Hip-hop star Erica Banks under fierce fire from fans over VERY controversial career move: 'This is embarrassing'
Rapper Erica Banks is facing fierce backlash from her longtime fans after announcing that she's going on a strip club tour.
The 26-year-old, who is currently starring on VH1's Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta, is also offering 'private dances' for as low as $1,000.
Banks will kick off the tour in Miami at Klub24, before hitting Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, and St Louis.
While some fans are excited for the X-rated tour, others have accused the rapper of wasting her talent.
'Girl this is why you can't be taken seriously as a rapper. You are supposed to stay on brand. What is this,' asked one.
'Noooooooo sis don't do this. WHO is managing you?' added another, while a third write, 'You have a platinum song. What happened?'
'This is embarrassing. We need to bring shame back,' wrote another.
A fifth commented, 'If she's a rapper, why is she stripping for money instead of making music?'
Banks addressed the backlash in a since-deleted post, writing, 'My strip tour got y'all in a frenzy. Are y'all okay?'
She continued, 'You don't have to be a hater babe. Your boyfriend won't. So let's just have a ball and enjoy this.'
Banks shot to fame back in 2021 thanks to her viral hit Buss It.
The song became a sensation on TikTok and eventually reached No. 47 on the Hot 100 before being certified platinum.
Buss It's success led to Banks landing a major record deal before being added to the cast of VH1's long-running Love & Hip-Hop franchise.
Banks is still working on new music, with the rapper recently telling fans that she has three new singles in the pipeline.
Fans have been outraged over the talented rapper's raunchy career move
Despite her success in the music world, Banks is currently a creator on OnlyFans.
Last year, the star opened up about undergoing major surgery, including a BBL, after finding fame.
'I've done two rounds of Brazilian butt lifts and I can say I'm very satisfied with it. I love it,' she told DJ Smallz Eyes.
'I'm really happy with it, so I wouldn't go back and get a reduction.'
In another video, she described the healing process from her BBL as 'hell'.
'It was probably the worst pain I've ever experienced in my whole life,' she told B High ATL.
'The pain is just excruciating. Because the inside of your body is brutalized.'
Banks has often faced criticism from trolls that she sounds too similar to a number of other chart-topping female rappers, specifically GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion.
Addressing the claims last month, a defiant Banks wrote on X (formerly Twitter), 'I don't sound like anyone.'
She continued, 'I hate when y'all say that. If you've been listening to my music since 2020, you know I've always had my own sound.
'Please just love on your favorite artist without forcing the thought of me sounding like them or anyone else.'
Banks also hit back at her critics in an interview with the Dallas Observer last year.
'It is necessary to be confident in this industry because everybody's not going to like how you look, how you talk, how you sound, how you rap — and that's OK,' she said.
'So yeah, when it comes to people just having a strong opinion about what you look like because of your skin color or what you look like, because of what you did to your body, it's just like, at the end of the day, it is my s**t. I'm going to bed with it. I'm waking up with it.'
She added, 'It is what it is. What can I do? All I can do is wake up and continue to be myself.'
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