Azealia Banks has as soon as once more made headlines for her sharp opinions, this time setting her sights on Doja Cat. After the discharge of Vie, Banks instructed her followers on X that the Grammy-winning rapper is sounding far an excessive amount of like Nicki Minaj. “Ok I love the girls and love Nicki but we can’t just be riding Nicki’s d**k like this,” she wrote. “Like a teeeny bit of inspiration/borrowing is okay and respectful … but the full on Nicki cosplays have to stop because it’s almost like mocking her. Which is rude.”

What makes the critique sting extra is that Banks had simply praised the album days earlier. She had brazenly shared how impressed she was with Doja’s new sound, writing, “Wait I really like this doja record,” and later including, “This is her best work. I’m obsessed with this. It’s so good.” That early reward was adopted by a fast reversal when she determined Doja’s supply crossed into imitation. Banks summed up her change of coronary heart with, “Ugh, she almost had me.”

Her commentary on Doja’s inventive course is just not new. Last fall, Banks speculated on-line about what sort of music Doja may strive subsequent. She warned that the rapper may slip into what she known as a “tiered alt-emo eartheater/twigs rip off.” Instead, Banks recommended Doja take a totally completely different lane, encouraging her to strive grownup modern sounds harking back to Zero 7, Sonique, and Seal.

Doja Cat herself has not shied away from acknowledging Nicki Minaj as one in all her inspirations. She collaborated with Minaj on the “Say So” remix in 2020, although Nicki later declined to function on “Get Into It (Yuh).” In 2023, Doja addressed comparisons on her observe “Attention,” rapping, “Why she think she Nicki M? She think she hot shit.”