Twitter has suspended US rapper Azealia Banks after she used racist language in a series of tweets to former One Direction star Zayn Malik.
The account of @AzealiaBanks returned a message saying that it was suspended.
It included a link to the website's conditions, which lists "abusive tweets and behavior" as a reason for temporary removal.
On Tuesday, she accused Malik of copying her style on his latest music video in messages.
She used epithets related to Muslims in the messages, which she has since deleted, targeting the 23-year-old.
"When your entire extended family has been obliterated by good ol the U.S of A will you still be trying to act like a white boy pretending to be black?" Banks said in one tweet.
Malik kept a distance from Banks, telling her in Twitter lingo that he had seen her remarks and chosen not to take the bait.
"My @'s too good for you," tweeted the singer, who is partially of Pakistani origin and was brought up in Bradford, England.
Malik, who has chosen to go by his first name as a solo artist, has taken on an R&B sound since leaving One Direction with his songs featuring lyrics about sex and relationships.
In a fresh tweet on Wednesday, Banks reiterated her accusations about Zayn's music and cast her remarks about Muslims as a gesture of solidarity.
"He felt as if he was too good to acknowledge me yet not too good to copy my creativity," she wrote.
"I had to remind him that we're both in the same boat in this industry and people of colour."
Banks won wide acclaim for her single 212 but has become better known for her Twitter outbursts, with her pledge in March to quit the platform proving short-lived.
She notably engaged in a long-running feud with the Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, whom she accused of exploiting black culture.
A London music festival, Rinse/Born & Bred Festival, has also removed Banks from its line-up next month.
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