NEW YORK — Lil Mama issued an apology Tuesday to Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles after she barged onstage during their performance of “Empire State of Mind” at Sunday night’s VMAs in New York City.
“I’m sitting in my seat two rows away from the stage, and Jay-Z is walking through this tunnel and just, like, this adrenaline rush is pumping [through me],” she explained to MTV News. “He started [rapping], and Alicia Keys is going, ‘The big lights will inspire you,’ and really, I got emotional. Yeah, New York! Jay! I started to feel him, and I started to feel myself. I just felt the energy, and I got up and started walking to the stage. I was just rooting him on as a champion. Bigging up my borough, bigging up my brother.”
“If in any way Jay-Z or Alicia Keys feels offended, I want to apologize to both of you,” she continued. “I actually would love to have a one-on-one, because I actually felt like I was being felt [for my actions]. I felt like there was a bond. I didn’t get a chance to hear what was coming out of [Jay-Z’s] mouth. I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful. I was just feeling it, and it happened at a moment which happened to be the VMAs, so it was ‘wow.’ “
