General Discussion

Some of her greatest hits:

Banks has been involved in altercations with crew and passengers aboard commercial flights, resulting in her being removed from airliners, and she has accused some foreign airlines of racism against her. She also denounced "racists" in Israel and Australia and said she would never return to either country.

In May 2016, Banks posted what several media outlets described as a racist and homophobic rant against Zayn Malik on Twitter, later targeting young actress Skai Jackson.

In October 2016, Banks filed a police report against actor Russell Crowe, claiming that he choked and spat at her before proceeding to call her the n word during a party in his hotel suite. However, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office dropped the case in December. RZA supported Banks' claims the following year during an interview with The Breakfast Club, but also condemned her alleged "obnoxious and erratic" behavior. Crowe in turn claimed that he removed Banks from the premises because she threatened to physically assault other attendees.

In December 2016, Banks posted a series of videos on Instagram detailing her cleanup of a closet in her apartment where she claimed to have been practicing witchcraft. She admitted to practicing "three years worth of brujeria". The video appeared to show dried blood, feathers, and the carrion of dead chickens. In January 2021, she received criticism after posting a video on Instagram of her exhuming the remains of her dead pet cat, Lucifer, and collected some of his bones. She later said in an interview that she did not eat the cat and exhumed it for taxidermizing purposes.

In January 2019, Banks posted xenophobic remarks about Irish people, in which she used ethnic slurs and mocked the Great Famine, after performing in Ireland. That August, she posted xenophobic remarks about Swedish people after performing in Sweden, adding that she "would really love to see someone bomb the shit out of this place".

In April 2022, Banks posted an Instagram story repeatedly chastising Ukraine in the 2022 Russian invasion of the country. She claimed, without evidence, that Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy prevented African exchange students from leaving the country, in reference to Ukrainians authorities who barred Black immigrants from fleeing at the onset of the war. She also claimed without evidence that Ukraine was using its embassies in African countries to recruit mercenaries to fight in Ukraine. Banks said that Zelenskyy was trying to provoke a global nuclear war and urged Ukraine to surrender. In a previous Instagram story from April 1, she had praised Russia's president Vladimir Putin, saying that she "really fucking love[s]" him and calling him her "favorite super villain ever".

In June 2025, Banks stated that she is a Zionist and supports Israel, writing "Fuck Palestine" on X. She wrote, "No Black Person Should Support Palestine", citing anti-black racism in the Arab world. She asserted that Israel should only give Afro-Palestinians asylum, claiming, without proof, that the other Palestinians had carried out a genocide against them. She criticized the two-state solution, stating, "No. [Mandatory Palestine] should all be Israel. Palestine cannot support itself without help from other countries, so the people should just leave or become naturalized Israelis."

In July 2025, controversy arose when Banks posted screenshots of nude photos sent to her by Conor McGregor on X.