Azealia Banks - Liquorice

M.I.A. Remixes ‘Bad Girls’ With Azealia Banks, Missy Elliot & Rye Rye

Tokyo drifting a ballin' car in the desert wasn't badass enough, so M.I.A.'s releasing a series of  'Bad Girls' remixes on gold USB sticks shaped like BMW keys. Azealia Banks (fresh off her 1991 mixtape), Missy Elliot and Rye Rye have recorded a verse each for their respective remixes.

To test drive the release, M.I.A's uploaded one of them (featuring Missy Elliot and Rye Rye), onto her SoundCloud. Produced by Switch, the track is bound to be a d-floor pleaser with its clap track and super-bassy toms.

Pitchfork's 20 Essential Festivals of Summer 2012

Summer is finally here, which means festival season is in full swing. Across the globe, there are more fests than ever before-- how do you choose? Here, we've assembled a list of our 20 best bets for 2012, 10 in North America and 10 in Europe. 

Lana Del Rey feat. Azealia Banks - Blue Jeans (Simms and Belle Remix)

"Lost in Translation" the Chanel Version, Starring Karl Lagerfeld VIDEO

Chanel’s been tearing up Tokyo. This past weekend, Chanel feted the opening of an “ephemeral boutique,” otherwise known as a pop-up shop, in Tokyo. Because it was Tokyo and Karl Lagerfeld is such a party animal, he invited his favorite 20-year old rapper Azealia Banks to perform at the after party for a crowd of dancing models like Arizona Muse, Karlie Kloss, Lindsey Wixson, Joan Smalls, Cara Delevigne and more. There’s also footage of the couture show Chanel restaged in Tokyo (yes, they reconstructed the airplane) and the celebration for the launch of new coffee table book, The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld, attended by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker and Clemence Poesy. Click through to watch all of these star-studded events unfold, culminating in an awesome, profanity-laden performance by a Chanel-clad Azealia Banks of her new track “Fuck Up the Fun.” It basically looks like if Sofia Coppola recast Lost in Translation with Karl Lagerfeld and Saskia de Brauw. Enjoy.

The Making of Fashion’s Newest Muse: We Chart Azaelia Banks’ Fashion Coups, Ending With Her Performance at Karl Lagerfeld’s House

It’s becoming pretty clear to us that Azealia Banks, the 20-year-old Laguardia HS grad whose dirty lyrics (and genuine talent) have everyone’s attention, is poised to take the fashion world by storm as well. In fact, in a remarkably short time (basically one trip to Paris), she already has. When Nicola Formichetti tweeted at her a couple of weeks ago (and made us wonder if she was the next Lady Gaga), that was just the tip of the iceberg. 

Lucky for us, Azealia is a prolific Twitterer (we really hope fame doesn’t change that) and has essentially been chronicling her own journey into the hearts of fashion people like Cara Delevigne, Derek Blasberg, Karl Lagerfeld and us. From providing the soundtrack to the Mugler menswear show in Paris to performing at the Kaiser’s house, here’s a little timeline (check out the VIDEO of her performance, and imagine what Karl is thinking as she raps “I’m gonna ruin you cunt”)