Kanye West defends Britney Twitter comments

The 33-year-old rapper took to the blogging site at the weekend and wrote, 'Yo Britney, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you be #1, but me and Jay-Z's single is one of the best songs of all time!'

He has since been accused of insulting the pop star as he did with Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.

But he returned to the website to argue his case, saying that his comments were meant as a friendly joke.

'When I said the comment about Brittney I was giving her props for being #1 not dissing her at all! How can you 'let' someone be number one??!! That was the whole joke!!! I know intelligent people know this so bear with me, (sic)' he explained.

'But stop making it seem that my aim is to hurt or down people! That's just not my style!

As pop stars we're all in this s**t together! We on the inside of the TV!

'If you don't give em a story they just make one up. I'm just trying to focus & stay creative! Keep bringing dope s**t to the world!'