Australian rapper Iggy Azalea has hit out at the 'pettiness' that followed the BET Awards recently, at which Nicki Minaj was accused of 'shading' her in her acceptance speech.

Minaj took to Twitter earlier today (July 2) to clarify her comments and explained that she has "congratulated Iggy on the success of 'Fancy', publicly. She should be very proud of that", and confirmed there is no tension between the two of them, and then, later in the day, Azalea posted a message to Instagram that reads:

"I have to say the general explosion of pettiness online in the last few days is hard to ignore & honestly... lame. If I had won the BET award that would've been great, but it wasn't my year, and I don't mind so you shouldn't either. Generally speaking, I'm unbothered by anything that happened at the BET Awards and just feel worn out by everyone trying to make me have wars with people all the time."

"Anyone who wishes me well is welcome in my life and those who don't can't get any more of my time. I hate to see everyone exhausting themselves on my behalf over things I'm not 100% sure even exist and don't matter. Just let it go."

The 'Change Your Life' star then returned to her Twitter page and added: "Also, just wanna say I think it's dope that there was even a debate & conversation about who would win "best female rapper" this year. Usually I feel like the award is overlooked. I'm happy there was anticipation in regards to who'd get it & congrats to Nicki for winning."

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Watch Minaj's BET Awards acceptance speech here: