Rapper Azealia Banks has confessed that she was let go by her record label shortly after the release of her breakthrough single, '212', which she thought would get them on her side. 

She revealed to MTV News that getting dropped from her label, XL Recordings, which is also home to M.I.A. and Adele, was really disappointing and came as a shock:

"I was my own A&R, press team on the internet. I was kissing the ring over there, I was trying to do whatever I could to make it work, you know? I was kinda sending them tracks... I'd make a song like 'Later' and then no response. Then I made a song like '212' and they dropped me.

"It was just like, 'wow'. I remember working on that song with so much confidence, like, this is what will get me back in their good graces and then it's gonna be amazing." 

Banks took to her official Twitter page earlier this afternoon (February 25, 2014) to correct an article printed by Forbes magazine, writing: "The Forbes article says I've done a million dollars worth of touring when I've actually done 6mil. #boom."

Watch Azealia Banks Performing '212' Below: