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Azealia Banks shows off her stripes at BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend held at Hackney Marshes on Sunday (June 24) in London, England.

The 21-year-old rapper was all smiles as she posed for cameras on the red carpet before heading inside to perform.

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Once on stage, Azealia sang her songs “Van Vogue” and “212″ to a crowd full of her biggest fans. Check out her performances inside (note: lyrics may be NSFW)!

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Azealia Banks rocks an Alexander Wang t-shirt on the cover of Paper Magazine’s Summer Music Issue, avaible on newsstands now.

Here’s what the 21-year-old rapper had to share:

On why she wrote “212″: “Nobody was listening to my music, I had been dropped from [the English record label] XL, my manager dropped me. My boyfriend left me. I was starting to accept that my career was never gonna happen. So the song was just me, like, ‘F**k y’all. Y’all not gonna help me? I’m gonna get it myself.’”

On the music industry: “The music industry is like a machine, It’s always going, and this new generation of artists – me, A$AP Rocky, Rita Ora – we’re the fuel that’s keeping it going. And once you get in that machine you’ve gotta run with it.”

On the advice label chief Jimmy Iovine gave her: “Jimmy tells you to keep the wind behind you. The music is what’s important. These people are not gonna wanna talk to you if you don’t have music; they’re not gonna be interested. And your star is not always gonna be as bright. So you really have to seize the day.”

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Check out the premiere of Azealia Banks‘s “Liquorice” video (note: lyrics may be NSFW)!

Earlier in the week, the 21-year-old rapper released “Aquababe,” a track off her upcoming Fantasea mixtape.

“It’s so New York and it’s so raw and it’s so just … everything that needs to be said,” Azealia told MTV News.

“I’m that rap girl who’s out here and doesn’t have another rapper behind her, but she’s got all this mouth and she’s all over the place,” she added about criticism from the hip-hop community. “So [this collaboration] was cool for me [because I'm like] ‘What ya’ll gonna say now, when I bust out with that Styles P record?’ Ya’ll not gon’ call me fake and make fun of me for having one song.”

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Check out this first listen of Azealia Banks‘ new track “Aquababe”!

The 21-year-old singer, whose EP 1991 is in stores today, premiered the Machinedream-produced song on her Tumblr. The track will be featured on her upcoming Fantasea mixtape, out July 4.

The highly-anticipated “Liquorice” video, directed by Rankin and styled by Nicola Formichetti will soon be hitting the web. We can’t wait to watch it!

After deleting her Twitter account just last week and vowing to solely use Tumblr to connect with her fans, Azealia has reinstated her account on the social networking site.

Azealia Banks poses for a photo at the SiriusXM Studios on Tuesday (June 5) in New York City.

The 21-year-old singer recently parted ways with her manager Troy Carter and decided to disconnect herself from the rap music genre.

“No longer wish to be a rapper. I never was… and as soon as I started paying attention to bullsh-t urban media, I started getting myself in trouble. From now on I’m a vocalist, and will not be associating myself with the “rap game”… or whatever the f–k that means,” Azealia wrote on her Tumblr.

“No more twitter for me… It makes me entirely too accessible,” she added. “Catch me on tumblr… it’ll be more interesting.”

Azealia later clarified, “I’m still going to rap. I just don’t want the label and all the other crap that comes with the “rap game”… it’s boring. Rather be a dance artist.”

Also pictured inside: Azealia on the cover of Jalouse magazine’s July issue.

Check out the cover art for Azealia Banks‘ upcoming album 1991!

The 20-year-old rapper tweeted the artwork, along with some other exciting news.

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“MY EP 1991 WILL BE RELEASED DIGITALLY ON MAY 29th and PHYSICALLY ON JUNE 12th!” Azealia wrote on her Twitter account. “YAAAAAAAAY!”

The month of May will be full of celebration for Azealia – she has a birthday coming up, too! “Omg y’all my birthday is coming up! I’ll be 21! Yay !” she added on her Twitter.

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Check out Azealia Banks‘ song “Jumanji,” the first single off her upcoming mixtape Fantastic.

“Real b—- all day, uptown, Broadway,” the 20-year-old rapper says on the track, which was produced by Hudson Mohawke and Nick Hook.

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“I’LL HAVE THE #1991EP DETAILS FOR YALL ON MONDAY !!!!! OMFGGGGGGGG SOOOOOOO EXCITED! @INTERSCOPE @POLYDORRECORDS LETSSS GOOO!” Azealia recently tweeted.

Last week, Azealia attended the 2012 Met Ball with designer Alexander Wang.

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