Azealia Banks Pulls Out Of RZA Record Deal Following Alleged Hotel Attack

Azealia Banks has reportedly pulled out of an impending deal with fellow rapper RZA's label, following allegations that she was violently evicted from Russell Crowe's private hotel party this past weekend in LA.

The 25-year-old hip hop artist was reportedly brought to the intimate gathering by RZA who was one of few guests invited by Crowe. 

According to TMZ, Banks called off the label deal after RZA refused to back up claims that Crowe spat and choked her while kicking her out of his hotel.

The Wu-Tang Clan member was reportedly one of many who told police that the allegations Banks has made against Crowe are untrue. 

Banks slammed RZA when speaking to TMZ, saying he "stood there like a chump" while she was evicted from the suite.

"[RZA] doesn't have that much clout in a room full of real high-powered Hollywood white men," she said.

"I'm not signing shit with RZA," Banks continued. 

"Absolutely not… because you know what? If these guys can chump you out like that, you know, that's like, not somebody that I need to attach myself to. I'm strong enough on my own. 

"When it comes to things like that, when you have a label boss… he's gonna be the one, like, leading me and he's gonna be my representative. I can't be represented by, like, some chump."

When asked if she would move ahead with charges against Crowe, Banks replied, "Who knows?"

The news comes in the same week that another guest at the party, Aussie comic Jim Jefferies, said that Banks is a "complete liar".

Swedish singer Elliphant was also at Crowe's Beverly Hills suite that night and in an exclusive interview with The Music, the songwriter, who claims she is a friend of Banks, says she had left the party before the alleged attack went down. 

"I [hadn't] seen or spoken to her for a very, very, very long time," Elliphant tells The Music.

"I was in the party together with some friends and I met her there and it was so lovely to see her. We had a big hug.

"After that, I basically left because I was on my way. So I never knew what happened on that party, actually. I tried to also reach her and I haven't reached her so… I don't know really from her what happened."

Though Banks has demanded a public apology from Crowe after filing a battery report against him, the actor's representatives have refused, insisting he has done nothing wrong.