INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
If Azealia Banks& Instagram account is to believed, Elon Musk tweets about Tesla take-private deal can be chalked up to some good ole acid
and a whole lot of post-tweet frantic scrambling.
Over a series of Instagram stories from the weekend, Banks (whose account should be taken
with an entire salt shaker — more on that later) reported from the belly of the beast (which in this case is one of Elon Musk Los Angeles
homes).
Azealia Banks exposing Elon Musk for tweeting while on Acid.
while she was waiting for Grimes at her home … whewwww lord
pic.twitter.com/i9BXWWrLAD
mdash; sadhoeflo (@sadhoeflo) August 13,
2018
Banks, who claims she was invited to Elon demesne at the behest of Musk partner, the musician Grimes, to collaborate on music, wound
up being a witness to what she claimed was a drug-induced financing tweet and a weekend of dealing with its repercussions.
At this point,
yes, of course we reached out for comment
A spokesperson for Musk responded to a request for comment in an email, writing, &With regard to your question about drug use, as a
spokesman for Elon this is ‘total nonsense& & additionally, ‘Elon has never even met Ms
Banks or communicated with her in any way&.
A close reading of Banks& account paints the picture that she was left alone in the house and
only overheard frantic phone calls as Musk scrambled to shore up the funding he had claimed was &secured& in a tweet from last week.
Just
when you think it doesn't get crazier than Elon vs
the shorts, you find out about the Azealia Banks Vs
Grimes/Elon craziness and realize THERE COULD BE SO MANY MORE LEVELS OF CRAZY TO GO.$TSLA pic.twitter.com/A5YEqwXbP1
mdash; Jeremy C
Oweñs (@jowens510) August 13, 2018
Banks did not respond to a direct message requesting comment.
As soon as Musk tweeted his infamous
tweet claiming Tesla had secured financing last week, there was instant speculation about whether it was Saudi money, Softbank money…or
The theories were that either he had pulled off a coup or Musk was chasing the recent SpaceX successes with some speculative (shaky) fiction
about Tesla outcomes.
Indeed,the &clarification& that Musk issued today does not make the financing picture any more solid, nor, experts
say, would it absolve Musk from potential problems with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Elon Musk confirms his bid to take Tesla
private, backed by Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund
The financial regulator remains highly interested in Musk confirmation fo funding and
whether or not it is more than just a pipe dream more befitting a confabulation from Timothy Leary.
The SEC wants Tesla to explain Elon 420
tweet
There is, however, the matter of Banks& credibility
While other sites have confirmed that she was at Musk house, the notorious shit-stirrer is… well… a notorious stirrer of shit
She picked fights with celebrities from Beyonce to cast members of RuPaul drag race and remains a controversial figure.
Indeed, Gizmodo is
reporting that Musk (reached via DM) said he never met Banks.
hellip; when reached via Twitter direct messages, Musk told Gizmodo that he
&has never even met [Banks] or communicated with her in any way.& In other words,he doesn''t know her.
That said, this feels… insane as it
may be… of a piece with the arc of Tesla recent story (and the founder to which, as of now, it is inextricably tied)
The company makes very real, and very beloved cars that could have a major impact on renewable energy for all — while simultaneously
riding the waves of controversy kicked up by its founder CEO like a battery powered toy boat.
All things could be true
The Saudis could come in to save Musk and Tesla (although today statement from Musk indicates nothing so solid as a deal on the table) and
he could also be Howard Hughes -ing it in one of his Los Angeles estates.
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Musk has already shown us that he brilliant, but his
erratic behavior recently (from random tweets, to errant earnings calls) may be a sign that he is also — at least for now — out of
whatever stands in for balance when it comes to high-functioning futurists
And he certainly hasn''t done himself any favors regarding his credibility by trying to paint reasonable journalism and journalists as
purveyors of &fake news&.
As of now, I&m #teamnoone and all of this sucks.
