Katy Perry has defused tensions between herself and Chief Keef after she was threatened by the US rapper.

As previously reported, the pop songstress recently criticised Keef's track 'Hate Bein' Sober' on Twitter.

This prompted the rapper to violently reply to Perry, saying: "Dat b*tch Katy Perry Can Suck Skin Off Of my D*ck. Ill Smack The Sh*t out her."

Naturally, the 'Teenage Dream' star seemed a little taken aback by the comments, prompting the singer to mediate the tension with some conciliatory words. Perry said:

"Mr. Keef! I'm sorry if I offended you. I heard a lot of people guesting on the song & didn't even know it was you in particular. Actually, I'm a fan of your "Don't Like" video tbh. I was really just having a general opinion on our generations desire to be constantly intoxicated."

She concluded: "Believe me, I'm a lover not a hater. x."

Seemingly putting an end to the matter, Keef then retweeted Perry's messages.