It certainly wasn’t a coincidence that Azealia Banks was named number one on NME’s ‘Cool List’ a matter of days after been announced as the opening act on magazines spring tour.
NME then sat back and watched as the rest of the press freed up word space asking the question “Who is she?” and “How can she possibly be the coolest person in the world is no one has ever heard of her?”
Well as it turns out the Harlem born rapper has been knocking about for a while.
First featuring on Major Lazer’s ‘Lazers Never Die’ EP she then went on to release one of the best tracks of last year ‘212’ which featured so many profanities that it could turn milk sour.
She now enters 2012 having just released her latest single ‘Liquorice’, currently working on her first full length album and has just lent a verse to Scissor Sisters on their comeback single ‘Shady Love’.
It may be debatable whether or not she’s the coolest person on the planet; however she certainly is set to be one of the year’s busiest and most exciting artists.
