Men are Trash: RZA

So, about a year ago, a story came out about Azealia Banks being booted out of Russell Crowe’s hotel room because she was acting erratically and scaring his guest. Now, if you know anything about Madame Banks, this behavior might seem a bit extreme for her, but not entirely out of the realm of possibility. I mean, she sacrificed chickens. Her wildin’ out is not something that would shock some of us. And you may be wondering, “How did Azealia Banks even get into the same building as Russell Crowe, let alone the same room?” Well, Azealia was invited to this party by RZA, a member of the hip hop group Wu Tang Clan. I don’t know how the hell he even got invited but that not important, honestly. What I want to focus on is how RZA handled his guest’s social faux pas.

So when it initially happened, we all thought that she was nuts and that she very well did go off, unprovoked, despite the fact that she insisted Russell called her the “n” word and spat on her. A few guest (four, if I remember correctly) denied these claims, and instead insisted that it was Banks who was out of pocket from the start. The final nail in her coffin was RZA, though. He confirmed the accounts of the four other patrons in attendance and even expressed dismay at Azealia’s behavior, insisting that ” as the father of daughters…” he would have never let anything like what Azealia alleges happen to a female.

But then what’s this, RZA?

It would appear that, as the father of daughters, at the very least you would allow your so called friends to spit in the general directions of your guest. Which is fine, I guess. But then you should have just told us that. Instead, you waited a year, A YEAR. You waited a year, until you were on the Breakfast Club, in a safe space, to speak the truth. Why? What was your motive? What could possibly be gained from pulling that mess? Why shit on someone who everyone knows is already going through some shit? Is it because you didn’t want to lose your famous friends? Why would you throw a black woman under the bus knowing that she could’ve used your help?

Don’t get me wrong, Azealia has her own shit that she is on and she is by no means an angel. However, you knew that at least PART of what she was saying was valid, and you couldn’t even come out and back her up on that? I mean, even you boy Russell has some skeletons in his closet. I get having problematic friends, RZA, but you have to hold them accountable for their bullshit or cut them off. You let a fifty two (52) year old man and his hollywood buddies gang up on a twenty five(25) year old woman. As the father of daughters, you don’t feel any shame for that? None? Zero, my guy? And you waited a year to only jokingly come out and say that, “yeah, old dude spit near her, but that bitch crazy, amiright?” As the father of daughter, husband of wife, brother of sistas, that doesn’t unsettle your soul even a little bit to maybe apologize to this young woman whom you besmirched? No, nothing?

Alright, my guy. You are trash anyway.