Azealia Banks for Playboy: Rapper shows off her pert bum in first look at cover for men’s mag

The 23-year-old outspoken rapper has stripped off to grace the pages of the famous men's magazine

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Azealia Banks - Playboy Cover

Azealia Banks has given fans a sneak peak of her upcoming Playboy cover.
The outspoken rapper tweet the racy image which sees her dressed in leopard print leotard earlier today with a cat on her head.
She captioned it: “It’s finally here! My @Playboy issue hits newsstands this week. See a sneak peek at #AzealiaUncensored”

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Azealia Banks - Playboy Cover

Azealia, who's been involved in verbal spats with the likes of Iggy Azalea and T.I., , has her dyed different colours of purple for the shoot and it looks set to be much racier inside.
The 23-year-old star confirmed the news on her Twitter page, writing: "Now I can finally tell you, I'll be on the COVER of @Playboy's April Music Issue!! #LeChatNoir (sic)"
Azealia revealed she'd been inspired by two of her heroes, Grace Jones and Naomi Campbell, both appearing in the adult magazine.

Azealia shared this picture before

She tweeted: "Grace Jones and Naomi Campbell both did Playboy Covers so you know I was like Hell Yeaaaaaa!!!!! (sic)"
The hip-hop star also posted an an image of herself in which she appears to be strapped into a cat mask, crouching behind a leopard-print material.
Meanwhile, Playboy has described the shoot by veteran Austrian fashion photographer and director Ellen von Unwerth as a "nude pictorial" and a "frisky pictorial that's sure to break the internet", in reference to Kim Kardashian West's nude photoshoot for Paper magazine's winter issue last year.

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Azealia on stage

Von Unwerth has photographed an impressive list of models and celebrities in her career, including the likes of Kate Moss, Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna.
The April issue of Playboy will also feature an interview written by Rob Tannenbaum, a respected music journalist and the co-author of 'I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution'