“I felt like…
I have to say something,” the rapper explained.
“I felt like, you know what?
Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Regardless of what people might think about it, I have to say something,” she added.
(A lawyer for Jamie Spears didn’t to EW’s request for comment on the matter.)
The rapper told PEOPLE that she posted her Twitter statement in case it might help Spears in some way.
“I know her and love her,” Azalea said.
Spears argued for her independence in a passionatestatement in court June 23, appearing remotely.
“I just want my life back,” Spears told a judge regarding her conservatorship.
“It’s been 13 years and it’s been enough.”
“I would honestly like to sue my family,” she told the judge.
Jamie Spears has since asked the court to investigate his daughter’s claims,the Associated Press reported.
Azalea told PEOPLE that she believes things have “to change” for her friend.
“There are too many people now in her defense,” she said.
