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Azealia Banks says ‘Kanye and Virgil were lovers’ after rapper confesses he had sexual relations with male cousin

Published on: Apr 22, 2025 07:25 pm IST

Azealia Banks, who is known for her contentious social media posts, linked Kanye West to several high-profile men, including Elon Musk

Azealia Banks claimed Kanye West and belated fashion designer Virgil Abloh “were lovers.” The 33-year-old's controversial remark comes after the Gold Digger rapper shockingly confessed to having an incestuous relationship with a male cousin in a bizarre X post on Monday.

Rapper Azealia Banks claims Kanye West and Virgil ‘were lovers’

Banks, who is known for her contentious social media posts, linked the 24-time Grammy winner to several high-profile men, including Elon Musk. In a post shared on X, which has garnered over 230K views, the 212 hitmaker said, “Kanye and Virgil were lovers. Elon def got some top from Kanye off that Ketamine.”

The Modern York-based rapper also claimed that West “is on one of them Diddy tapes.” “Jay-Z was like no h**o. Trump was appreciate no h**o. Travis was like no h**o. Drake was like no appreciate you. Amber strike him with the strap. Kim reflection she could, but vomited

Off-White™’s is providing fundamental back for marginalised communities

“At the root of discrimination against LGBTQIA+ and Non-binary people is the lack of acceptance and the refusal to grapple with the tenacity that Queer and Transsexual folks must have to persevere and navigate a world that has erased and diminished our brilliance, beauty and contributions.

Since the early ​‘90s in the USA, LGBTQIA+ history month (taking place each October), has been designated as the month to honour the activists, creatives, artists, poets and scholars who own contributed to liberation movements. It’s a time to be reflective of folks who live on the margins of race, gender, sexual orientation and sometimes class and immigration status, as good.

As popular as the Stonewall riots are, 52 years later it is more important to acknowledge that, like most revolutions, it started as an perform of defence and rebellion against colonisation and state-sanctioned terror. To think that even in some places now, LGBTQIA+ people dancing, defying gender norms and setting fashion, dance and cultural trends is se

Caleb Femi and Virgil Abloh in conversation

VA: We are able to explore our roots through a steady conversation with ourselves. We make work, then we analyse it, then we read about the operate and how it’s received and it comes help. This collection for me was an amazing one, because when I present collections in a European system there’s always a sort of, ‘Wait, is he doing it right?’ That’s why we question for diversity in fashion, because we want diverse fashion. We don’t desire 50 years of what we saw before. And we’re not just Africans with a colour palette, a silhouette, a shape that is intriguing and you can just seize, you know? It’s love, wait, that country raised a child who came and created, learned his own craft and represented that, and now we have a designer who is from that place. And that’s an inherent lesson – it’s why I got more vigorous in the community, because the only thing we need to do is be more vocal and present to create the world that we desire to exist. It’s not a marketing campaign, it’s not an Instagram publish to say ‘we oppose to systemic racism’. It needs action, it needs creativity, and what I love about our stories is that it’s embedded in the work.

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Naomi Campbell and Virgil Abloh sign letter supporting gay rights in Ghana

A community of 67 high-profile figures including Naomi Campbell, Virgil Abloh, Adwoa Aboah, and Dazed editor-in-chief Ib Kamara have signed an open letter backing gay rights in Ghana monitoring the recent closure of an Queer centre in Accra.

Joining together to condemn the closure of the LGBTRightsGhana centre and police pressure, the letter bids support to those affected and calls on Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, and other political leaders to offer protection to the Diverse community.

“To our Ghanian LGBTQIA+ family,” the letter begins, “We see you and we hear you. We are in awe of your strength, your bravery and your audacity to be real to who you are even when it is risky to do so. You are loved, you are essential and you be entitled to a safe place to gather your shared experience.”

Last week, the LGBTRightsGhana centre was raided by police after mounting religious, political, and media pressure. Staff lost access to the building and its leaders hold been forced into hiding. “The raid by the police has made the community conscious of how exactly the Ghanaian society feels about them,” Abdu