Sur Instagram, la rappeuse déclare sous la forme d’un récit à la 3e personne s’être fait agressée par Dave Holmes, manager du célèbre groupe anglais.

“Quand elle avait 18 ans et qu’elle était signée chez XL Recordings, elle a rencontré un homme du nom de Dave, qui manageait Coldplay, Interpol, Santigold et My Chemical Romance. À l’époque, il était très bel homme “. Ainsi commence le post d’Azealia Banks, publié hier sur son compte insta. Elle y détaille brièvement sa relation avec le manager, en faisant part de l’importance qu’il avait pour elle. Puis, elle raconte une dispute ayant mal tournée : Dave Holmes l’aurait étouffée et traînée par les cheveux, au sujet d’un emprunt de 2000$.

When she was 18 years old and still signed with XL recordings she was introduced to a man named Dave who managed coldplay, interpol, santigold and my chemical romance. He was at the time a very handsome, very charming man who she admired intensely. He was 43, rich , white and very fatherly to her. Dating him made her feel like Naomi Campbell! He was married at the time but told her he was separated- something She didn't care about as She was so happy to have him in her life. Her father died when She was three years old and She was raised by a single mother and her older sister. This was the first time she'd ever been in love. When she is dropped from XL recordings, he breaks up with her and abruptly stops paying the rent on the apartment he had been renting for her . She haphazardly moves out of her apartment on dyckman street and heads to Montreal where She spends a lonely, depressed summer. Upon the success of 212 , Dave reappears in her life. She's happy to have him back as she considers him her Dad and felt close to him like family. On the night before the 1991 video, the couple get into a heated arguement about $2,000 she'd borrowed from him two weeks earlier. She grabs hold of his fancy espresso machine and pushes it on the floor, which prompts him to put her in a choking headlock. The fight gets nasty, with her throwing rocks through glass windows and him dragging her by her hair and throwing her into a freezing cold shower. During the headlock she cuts the inside of her lip on her teeth and begins to spit blood. Her friend comes to pick her up and take her home where she cries for hours and doesn't sleep a wink. Her world was shattered. She had plans to marry this man. She imagined the entire rest of her life with him and could never have seen this coming. She gets to set the next morning tired , confused and emotionally drained . Her hairstylist Brianna meets her with a beaming smile and is excited to tell her about all of the fly outfits the stylist pulled. She turns to Brianna and says "Dave hit me last night" … Brianna gasps… the new rising star begins to cry , yet somehow is able to hold it together enough to get her make-up done. #1991 #BWET

A post shared by Azealia Banks (@azealiabanks) on

Or, ce n’est pas la première fois que la star évoque la violence de son ancien petit ami. En 2012, elle avait déjà publié des messages (aujourd’hui effacés) où elle mettait en garde la twittosphère : “Dave Holmes, le manager de Coldplay est un tas de merde. C’est la deuxième fois qu’il pose ses putain de mains sur moi”. Pour le moment, il n’y a aucune nouvelle de la part du concerné.

Physique ou non, cette violence n’est pas sans rappeler l’affaire Harvey Weinstein. Elle prouve encore une fois que les abus à l’encontre des femmes sont trop nombreux. En effet qu’il s’agisse du monde du cinéma ou de la musique, les victimes de harcèlement ou d’agression (sexuelle) sont omniprésentes. En témoigne le viol de la chanteuse Kesha par son producteur Dr.Luke. Depuis qu’elle a porté plainte en 2014, la star a connu une procédure judiciaire des plus éprouvantes. Son agression n’a pas été reconnue et elle a fini par retirer sa plainte.

Bien que l’affaire Weinstein ait permis la libération de la parole, il semblerait que celle-ci ne soit pas toujours entendue. Pire encore, elle ne permet parfois pas la reconnaissance du statut de victime.

Espérons que cela se passe autrement pour la rappeuse.