Azealia Banks and artist Ryder Ripps have ended their relationship
Rapper Azealia Banks and artist Ryder Ripps have ended their engagement after three weeks, according to Banks' Instagram stories.
Following the widely publicized sale of their audio sex tape as an NFT, or non-fungible token, on March 6, the couple spent the weekend making public swipes at each other on Instagram. An NFT is a non-exchangeable digital asset — in this case, an audio file — authenticated with blockchain technology.
Vice reported that the audio sex tape originally sold for 10 ETH, the native cryptocurrency on the Ethereum blockchain platform, which translated to roughly $17,000 at the time. The NFT was purchased by an anonymous buyer named Rulton Fyder, which many have speculated might be artist Richard Prince. After obtaining the rights to the tape, Fyder listed the NFT on Rarible for $150,000 ETH, which equated to approximately $260 million as of Monday afternoon.
The Harlem-native rapper, 29, posted a series of Instagram stories on Saturday claiming that she didn't originally want to make the tape and that it became a source of dispute for the couple.
In a story posted Sunday, Banks said that she and Ripps were no longer together.
It's still unclear when the pair began dating, but Banks posted photos of them together in Miami in early February. The two then announced their engagement on the controversial rapper's Instagram and uploaded a photo of the ring and a caption that read, "I said yes!!! I'm Jewish now. MAZEL TOV B----ES!" on February 21.
A follower attempted to correct her understanding of becoming Jewish, telling her "it doesn't work like that," but Banks went on to defend her comment by going on a transphobic rant.
Banks did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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