It has not been a good month for Lana Del Rey who called out a list of artists, predominantly Black women, over alleged double standards in the music industry. In wake of the recent string of protests across America, Lana Del Rey joined the LA Protests in solidarity with those marching for justice for George Floyd. However, in an attempt to “raise awareness,” she’s found herself facing even more backlash.

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As Lana Del Rey hit the streets of Los Angeles to protest the injustices going on across America, she shared footage of some of the protesters on the streets. However, she failed to realize that many protesters have been getting doxxed or threatened on social media due to attending these large gatherings, specifically from white supremacists and far-right groups.

Kehlani applied pressure on social media immediately after it was posted. “please remove your instagram post it’s dangerous as fuck and a very poor choice of moments to post. by all means protest, but DO NOT endanger people with your very massive platform. oh and turn your fuckin comments on man,” she tweeted before clarifying that this wasn’t intended as an invitation to attack Lana. “it’s not about her don’t make it about her it’s about furthering endangering the lives of black people. it’s about responsibility.”

Since then, Lana Del Rey has taken down the original post but hasn’t addressed the backlash. 

It’s been quite a few days for Azealia Banks. Following Lana Del Rey’s controversial remarks, Azealia stepped forward to reignite her beef with the singer. Iggy Azalea also caught the wrath of Azealia Banks over a song or two, then there was the revelation that she may have slept with Dave Chappelle, and when Doja Cat‘s scandal broke, it was the Hot Pink artist’s turn. Videos of Doja in chat rooms using explicit, racist language and making disparaging remarks about black people began to circulate, and it didn’t take long for the sleuths to find old tweets where she spoke negatively about marginalized groups of people.

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Tens of thousands of people have weighed in about Doja Cat‘s comments, and it didn’t take long for her to become the target of Cancel Culture. Ebro Darden offered a suggestion in lieu of canceling Doja, saying she should be encouraged and educated about her blackness. Azealia Banks wanted to parts of that and blasted the popular host.

“Instead of canceling Doja Cat for having some weird fetish and identity issues,” Ebro began. “Possible to uplift her and show her that being Black is beautiful? Im assuming she had no Black culture in her suburban wasteland and her white Mom couldn’t help her. And chat rooms.” Azealia responded, “Where the f*ck was this sympathy for me n*gga?” she wrote. “Old high yellow jiffy pop cornbread looking n*ggas stick together I see.” Check it out below.

All it took was an open letter for Lana Del Rey to immerse herself into the center of a bonafide controversy. While it could be argued that she knew exactly what she was getting into, the Norman Fucking Rockwell songwriter has never been one to bite her tongue. In case you missed it, Del Rey initially sparked the madness by directly naming Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, Camila Cabello, and more in a complicated open letter meant to highlight the hypocritical views many hold toward female songwriters in the game.

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It didn't take long before people began accusing her of being racist, a narrative that quickly began gaining steam on social media. With things seeming to spiral out of control, Del Rey took to Instagram to further elaborate on her position -- once more drawing a comparison with another prominent female songwriter. But first, she doubled down on the thesis statement. "I just want to remind you that in that post – my one and only personal declaration I’ve ever made, thanks for being so warm and welcoming – was about the need for fragility in the feminist movement."

“I just think it’s sad the women I mentioned, whether they sing about dancing for money – the same stuff, by the way, I’ve been singing about chronically for 13 years, " she continues. "Yes, they are my contemporaries, yes they are my friends. The difference is, when I get on the pole people call me a whore, but when [FKA] Twigs gets on the pole, it’s art. I’m reminded constantly by my friends, that lyrically there are layers and complicated psychological factors that play into some of my songwriting," she continues. "But the culture is super sick right now. People want to turn my advocacy for fragility into a race war -- it's really bad." 

Check out her full PSA below, and sound off -- do you think Lana Del Rey has a point?

