Azealia Banks has pledged never to use the word ‘f****t’ again after her Twitter account was suspended following a racist and homophobic rant toward Zayn Malik.
In the wake of the attack the 24-year-old rapper’s Twitter account was taken offline and she was dropped by a London festival.
The rapper has apologised again on her Facebook page, admitting she now understands that not everyone is as thick-skinned as she is.
"Ok, I'm never saying the word F****T ever again. The amount of people that get hurt when i use the word vs. the amount of people I've said it to are just not worth it. Honestly... This isn't a cop out, its just me realizing that words hurt,” she wrote on Facebook.
"And while i may be immune to every word and be thicker skinned than most, it doesn't mean that i get to go around treating people with the same toughness that made my skin so thick. Because, that IS how people get thick skin... by being subjected to name calling/belittlement/abuse and its not fair.
"It's not fair to my fans, not fair to my peers but most importantly, Not fair to myself. By using those words i paint a picture of myself that isn't the true me. I paint the picture of my upbringings, my neighborhood, my pain, and my misfortunes... I paint the picture of someone who is used to suppressing things, and being defensive. I paint the picture of someone who cannot allow themselves to be vulnerable or at the very least, Happy.... When i am ALL of those things.
"I'm sweet, i'm kind, i'm caring, i'm generous, i love to make people laugh and above all of it, I LOVE ART. I love to please and inspire others with my music and art the most, More than i love anything in the world.
"To lose out on a chance to make people feel good and smile and be happy would be the dumbest thing i could do in this lifetime."
"To end this note i want to SINCERELY apologise to my fans for having let so many of you down over the years. I know that you all want nothing else for me but to see me win, and i thank the many of you who saw the beauty in me and have stuck around this far....
"You guys are my rock, I love you guys so much and all i want to do is make you proud.(sic)"