Azealia Banks Responds to RZA’s Defense of Russell Crowe While Admitting Crowe Spit at Her

It seems as if Russell Crowe has hip-hop artist RZA on his side when it comes to Azealia Banks’ accusations that Crowe spit on her, choked and called her a n—ger. Suggested Reading The Best Black Fashion From Coachella Weekend 1 Zendaya’s Character in ‘The Drama’ Was Bad, But We Need to Talk About the…

It seems as if Russell Crowe has hip-hop artist RZA on his side when it comes to Azealia Banks’ accusations that Crowe spit on her, choked and called her a n—ger.

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In an interview with TMZ, RZA said that Banks was behaving erratically at Crowe’s Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel party. He stated that Banks threatened someone with a glass and that Crowe grabbed her in a bear hug to throw her out. The founding member of Wu-Tang Clan also said that Crowe did indeed spit at Banks but missed her.

RZA also posted a lengthy Facebook post about Banks, referring to her as a struggling artist he was trying to help.

Of course, Banks had a lot to say about RZA’s comments on Facebook as well, and said she is going forward with pressing charges:

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