Natassia Zolot, aka “Kreayshawn” has been under a bit of scrutiny as of late. The young raptress from Oakland, California and recent Columbian Records signee, is defending her use of the “n-word” in a Twitter post, saying that everybody uses the word where she grew up, according to Voice-online.co.uk.

Zolot posted a tweet saying “People are actin so funny omg lol. I got 200k views. Not 200k dollars. WTF you want from a n****a? DMX voice [sic].”

Read more on why Kreayshawn defends her N-Word use and her denial of using it in her music after the break.

In defense of her N-Word use, Zolot explains:

“In Oakland, Asian people will call Mexicans that. A Mexican will call a black dude that. A white person will call an Asian that. Everyone calls each other that. I feel like that word is used in the low-income community more than anything. I can see if I was some rich crazy trick and I was just saying this because it’s hip-hop,” Kreayshawn said, “I was raised around this. Me and my sisters were all raised around this. People call me that. But personally I’m not flaunting it around.’’

Read more at of her explanation at Voice-online.co.uk

Then in a recent interview with Allhiphop.com Kreayshawn admits she doesn’t use the N-Word in her music – but defends why here sister does: