'I want to SINCERELY apologize': Azealia Banks promises fans she will never use the word 'F****T' again in long Facebook letter
Azealia Banks' Twitter account was recently deactivated after she dissed Zayn Malik with vile and offensive homophobic words.
The 25-year-old has changed her tune and posted a long apologetic letter to Facebook assuring fans she will no longer use that combative language.
Azealia promised to never use the word 'F****T' again while acknowledging that the hurt she's caused in the past because of it is 'just not worth it.'
Spreading the peace: Azealia Banks apologized to fans and promised to never use the word 'F****T' again along with other offensive language in a lengthy Facebook letter
'I want to SINCERELY apologize to my fans for having let so many of you down over the years,' Azealia wrote.
The rapper from Harlem, New York has frequently caused a stir with her use of LGBT and racial slurs and up until this point she has defended herself.
However, Azealia indicated that's all in the past.
'I love you guys so much': The 25-year-old rapper - whose Twitter account was recently deactivated after she made racial and homophobic slurs against Zayn Malik - stressed that she wants to make her fans proud
'Ok, i'm never saying the word F****T ever again,' wrote the rapper. 'The amount of people that get hurt when i use the word vs. the amount of people i've said it to are just not worth it.'
She went on to explain that 'its just me realizing that words hurt (sic).'
Azealia understands that not everyone has the thick skin of teflon that she has.
'While i may be immune to every word and be thicker skinned than most, it doesn't mean that i get to go around treating people with the same toughness that made my skin so thick...
Thick-skinned: Azealia understood that not everyone is as thick-skinned and slur-resistant as she is
Not the picture she wanted: The Harlem, NY-born rapper wrote, 'By using those words i paint a picture of myself that isn't the true me'
'Not fair to my fans, not fair to my peers but most importantly, Not fair to myself,' the singer wrote.
'By using those words i paint a picture of myself that isn't the true me. I paint the picture of my upbringings, my neighborhood, my pain, and my misfortunes... I paint the picture of someone who is used to suppressing things, and being defensive. I paint the picture of someone who cannot allow themselves to be vulnerable or at the very least, Happy....'
Azealia insisted that she's also 'sweet, kind, caring, generous,' and that she loves 'to make people laugh.'
'The dumbest thing': Azealia went on, 'To lose out on a chance to make people feel good and smile and be happy would be the dumbest thing i could do in this lifetime'
She also wants to appeal to those fans still in her corner and win back the ones she lost, no doubt.
'I love to please and inspire others with my music and art the most, More than i love anything in the world.
'To lose out on a chance to make people feel good and smile and be happy would be the dumbest thing i could do in this lifetime.
'To end this note i want to SINCERELY apologize to my fans for having let so many of you down over the years.
'I know that you all want nothing else for me but to see me win, and i thank the many of you who saw the beauty in me and have stuck around this far....'
This isn't the first time Azealia has apologized for her use of questionable language - she posted a apologetic Instagram in May too right after the Zayn Malik/Twitter incident.
'Employing racial/sexual slurs/stereotypes in attempts to make fun of or degrade another person or group is not fair or fun for anyone,' the rapper wrote.
'Allowing my anger to get the best of me, I've managed to insult millions of people without reason. And for that I give my deepest apologies.'
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