Azealia Banks’ Twitter account suspended after attack on Zayn Malik

Azealia Banks has had her Twitter account suspended following her attack on Zayn Malik.

The US rapper, who launched a racist and xenophobic attack on Tuesday, appears to have been banned from the social media site.

Despite deleting the offending tweets, Banks has had her entire account taken down and her tweet history wiped.

Neither Banks nor Twitter have yet commented, leaving it unclear whether or not it was the rapper or the social media site who got rid of the account.

Thousands of people called for Twitter to step in earlier this week when Banks posted a number of racist slurs on her public account.

After accusing Malik of copying her music video, she went on to call him a “curry scented b****”, “f*****”, a “sand n*****” and a “p***” before branding his mother “a dirty refugee who won’t be granted asylum”.

After her attack on Malik, Banks went on to hit out at the British music scene, causing her to be dropped from the forthcoming Born & Bred music festival in East London.

Rinse FM, who host the event, tweeted to say: “ANNOUCNEMENT: We have decided to cancel Azealia Banks’ headline appearance at Rinse/Born & Bred Festival.

“Rinse/Born & Bred Festival is a celebration of rave culture and have been created for EVERYONE. We celebrate inclusivity and equality.”

After tweeting and promptly deleting apologetic tweets, Banks went on the rampage again on Thursday morning.

Reports later emerged that the Home Office were investigating the star’s comments and considering whether or not she would be allowed to return to the UK in the future.