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Azealia Banks likens skin bleaching to getting a nose job

Azealia Banks has defended bleaching her skin.

The rapper took to Facebook to post a new live video in which she likens the controversial practice to getting a nose job.

Some fans have called the US star hypocritical for undergoing the procedurire, which lightens the skin.

Banks has regularly spoken about the representation of black women in the media and culture, as well as cultural appropriation.

She said: "What's the difference between getting a nose job and changing your skin colour? What's the difference between wearing a hair weave and changing your skin colour?

"Nobody was upset when I was wearing 30-inch weaves and tearing out my edges and doing all that type of sh*t like that. You guys loved it."

Banks added: "As a black person in this world you assimilate. There are things you accept. This has become the norm because it's happening all the time."

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