If the name Azealia Banks doesn’t ring any bells, you are not deaf and it’s okay — we’re all still trying to get to know this firecracker as each tweet goes by. In fact, there’s just no limit to how much a non-fan can dig up on this 21-year-old American rapper and singer. At the rate her music videos are amassing views (45.5 million for the track 212) and her online presence is causing chaos, we have become spectators of the controversy that is her life. But we’ve also become admirers of how hard she can go in her music, overall style, opinion — everything.
After Wednesday’s invite-only performance in Manila for ice cream bar Magnum, how ‘bout we look back at some select milestones that propelled Azealia Banks to what she is today?