Keys: 'Gangsta rap was government ploy'

Alicia Keys has claimed that the musical genre "gangsta rap" was created by the US government.

The R&B star told Blender magazine that the movement was designed to "convince black people to kill each other".

She also suggested that the deaths of hip-hop stars Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G were designed to hinder influential black politicians.

Keys said: "The murders were fuelled to stop a great black leader from existing."