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Female hip-hop icon Lil' Kim has slammed rapper Drake after his rumoured brawl with R&B star Chris Brown.

The Queen Bee of rap harshly criticised the 'Take Care' star, suggesting he once threatened her and calls him a coward - but offers support to Chris Brown over the New York club incident - and his attack on Rihanna in 2009.

"People are so hard on Chris (Brown)," she says in the interview. "He made a mistake, he owned up to it, and he and Rihanna have moved on with their lives. But since that incident it’s so easy to blame Chris.

"What I know about Drake is he is bitch-made. Meaning he’s an instigator, and a pussy. He had no issue stepping to Lil Kim, I’m like five feet tall. But he didn’t try stepping to Chris, a man, because he’s simply a coward. At the end of the day, you don’t gotta be a tough guy to be a rapper, but don’t dress up in Gangsta Drag when you a bitch."

She also made a veiled reference to Drake's sexuality, adding: "Drake’s a bottom – y’all know what I mean when I say that."