Azealia Banks has claimed Diplo owes her a hefty paycheck to the tune of $20,000. She called out the Jack Ü member yesterday on Twitter, saying that after he gave her a stolen beat, he left her to "foot the bill" when the rightful owner apparently sued over the plagiarism and copyright infringement.
Banks began her tirade as though she was responding to something Diplo had said, though no tweets or any other recent mention of Banks from Diplo can be found. Perhaps he had made comments in Banks' direct messages (DMs) and the "Ice Princess" rapper saw it fit to put him on blast in front of her followers. However, Banks soon deleted all the tweets aimed at Diplo and hasn't mentioned him since. You can check out screenshots of all the tweets at YourEDM.
The first tweet, which seems provoked, though it's unclear as to how, read, "Yes, and passing off beats to me that aren't yours and leaving me to foot the bill when we get sued is also not cool @diplo"
The ensuing tweet also alluded to something Diplo allegedly said about her, "@diplo I don't really understand why my name is in your mouth at all. Didn't you say you never wanted to work with me again ?"
She then named the cost of the aforementioned bill Diplo skipped out on, "@diplo you owe me $20,000 by the way."
As if he was corresponding with her the whole time, her last tweet directed at the producer reads, "@Diplo I don't need your advice. I just want your beats. If no beats then go away."
Diplo produced one of Banks' first tracks, "Seventeen," in 2009 when she was recording under the name Miss Bank$.
In 2012, they collaborated again for "F*ck Up the Fun." The track included a sample of "Mad Drumz" by Dutch producer MasterD, who first went uncredited, but Diplo soon confirmed that MasterD had a collaborative role in the production. "F*ck Up the Fun" soon appeared on Banks' Fantasea mixtape.
Two years later, MasterD apparently filed a lawsuit against Diplo and Banks for using his intellectual property without his consent and denied that Diplo had ever contacted him before using "Mad Drumz" on "F*ck Up the Fun."
Now, according to Banks' tweets, one can guess that perhaps MasterD indeed filed said lawsuit and ended up winning suit $20,000, which, apparently, came from Banks' pockets and not those of Diplo.
Banks just revealed the title of her next album, Business & Pleasure, which she plans to release in 2016.
