Brown denies insulting Jay-Z

Chris Brown has denied that he insulted fellow musician Jay-Z, saying his comments on Twitter were blown out of proportion.

Chris Brown

Chris Brown has denied that he insulted fellow musician Jay-Z, saying his online comments were blown out of proportion.

The R&B star wrote the word "cornball" on his Twitter page as Jay-Z was honoured with the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist trophy at the recent American Music Awards (AMAs).

Brown, who later deleted the message, said he was shocked to read the papers claiming he insulted the hip-hop mogul.

"My Twitter didn’t get hacked, people blew it out of proportion,” Contactmusic quoted him as telling a US radio station.

"I was also commenting on certain things going on the AMAs but I was still Tweeting randomly about what was going on. Everybody was like 'Oh he's making an excuse. I just said 'cornball.' I wasn't talking about homie (Jay-Z) at all."

"At that moment, I started seeing the comments, ''Oh you talking about Jay? You talking about Jay?'' I was like hell nah, then I said let me delete this before this gets out proportion.