X Factor winner James Arthur has apologised over a petty homophobic online ‘battle’ with a no-name rapper he called “fucking queer”. A ‘rap battler’ called Mickey Worthless took aim at the singer over Twitter, then wrote a song stating: ”You sucked Simon’s bell to get your deal. You suck Simon’s bell and Louis’ as well. Yeah you did, you faggot. Yeah you did, fuck off.” Arthur, who has two million followers, responded with his own song: “You probably want to stick your dick in me, you fucking queer,” also telling him “shoot yourself” and explained: “He thought he was Mr Rap Battle, so he had to get it. He asked for it.” Little Britain’s Matt Lucas and lesbian X Factor singer Lucy Spraggan are among those who slammed the exchange. Arthur has since apologised, but claimed words like 'queer' have a different meaning in rap. "I just have to say I'm extremely disappointed in myself for being so naive with the diss track I made for an unknown rapper recently," he's tweeted. "Some of the things said in this rap can be mistaken for homophobic slurs and I assure you homophobia is something I do not believe in. "I have many many gay friends. In rap feuds/rap disses the words I used have a different intent. This is a straight man I was attacking. "A straight man who littered his track with severe homophobic slurs towards me.. Like I said though it was a rap diss .. "And in no way a reflection of my true character.." Arthur has since sworn off posting his own tweets following another feud, this time with comedian Frankie Boyle.
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First published: Monday, 18th November 2013 - 8:54am