Alicia Keys claims that she was "misinterpreted" in a recent interview with Blender Magazine where she blamed the US government that "gangsta rap" was created to "convince black people to kill each other."
Now the Grammy Award-winning singer released an official statement that her comments were misinterpreted in a negative way, and they were not meant the way they looked.

"My comments about gangsta rap were in no way trying to suggest that the government is responsible for creating this genre of rap music," Keys said in a statement issued by J Records. "I feel it is necessary to clarify the comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented. 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."

Furthermore the R&B singer made a quick call to Ryan Seacrest's LA radio show "On-Air With Ryan", to clear the situation. "I did want to clarify some statements because basically what happened was that I feel that I wasn't 100 percent clear on exactly what I was saying so it got slightly misinterpreted," she told Seacrest.

When asked about the exact misinterpretations, Keys says, "What I was saying is that the term 'gangsta rap' was so oversloganized during that time."

"In so many ways, everyday people, as well as the government, could have really done so much more to sorta obliterate and eradicate the things that were going on in the communities at that time that forced the artists to discuss and talk about, so strongly, what they saw, what they lived with," she explained. "I wasn't saying that I'm a conspiracy theorist, and I wasn't saying that I'm anti-anyone because anybody who knows my character knows that I'm a very positive person... My only aim is to uplift people and spread love."

Blender Magazine spokeswoman Kate Cafaro said Tuesday (April 15), "We stand by our story."