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Azealia Banks may be known for running her mouth on several occasions, but this time, she’s remaining tight-lipped—well, sort of. Last week, Lana Del Rey posted an open letter “to the culture” in which she called out the industry’s double standards and denounced the unfair criticism she’s received for her lyrical content, all the while dragging a ton of fellow female artists into her mess. The letter received a massive wave of backlash, as many called out Lana for her racism and overall tone-deaf behaviour. However, Lana remained firm in her stance, which just led to even more outrage.

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All the while, a past sparring partner of Lana’s was observing quietly, relishing in the satisfaction that she appeared to have been right about the songstress all along. Although Azealia has been involved in a number of feuds with many different people (and a few countries), her beef with Lana was one of the more high profile cases, especially since the two of them used to be buddies.

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On Saturday (May 23rd), after Lana published yet another letter doubling down on her original point, Azealia posted a photo of herself looking at her phone with a far-from-surprised look on her face. In the caption of the IG post, she wrote, “Watching it all unfold.” It looks like this was Azealia’s way of saying “See? I told you so!”

After Lana Del Rey posted a controversial message on Instagram earlier this week that led to an explosive wave of backlash, the singer has doubled down on her stance and issued yet another response to the critics. On Thursday (May 21st), Lana found herself in hot water after she shared her feelings on the criticism she’s received for her lyrical content over the years. Although it appeared that her intention was to point out how her critics have always claimed that her music, which often explores unhealthy and toxic relationships, “glamourizes abuse,” Lana called out a handful of fellow female artists who are mostly women of colour, essentially framing her argument as though she was the only victim of this unfair treatment.

She was promptly dragged through the mud before commenting on the post to clarify her stance and denounce accusations of racism.

Now, she’s issued a more formal response in a separate post, where she continues to insist she’s not being racist and merely self-advocating “for the more delicate and often dismissed, softer female personality.” She also implied that, along with the odd public response she received from one of the women mentioned, Doja Cat, she also received a private response from Ariana Grande, another one of the names dropped in the original post.

“A couple of final notes on my ‘controversial post’ that’s not controversial at all,” she begins. “Despite the feedback I’ve heard from several people that I mentioned in a complimentary way, whether it be Ariana or Doja Cat – I want to say that I remain firm in my clarity and stance in that what I was writing about was the importance of self advocacy for the more delicate and often dismissed softer female personality, and that there does have to be room for that type in what will inevitably become a new wave/3rd wave of feminism that is rapidly approaching. Watch!”

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“Perhaps I could’ve given more context to my post by mentioning the title of the second book that would be out next March called ‘behind the iron gates- insights from an institution,'” she continues. “I’m sorry that the folks who I can only assume are super trump/pence supporters or hyper liberals or flip-flopping headline grabbing critics can’t read and want to make it a race war, when in fact the issue was with *female critics and *female alternative artists who are dissociated from their own fragility and sexuality and berate more sexually liberated artists like myself and the women I mentioned.”

“But in truth making it about race says so much more about you than it does about me,” she claims. “You want the drama, you don’t want to believe that a woman could be beautiful, strong and fragile at the same time, loving and all inclusive by making personal reparations simply of the joy of doing it it. Nothing new here in your reaction. Same as ten years ago when a million think pieces came out about me feigning emotional fragility or lying about coming from no money when that was the truth. My aim and my message are clear. That I have control of my own story. If the women I mention don’t wanna be associated with me that’s absolutely fine by me.”

Doja Cat pulled a post-and-delete on Lana Del Rey's open letter to "the culture," in which the alt-pop singer singled out Doja among other female artists for getting away with certain lyrical content that she hasn't previously been afforded the freedom to explore. After posting the letter on Thursday (May 21st), Lana received a massive wave of backlash. She seemed to be insinuating that while she had received criticism over the years for supposedly "glamorizing abuse" in her music by singing about unhealthy relationships, "now" other women like Doja, as well as Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé are being celebrated for embracing their sexuality in music.

While many came to the defense of the women named, it appears as though none of them have issued any kind of response to her statement except Doja. Shortly after Lana shared the post, Doja left a comment saying "gang sunk that dunker."

