Azealia Banks Says She Is Moving to Tel Aviv

The American rapper, one of the few US artists to perform in Israel during the war, posted a photo of her new apartment and said she never expected to enjoy the city this much.

Azealia Banks is moving to Tel Aviv. The American rapper told her followers on X on October 6 that she was moving in and enjoying the city, adding that the decision would have surprised her a few years ago. The post, with a smiling emoji and an Israeli flag, showed the inside of her new apartment.

An artist who came when others stayed away

Banks is one of the few American performers who kept coming to Israel after October 7. While many artists cancelled Israeli dates under pressure from boycott campaigns, she performed in Tel Aviv and said publicly that she enjoyed the country and its audiences, drawing attacks online and praise from Israelis.

Her announcement lands in that context. For Israelis, a foreign star choosing to live in Tel Aviv during the war is a statement in itself, whether or not she intends it as one.

The apartment

The photo shows a furnished apartment with an open kitchen, a dining table and exposed ceiling pipes, the kind of renovated flat common in central Tel Aviv. Banks did not give an address or say whether she bought or rented.

Music in Israel

N12 reports that Banks is working with Israeli producer Yinon Yahel, one of the country's best known dance music producers. The collaboration gives the move a professional dimension beyond the lifestyle post, though Banks has not announced a release.

How long she will stay

Israeli entertainment site ICE, citing a report by Guy Pines, describes the arrangement as an extended short term rental rather than a permanent relocation. Banks herself did not say how long she plans to stay. For now the facts are her own words: she has moved into an apartment in Tel Aviv, and she likes it.