) (credit:Christie Goodwin via Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 26: American singer Azealia Banks performs live during a concert at the Huxleys on September 26, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns via Getty Images) (credit:Frank Hoensch via Getty Images)
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U.S rapper Azealia Banks performs on the main stage at Wireless festival in Finsbury Park, north London, Saturday, July 5, 2014. The first festival took place in June 2005 and was staged in Hyde Park. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP /Invision/AP)
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Azealia Banks performs at DETAILS @ Midnight LA with Azealia Banks on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision for DETAILS Magazine/AP Images) (credit:John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 26: American singer Azealia Banks performs live during a concert at the Huxleys on September 26, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns via Getty Images) (credit:Frank Hoensch via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 22: Azealia Banks performs at Le Bataclan on September 22, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Wolff - Patrick/Redferns via Getty Images) (credit:David Wolff - Patrick via Getty Images)
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Azealia Bank arrives for the GQ Men of the Year Awards at a central London venue, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rapper Azealia Banks performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rapper Azealia Banks performs during the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 24: Azealia Banks leaving the Juicy Couture store on Regents Street EXCLUSIVE CONTENT on July 24, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Mark Robert Milan/GC Images) (credit:Mark Robert Milan via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 23: Azealia Banks attends the French Connection #NeverMissATrick launch party at the Oxford Street Store on July 23, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for French Connection) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)