If New York rapper Azealia Banks is to believed, Samantha Cameron potters around No 10 singing the lyrics "I'm a ruin you cunt". Banks tweeted that Sam Cam told her that she "loves" her song 212. It's not clear where the two met, although both have been spotted at London fashion week shows.
Sam Cam must have a strong stomach for hip-hop. 212 is the rudest chart hit in recent memory. Radio 1 had to make more than 50 edits before it was deemed suitable to play even after the watershed. It covers a range of topics including gang violence, homoeroticism and cunnilingus, or as Banks puts it in the song: "lick my plum in the evening, and fit that tongue d-deep in". (If you sing the next line in a posh accent, you could easily mistake it for "punt gets to Eton".)
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Taking the lyrics out of context, though, does 212 no justice. It was a once-in-a-generation moment in youth culture, a Smells Like Teen Spirit or London Calling. Released in the summer of 2011, it felt like an arrow fired at the beige misery of austerity and Ed Sheeran. Its boundless energy, future-thinking beats and sickeningly clever wordplay made Banks into a global star overnight. In 2011, she topped NME's cool list. No doubt Sam Cam appreciates the way 212 uses homosexual imagery both to challenge gender roles, and of course she will have read up on the lines supposedly aimed at Nicki Minaj and Azealia's old label, XL.
Sam Cam has always been a bit of a hipster. When she was hanging out with Marcus Mumford in Washington she told him she was a fan of the Swedish alt-folk duo First Aid Kit. Last summer she was spotted raving in Ibiza to 2ManyDJs. She is also close friends with trip-hop artist Tricky.
Just met Samantha Cameron... She told me she loves 212...... *mind blown*
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 17, 2012
The prime minister, on the other hand, has never ingratiated himself with the rap community. As leader of the opposition, he attacked Radio 1 for playing hip-hop "that encourages people to carry guns and knives", which led to grime star Lethal Bizzle calling him "a donut". His musical tastes have been more Jo Whiley than Wiley, favouring Radiohead and the Smiths. So you can imagine what he thinks of Banks, a self-proclaimed "rude bitch-nigga", cluttering up his Bose six-CD changer.
Although, saying that, earlier in the week Banks tweeted: "I need me an English man with some gray hair and some nice socks." Perhaps Sam Cam had better watch out.
