Amsterdam's electronic, queer-inclusive Milkshake Festival recently announced that rapper Azealia Banks would be joining the lineup for its 2025 festivities. Now, two days later, the event has cut her from the lineup altogether.

Amsterdam’s Milkshake Festival added Azealia Banks to its lineup. Now, only a few days later, the controversial rapper has been dropped from the queer-focused electronic event due to backlash over her long history of saying offensive things about the LGBTQ+ community,

Azealia Banks has become more known for her public beefs than her music in recent years, and now, she's starting a new one with author J.K. Rowling The rapper - who has herself issued a number of anti-trans rants online - took aim at the bestselling Harry Potter author and noted anti-trans advocate in a pair of posts to her X account on Feb.

The organisers of the annual Milkshake Festival in Amsterdam’s Westerpark have scrapped American rapper Azealia Banks from the line-up because of transphobic comments she is said to have made in the past.

Azealia Banks defends trans, calls out JK Rowling’s anti-trans views, and urges her to move past outdated beliefs.

The rapper referred to her trans brother in many posts in defence of the trans community and labelled the author "paranoid" The post Azealia Banks calls out ‘paranoid’ JK Rowling over trans views: ‘It’s been YEARS sis’ appeared first on Attitude.