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For the new September 2012 issue of Dazed & Confused, up-and-coming Harlem emcee Azealia Banks

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For the new September 2012 issue of Dazed & Confused, up-and-coming Harlem emcee Azealia Banks has been chosen to grace the cover. Bearing the title “Azealia Banks Blows Up,” the cover features the 21-year-old artists blowing into a condom, and has since been banned from being released in seven countries before even being released, according to the Huffington Post. Banks is one not to shy away from controversy and it looks like she may have just added another notch to her belt with this one. Check out the full photoshoot by Sharif Hamza up above, and let us know what you think about the cover down below.

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