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RAPPER Azealia Banks, 29, announced on Monday that she’s engaged to her artist boyfriend Ryder Ripps.

She flaunted her giant, gold menorah engagement ring that the 34-year-old creative director gave her in a close-up photo on social media.

Azealia Banks revealed she's engaged
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Azealia Banks revealed she's engaged

On top of the image of her left hand and the new piece of jewelry, she wrote: “I said yes!!! @ryder_ripps and I are engaged!!!!!!”

added in the caption: “I just got engaged k**ts. I’m crying 😭.... I’m Jewish now. 

“MAZEL TOV B***HES! WE IN HERE.... YERRRRRRR.”

As for Ryder, he also shared the engagement news on Instagram, using a different photo of ’s ring.

She announced the news on Monday with a photo of her ring on Instagram
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She announced the news on Monday with a photo of her ring on InstagramCredit: Getty Images
The 29-year-old is engaged to her 34-year-old artist boyfriend Ryder Ripps
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The 29-year-old is engaged to her 34-year-old artist boyfriend Ryder RippsCredit: Instagram

The snap cropped in on just her wrist and her hand, resting on top of a fluffy blanket.

She has on a few silver chain bracelets with blue charms attached, but the square, gold ring with a menorah in its middle is the main focus.

In Azealia’s Instagram Story, she shared more details about the proposal by posting a few photos from the happy occasion.

Azealia showed off some photos from the proposal on her Story
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Azealia showed off some photos from the proposal on her StoryCredit: Instagram
Ryder held up his fiancée's ring-adorned hand and kissed it
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Ryder held up his fiancée's ring-adorned hand and kissed itCredit: Instagram

In one, a T-shirt-clad Ryder was bent down on one knee as he stared directly into the camera, holding up Azealia’s left hand and showing off the new engagement ring he’d just given her.

In the second, he bent his head down to give his fiancee’s hand a sweet kiss.

After a few followers commented on Azealia’s post slamming her for saying she’s Jewish now and wearing a menorah engagement ring, she revealed Ryder wanted to give it to her because it’s a “family heirloom.”

The rapper revealed the ring Ryder gave her is a 'family heirloom'
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The rapper revealed the ring Ryder gave her is a 'family heirloom'Credit: Instagram

She added: “B***h I’m making shashuka, challah cornbread, black Israelite salad and matzoh fried chicken tomorrow. You can’t stop me. I’m a jewcy diva now.”

This happy engagement news Azealia shared with her fans comes just shortly after her followers got a major surprise on their feed that they likely weren't expecting.

Azealia took to Instagram and quickly turned heads.

The engagement announced on Azealia's Instagram page comes just a few weeks after she shocked fans on the platform with a video of her allegedly digging up her dead cat
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The engagement announced on Azealia's Instagram page comes just a few weeks after she shocked fans on the platform with a video of her allegedly digging up her dead catCredit: Getty Images - Getty
She also showed off a skull she owns, which she said is the skull of a 6-year-old who died of head trauma
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She also showed off a skull she owns, which she said is the skull of a 6-year-old who died of head trauma

She posted a series of videos of her ."

"The cat is in the bag!" she joked during the shocking video, as she pulled up a dirt-covered bag that allegedly held the cat's body.

Azealia captioned the video post: "Lucifer 2009 - 2020. My Dear kitty. Thank you for everything. A legend. An icon. Forever a serval serve."

In the disturbing clip, she then proceeded to boil the cat in a large pot of murky water.

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A couple of weeks later, she revealed of a 6-year-old girl who died of head trauma.

The controversial rapper said she "loves bones" as she showed off the fractured skull, which she got from a "scientific research website."

Azealia Banks shows off SKULL of girl, 6, who died of head trauma after digging up her dead cat and boiling it
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