Lil Mama issued a formal statement of apology after crashing Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ Empire State of Mind performance at the MTV VMA’s

“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys…I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.”