No one expected for the Cancel Culture to come for Lana Del Rey, but after she penned a lengthy open letter, things took a turn on Thursday (May 21). In the note, Lana Del  Rey writes that throughout her career, she’s been criticized for her lyrical content. She pens songs about staying in relationships that aren’t healthy or other matters that critics claim are glorifying abuse because, according to the singer, they come from a woman writing about her truth. In turn, in Lana’s recent controversial letter, she stated that because other female artists like Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Cardi B, Kehlani, Ariana Grande, and Camila Cabello have been allowed to own their truths and top the charts by singing about whatever they want, it’s time for people to stop shaming her for doing the same thing.

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Immediately, people began to comment that Lana Del Rey was shading all of the women she listed in her letter, and because they’re all women of color, the singer was labeled as a racist. While it seemed as if she was looking to speak about allowing women to express themselves however they like, Cancel Culture went wild and blasted Lana Del Rey throughout all social media platforms for being shady.

The Shade Room shared a screenshot of a comment Lana reportedly left on Instagram about the controversy. “Bro. This is sad to make it about a WOC issue when I’m talking about my favorite singers. I could’ve literally said anyone but I picked my favorite f*cking people,” she wrote. “And this is the problem with society today, not everything is about whatever you want it to be. It’s exactly the point of my post – there are certain women that culture doesn’t want to have a voice it may not have to do with race I don’t know what it has to do with. I don’t’ care anymore but don’t ever ever ever ever bro- call me racist because that is bullsh*t.” Check it out below.

Azealia Banks and Lana Del Rey do not like each other. Their feud has gotten ugly in recent years, with Azealia even threatening to burn down Lana's house using her witchcraft. She has also criticized the singer for working with A$AP Rocky, who she accused of beating women. Needless to say, they've got their own opinions of each other.

This week, Lana Del Rey announced her new album and, in doing so, she needlessly shaded a number of successful female artists for their lyrical content.

"Question for the culture: Now that Doja Cat, Ariana, Camila, Cardi B, Kehlani and Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé have had number ones with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating etc - Can I please go back to singing about being embodied, feeling beautiful by being in love even if the relationship is not perfect, or dancing for money - or whatever I want - without being crucified or saying that I'm glamorizing abuse?" asked Lana in a lengthy post.

People have been going after Lana for hours, urging her to delete the post and accusing her of bringing down other women in an attempt to make her own point clearer. Now, the same critics are bringing Azealia Banks into this mess, hoping that she ends up commenting on it.

One of the top trends on Twitter is "Azealia" and it's just because people want the rapper to chime in on what's happening.

"What time does azealia usually wake up let’s get this party started," wrote one fan. "Waiting on Azealia Banks’ take on Lana’s post lmao," said another.

People are ready for the tea. Azealia is awake, updating her Instagram Story a few hours ago. Will she touch this topic though? We'll see...

Lana Del Rey’s publicist has to be shaking in her boots right now. The talented recording artist announced her new album and, in doing so, she dragged a whole bunch of other female stars that have hustled for years to make it. 

Fans are calling for Lana Del Rey to delete her latest message, which has been deemed unnecessarily shady. The underlying theme of the post is about her own music and how, for years, she has been criticized for her lyrical content. People have shaded Lana for “glamorizing abuse” and she doesn’t think that the industry has been fair to her. She wrote the following:

“Question for the culture: Now that Doja Cat, Ariana, Camila, Cardi B, Kehlani and Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé have had number ones with songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking, cheating etc – Can I please go back to singing about being embodied, feeling beautiful by being in love even if the relationship is not perfect, or dancing for money – or whatever I want – without being crucified or saying that I’m glamorizing abuse?”

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Defending her own music, Lana Del Rey has been criticized heavily for the post. Fans are accusing her of putting down other women in a bid to get her point across and, all morning, she has been trending on Twitter as people share their opinions.

She’s definitely going to need to address this further. We’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime, new Lana Del Rey album out on September 5…