Iggy Azalea penned and deleted a cryptic tweet Sunday morning alleging someone is obsessed with her, and she may be speaking of Azealia Banks. The tweet was only active on Azalea's page for a few minutes before being removed.
"I'm so sick of her ass sitting at HOME for years thinking of me every 5 seconds and running her fingers across the keyboard," the now-deleted tweet read. "Shut the f*** up crusty! Where was all this energy on Wild 'n Out?!"
It's unclear who Azalea's tweet is about, but the reference to Wild 'n Out implies Banks may be the subject. The rapper appeared on the MTV show hosted by Nick Cannon in August after speaking extensively about her alleged mistreatment during filming.
The female rappers have a history of feuding. The distaste between the rappers began in 2012 when Azalea appeared on the XXL Freshman rapper list and cover as the only women, Buzzfeed reported in 2014. Banks was vocal about her disappointment in the magazine choosing a white woman who "called herself a runaway slave master" according to Bank's old Twitter account.
Banks currently seems to be using a backup Twitter account after her own was disabled from the site in June. Her recent tweets do not imply any hatred toward Azalea, though she did call out rappers cupcakKe and Stefflon Don and singer Lana Del Rey directly in the last week.
Banks's Instagram did not seem to trigger the rapper's feud ahead of Azalea's tweet, either. Banks posted an Instagram story on Saturday night, in which she explained she was drunk off tequila and had a "dry" sexual encounter during her drunken state.
It's unclear what triggered Azalea's comment, if it is, in fact, about Banks. The pair has had numerous, heated social media exchanges since their feud sparked in 2012. In 2014, Banks called out Azalea for not being vocal on the shootings of black men by police. In the tweet, Banks called Azalea "Igloo Australia" and claimed she was interested in Black culture, but not Black issues. As the feud continued, Banks referred to Azalea's music and career as "kkk Iggy s***."
Azalea responded with a tweet after Banks claimed Azalea was "smudging culture" in a 2014 interview with Hot 97. "Special message for Banks: There are many black artists succeeding in all genres. The reason you haven't is because of your piss poor attitude."
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