According to a released statement today, Alica Key’s has spoken out about her recent interview with Blender Magazine about “Gangsta Rap.”

In her statement Key’s says, “Anyone who knows me and my character, knows that I am not a conspiracy theorist or, by implication, a racist. My comments about ‘gangsta rap’ were in no way trying to suggest that the government is responsible for creating this genre of rap music. The point that I was trying to make was that the term was over-sloganized by some of the media causing reactions that were not always positive. Many of the ‘gangsta rap’ lyrics articulate the problems of the artists’ experiences and I think all of us, including our leaders, could be doing more to address these problems including drugs, gang violence, crime, and other related social issues.”

The interview and Key’s comments hit the net this weekend, and sent up a duststorm of rumor and gossip sites, putting Alicia Key’s in the spotlight for her nickname AK-47 and other comments about the Black Panthers.

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