Lupe Fiasco denies Jessica Biel romance

Lupe Fiasco has denied rumours that he started a relationship with Jessica Biel when the pair climbed Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this month.

The 'Go Baby' rapper laughed off suggestions that he was romantically "intertwined" with Biel, who is the girlfriend of Justin Timberlake.

"She's a very lovely person. I do consider her a friend. She's very dope, a very capable young woman. Very smart. But we are not dating or romantically intertwined in any way," he told MTV.

"It is what it is. Nobody really called me on it. I've seen it out in the world. But nah, she's good peoples. She definitely surprised me as far as how good and honest of a person she is. I do rock with her."

The pair joined celebrities including Emile Hirsch, Elizabeth Gore and Isabel Lucas to climb the African peak to raise awareness and funds for the global water crisis.