Wale Responds After Azealia Banks Says She Hates His Music Because He's 'African'

Azealia Banks let Wale have it after he posted a tweet about refusing to sell out.

Nigga the only hot song you ever made is “ridin in that black joint,”.

It’s no shade . But ur rap swag and delivery and persona got something off in a very generic type of way.

It’s highkey cause u African no shade.

U shoulda been African T-pain. https://t.co/VQTTK3SrF2

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) April 2, 2025

"I’m not sellin my soul," he tweeted. "I’m not playin them other games either .. ain’t no 'era' I ain’t never stopped…hope this helps with the nostalgia bait."

Banks responded to that tweet and dissed Wale, as well as his music.

"N*gga the only hot song you ever made is 'ridin in that black joint,'" she wrote. "It’s no shade. But ur rap swag and delivery and persona got something off in a very generic type of way. It’s highkey cause u African no shade. U shoulda been African T-pain."

Wale defended himself, but Banks just tore into him some more. You can see the rest of their exchange below. 

lol I agree wholeheartedly. @wale should be on them distruction boys beats. Some Gqom/midnight starring vibes. lol I swear Joanna should be a wale song. https://t.co/oqlwkrucIB

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) April 3, 2025

My favorite thing on this app is you tellin everybody what they should be doing...life is hard af and yet you find time to tell everybody everywhere all the time how to do things ... you are way too kind to us https://t.co/AbRob6mjcW

— Wale (@Wale) April 3, 2025

Says the guy with a period panty fetish…. I didn’t say it was your only hit, I honestly wouldn’t know what hits you have because you’ve never developed any sort of musical identity that was distinct enough for me to recognize. If someone played me something I’d probably just… https://t.co/KhY0sJiLuK

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) April 3, 2025

It’s like a diet curren$y flow / faux Ross storytelling mixed with generic hypebeast blog era “swag” raps. He could be Cise Starr good if he’d not write such generic “hustler,” “out the mud” forgettable bs. @wale you should def rap like Cise Starr and leave the maybach music… https://t.co/V85SL4fSYU

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) April 3, 2025

Do you agree with Banks that Wale's music is generic?