It looks like we might go into 2025 with more Grimes and Azealia Banks drama. The singers have been going toe to toe on social media off and on since 2018, and on December 26, they started hissing at each other, with Banks making some wild claims on X, formerly known as Twitter, which is now run by Grimes's ex-boyfriend, Elon Musk.
How the feud got reignited
This drama is a little wild with years of insults, but the bad blood got reignited this week after Grimes responded to an edited image of her and Banks as Glinda and Elphaba from Wicked. "Hate to say it but would've been kinda lit," she responded.
Azealia Banks responds
Banks caught sight of Grimes' response and did not hold her fingers with her fiery response saying Musk "harvested" her eggs and took a picture of her c- section. "girl the way u are still trying to hold out on some weird ass innocent bull***t years later after u got dumped, cheated on, ur kids kidnapped and still trying to paint me like the villain and act like ur above me when ur getting conned by felons secretary," Banks began.
Banks had other responses on X but they're a bit too offensive to keep repeating.
What Banks is talking about
Grimes, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, shares two sons, X Æ A-Xii and Techno Mechanicus, and a daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl. As noted by DailyMail, Grimes claimed in November that the billionaire father of 12 wouldn't let her see their children for 5 months. The former couple had been in a legal battle since April 2022, suing and countersuing each other for custody and parental rights.
She took to X to explain, "' Spent a year locked in battle in a state with terrible mothers' rights having my Instagram posts and modeling used as reasons I shouldn't have my kids and fighting and detaching from the love of my life as he becomes unrecognizable to me, with a fraction of his resources (or IQ/ strategy experience)."
The singer did not share many more details, but DailyMaiil reported that the Travis County Clerk confirmed that the Texas dispute was settled in November.
As for the whole C-section thing, Grimes claimed in the past that Musk took a photo of her while she was having a C-section for X Æ A-Xii and circulated it without her consent.
Grimes responds
Grimes responded to Banks, saying it was just a joke. While she didn't shut down her claim that he cheated on her, she did refute that Musk broke up with her. "It's just a funny joke bro. Not trying to paint you as a villain. I didn't 'get dumped.' I bounced. 'My amazing baby is asleep in my bed beside me, I'm in love. No regrets. Life is as beautiful as you want it to be. Ur insanely talented," she wrote, "even after all this, I want u to win. god bless Mlady."
Grimes then responded to an X user calling Banks 'problematic' saying "She is the best hater on the planet. The da Vinci of insults. At a point I just gave up and accepted that I appreciate the madness of existence."
The mother of 3 also claimed, "She literally blackmailed me for 250k and leaked all our personal texts cuz I wouldn't pay her lol. Think i was actually p nice to not press charges."
They've stopped responding to each other, and from one of Grimes' tweets, it seems like she may have finally blocked Banks.