"He's going to pay"— Azealia Banks says she is suing Matty Healy for threatening to slap her on social media

Azealia Banks and 1975 frontman Matty Healy got into a heated exchange on X, which ended with Healy threatening to physically assault the rapper. Their latest chain of tweets started when Banks criticized Charli XCX's looks, and Healy came online to defend. After Healy's threat to slap Banks "so hard," the rapper said she's planning to sue the 1975 frontman.

In a new post on X, Azealia Banks inquired where Matty Healy currently lives without clarifying her intentions.

"Is Matty Healy in Los Angeles or London? I need to choose a territory because I've had enough of ni**as thinking my opinion is open season for them to threaten me. He's going to pay got every last word of it because enough is enough," she wrote.

Azealia Banks' tweet (Image via @azealiaslacewig/ X)

However, in a subsequent post replying to a netizen criticizing her for "coming at" Matty Healy, Banks made it clear what her next move against the 1975 frontman is.

"Because I'm suing him [Healy]. Ahora. Having something to say is one thing but threatening me with physical violence is where the line gets drawn. Threatened to slap me twice, dox me, called me ugly. I haven't slept all night I am very stressed," she stated.

It appears that Healy had already deleted his previous tweets about slapping Banks before sharing another post, saying that what he said "was not cool" even if he was angry at the time.

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Matty Healy apologizes to Azealia Banks after threatening to slap her

After Matty Healy threatened Azealia Banks of slapping her "so hard" he'd get a Guinness World Record, he was forced to backtrack on his words. Addressing what he threatened Banks with, Healy wrote on X on December 4:

"Nah I can't be saying I'm gonna hit a girl that's insane I'm sorry. You just can't keep being so mean about my mates and my mrs it's really hurtful gets me well defensive."

As for Azealia Banks, she reposted Healy's tweet, saying that it was his admission of guilt but still a "p*ss poor reasoning." While he still blamed Banks for saying hurtful words, he went on to apologize to her via DMs. The rapper shared screenshots of part of their conversation on her social media, with Healy further apologizing.

"Babe I'm not inciting racial violence against you intentionally or unintentionally this was just like a bar fight," he wrote.

In another message, he wrote:

"If I thought this would hit you deep I would have never said anything I'm sorry man."

That said, Matty Healy followed that message with another one where he said that both Banks and he are "guilty of doing things that make others feel bad or victimized," if he's being honest. At one point, Healy defended his actions to Banks in the DMs, saying that he only lost his temper, but the rapper wasn't having any of it.

She posted that Healy had been in her DMs apologizing and begging her not to sue him. However, Azealia Banks added that she's "f*cking tired" and insisted that people are going to learn "some f**king respect." She also added that her name will be attached to Healy's band's SEO for at least the next four years.