Azealia Banks Vs. Kendrick Lamar: Rapper Slammed For Ferguson & Mike Brown Comments, New Twitter Beef Erupts

Rapper Azealia Banks lost her cool on Kendrick Lamar via Twitter Jan. 9 after she questions his remarks on Ferguson, MO., and Staten Island, NY., recent deaths by police in his latest interview with Billboard.

The "Good Kid, M.A.A.d City" rapper told the Billboard, "I wish somebody would look in our neighborhood knowing that it's already a situation, mentally, where it's f-ked up. What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don't start with just a rally, don't start from looting - it starts from within." Lamar, who has said that he wasn't raised devoutly religious, fingers the small figure of Christ dangling from a chain around his neck. "We're in the last days, man - I truly in my heart believe that. It's written. I could go on with Biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it's about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me."

The comments didn't sit well with Azealia Banks, who has voiced her concerns on racism aside from her ongoing problems with certain white artists in Hip-Hop music.

The "212" rapper tweeted, "'When we don't respect ourselves how can we expect them to respect us' dumbest s**t I've ever heard a black man say." She wrote, "Do you know about the generational effects of poverty, racism and discrimination?"

The candid rapper continued to scold the Compton rapper writing, "There are things in society that benefit a select few of us. fine.... But don't put down the rest by saying they don't respect themselves." She added, "HOW DARE YOU open ur face to a white publication and tell them that we don't respect ourselves.... Speak for your f**king self."