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Beyoncé is adamant her “Cowboy Carter” isn’t a country album, but Azealia Banks needs further convincing — the outspoken artist is so on one, her rant is overshadowing the album announcement on social media!!!

Azealia’s unloaded on Bey in the past, but is now convinced her ex-Black Girl Superhero is putting on a do-si-do front for Caucasian Grammy voters just to snag that elusive Album of the Year award.

In an audio recording, she also accused Beyoncé of kowtowing to Taylor Swift, and claimed she’s no longer setting trends in the music industry.

Azelia basically wrote a short story that reads, in part, “Wow we didn’t even try to put even a little effort into a more artistic title?”

She then referenced Beyoncé performing “Daddy Lessons” with The Chicks during the 2016 CMAs — “Ur always sharing ur platform with white women who are so jealous of you but have such a long history of sabotaging other Black womens careers.”

Bey’s got the most Grammy wins ever, but no AOTY … a point her hubs Jay-Z infamously made during the last Grammy gala.

AB made several more points of her own … she labeled Bey’s outfits as “White woman cosplay” and the entire “Cowboy Carter” rollout as “pick me stuff” — a.k.a. smoke signals for white audiences to single her out.

She also blames Jay for “overstrategizing” the artistic vision, and said Kelsea Ballerini and Carrie Underwood can make better music in their sleep!!!

Bey’s milestone of becoming the first Black woman to go No. 1 on the country charts also got smeared in her face … Azealia notes tons of Black country artists have been grinding for years, but don’t have Bey’s advantage and the funds to get their tunes the traction they need.

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Azealia’s pissed she’s not getting the “B’Day Bianca Bardot Beyoncé” … but as the Overstragetizer might say, just buy her old albums if that’s what you want!!!

BEYONCÉ’S ‘TEXAS HOLD ‘EM’‘FRANKLIN’ THEME SINGER LOVES IT …Despite Viral Comparisons

Even fans of Beyoncé‘s “Texas Hold ‘Em” are calling it out for its similarity to the “Franklin” cartoon theme sung by Bruce Cockburn … and while he gets the comparison, he tells TMZ he’s making no claim on her hit.

In case you didn’t know … Beyoncé’s country single was transposed with the theme for “Franklin” — a Canadian-produced kids’ show — shortly after it dropped on February 11.

Many TikTok users, and even some radio DJs, insist the country #1 song borrows plenty from “Franklin” — so much so, some of the TikTokers are getting upwards of 5 million views on their posts.

Yet, Bruce doesn’t think Beyoncé needs to lasso up an apology — he tells TMZ, “I think Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ is a good record. Unfortunately, I can’t claim to have had any part in writing it.”

He adds, “The rhythmic feel is similar to my theme song for the ‘Franklin’ TV series, but to my ears, that’s where the similarity stops. ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ is her song, and I wish her success with it!”

Perhaps Bruce knows better than to cross the BeyHive?

For those unfamiliar with “Franklin” … the animated preschool series aired in Canada between 1997 and 2004. The show followed the titular turtle’s aminated adventures with his fellow woodland creatures.

Now, Bey would’ve been 16 when “Franklin” premiered — so, we highly doubt she’s familiar with the kiddo show, however her co-writers on the track might be a different story.

The 3 songwriters credited, in addition to Bey, are Elizabeth Boland, Megan Bulow and Nathan Ferraro … all of whom are not from Nashville or Texas.

Yup, they’re Canadian!

Now, hold your Texas horses … we’re not saying that proves any plagiarism — but the Canadian connection does make it slightly more likely the songwriters heard “Franklin,” and could have been inspired.

For the record, the law allows for some level of inspiration, but how much? Well sometimes that’s up to a jury. Ed Sheeran, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams will tell you that can be an expensive gamble … sometimes ya win, sometimes ya lose.