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Azealia Banks, the former rapper who is now known more for her insane Twitter rants and aggressive publicity stunts, has faced more controversy today following an encounter on a plane in which she spit in a man's face, punched him, and called a flight attendant a "fucking faggot". The incident started when Azealia, who was sitting in row six, tried to leave the plane ahead of a French passenger and his wife, who were seated in row three. The man held out his hand to prevent her from going past them, and Azealia allegedly snapped on the passenger. Allegedly, Azealia began by spitting in the man's face, before attempting to punch him in the face. She then began to claw at his shirt, hurtling insults as she did so. At this point, a flight attendant grabbed the rapper's bag and asked her to calm down. She supposedly lost her balance and fell down onto the seat, before standing up and attempting to grab the luggage back from the attendant. The video shows the outcome of this as she screams at the attendant for her bag and, after it is given to her, calling him a "fucking faggot". The co-pilot, who had emerged from the front of the plan after noticing the ruckus, told her that police were called, causing her to run off the plane and drop her cell phone. The police eventually found Azealia as she picked up her baggage, and spoke with witnesses on the plane and the French man who had been attacked. The man decided not to press charges as he was on holidays in the country and the legal process would be lengthy and difficult. As is her fashion, Banks took to Twitter not long after the incident to share her side of the story. According to the rapper, she was actually punched in the face by the man prior to her violence, saying, “Ok so I get hit in the face by a man and no one cares. The[y] only hear what I called the man who was blocking my exit. I don’t care. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I don’t tolerate bitchassness and I don’t tolerate men putting their hands on me.” The man's violence was not corroborated by any of the other witnesses on the plane. Azealia has since deleted the Tweets, but left up one saying, “Now you all can sit here in your fake outrage and discuss this amongst yourselves !! I’m headed to the beauty parlor! SIYONARA MOTHERF*CKERS.” This isn't the first time Azealia's gotten into hot water over her use of the word "faggot". Back in 2013, after beefing with Bauuer over her remix of his hit track 'Harlem Shake', Banks called not only the DJ but also Perez Hilton, who got involved in the beef, a "faggot", again on Twitter. Check out the video below and let us know what you think after the jump!

It's been a bad year for Iggy Azalea, and judging by comments made by her label-runner and friend T.I., things aren't going to get better any time soon. Months after a poorly-recieved collaborative single with pop icon Britney Spears ('Pretty Girs' was promised to be a hit but ended up only making it to #29 on the charts), a cancelled headlining tour and ongoing accusations of racism and homophobia, Azalea has now been shunned by former mentor and inspiration T.I. In a recent interview with radio station Hot 97, the 'Live Your Life' rapper stated that his relationship with Azalea "took a bit of a rest stop", with the nucleus of the argument being shady comments she posted on Twitter about hip-hop icon Q-Tip. “After the Q-Tip thing… After I kind of had smoothed it over, like okay, ‘What is really meant to be said here is…’ After it was cool, everything was cool, and then they kind of came back and undid what I had just [accomplished],” the rapper said. “Imma be all the way real, I’m a loyal partner. If I rock with you I’m gon’ rock with you". T.I. isn't completely dismissive of Iggy's struggles though, explaining that many of her troubles were the result of bearing the brunt of people's "pent-up aggression" regarding her cultural outsiderness. "Any human being anywhere is going to have a hard time...It's very difficult to be the new kid and to be the butt of the jokes and to be the direction of all the negativity. I really do feel that they [Iggy’s team] just needed a little more time to adjust, which I feel they can do. They have the talent, they have the charisma." What are your thoughts on T.I.'s comments? Was it professional for him to call out Iggy live on air, or should he have discussed it privately with her? Check out the full interview below and let us know what you think after the jump!