Azealia Banks' Twitter Account Suspended Following Racist Rant Against Zayn Malik, Rapper Responds

May 13, 2016 04:49 AM EDT

(Photo : Getty Images) Azealia Banks' Twitter account has been suspended after she launched a racially charged attack against former One Direction member Zayn Malik on the micro-blogging platform.

Azealia Banks' Twitter account has been suspended after she launched a racially charged attack against former One Direction member Zayn Malik on the micro-blogging platform.

The rapper went off on a Twitter rant against Malik, claiming that the music video of the 23-year-old's new single Like I Would was copied from her music video.

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"Simmer down with that fake white boy rebellion and that wannabe beiber swag," she tweeted on Tuesday.

"When your entire extended family has been obliterated by good ol' the U.S of A will you still be trying to... Act like a white boy pretending to be black?" Banks said in another tweet.

Among her series of foul-mouthed tweets, the 212 singer also referred to Malik, who is of Pakistani descent, as a "curry scented b---h." She deleted the insensitive tweet later.

Banks also didn't hold back against 14-year-old Disney star Skai Jackson, who told Banks that she "needs to simmer down a little."

The 24-year-old rapper's hateful and profanity-laced tweets prompted a London music festival from cancelling her headline appearance.

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The Home office is also considering denying Banks' permission to enter the U.K. after her behavior. "Coming to the U.K. is a privilege, and we expect those who come here to respect our shared values. The Home Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the U.K. is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy grounds," The Home Office told NME in a statement.

Banks later took to Instagram to respond the suspension of her Twitter account. "Realise that I insulted Indians, Pakistani, black folk...and my Twitter didn't get suspended until I said "whiteness is a mental illness" you guys need to pay the f*** attention to what is happening here," she wrote.