'Black Widow' hitmaker Iggy Azalea has confessed that she was put under pressure by industry professionals to do things that would increase her social media presence. 

During a new chat with Schon! magazine, the rapper explained that she was advised to try and get more Twitter followers and one of the ways in which she could do that was to ask famous friends to take selfies with her for Instagram posts:

"You go to meetings, you sit down and they’ll be like, ‘Blah blah blah Twitter followers - this is how you could make more. Those things annoy me so much because they’re so f**king contrived. They’ll always say, ‘You should take more pictures with your celebrity friends'."

She went onto add that she finds that entire ethos to be incredibly fake and doesn't want any part in it:

“This is so gross! Who wants to fake-hang out with people to take pictures for Instagram so you can get more likes? It’s just so fake... My position is - there’s plenty of people in the industry that I like or that I think are great. I’m not someone who calls up someone to go for lunch twice just to take an Instagram picture.”

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Watch an interview with Iggy Azalea below: