espn host robert flores is the latest person to take a pot shot at australian popstar iggy azalea over her huge success as a global hip hop star flores was presenting sportscenter on sunday evening when he made the wisecrack about azalea while talking about her boyfriend, la lakers star nick young a couple of weeks ago, 24 year old azalea had revealed that young is terrified of dolphins because one once tried to kill him flores was presenting sportscenter on sunday evening when he made the wisecrack about iggy azalea while talking about her boyfriend, la lakers star nick young and his fear of dolphins  basketball star nick young took to twitter to express his anger at flores for joking about his girlfriend  ‘we learned that, according to the lakers’ nick young, a dolphin recently tried to kill him,’ said flores during the what did we learn? segment of sunday's show ‘so, nick, while dolphins are trying to kill you, your girlfriend is trying to kill hip hop let’s call it even, okay?’ azalea has remained quiet on the dis after quitting twitter last month, but her boyfriend was far from amused at flores' criticism 'your job is to talk about sports, not what me and my chick got going on,' he angrily tweeted young also appeared to threaten flores, tweeting 'we got a problem' and 'i'm pretty sure we are going to run into each other soon' appearing on the sedano and stink radio show on monday, flores appeared to downplay any possible 'beef' between him and young and said the joke was 'all in good fun' the australian pop star has been accused by a number of hip hop artists including azealia banks, snoop dogg, q tip, eve and soul singer jill scott of cultural appropriation  flores however couldn't resist continuing the joke and said that he wasn't too worried about young's apparent violent threat  'if you look at his numbers, there is a 70 percent chance that — if he takes a shot at me — he’s going to miss i’m just looking at the numbers, so i’m good' as azalea’s fame has grown, she has faced a growing wave of criticism – although up to now from hip hop artists – who have accused her of stealing from their culture and repackaging it for the mainstream before departing twitter last month azalea, whose real name is amethyst amelia kelly, had become embroiled in various wars of words online with rival azealia banks as well as snoop dogg, q tip, eve and soul singer jill scott banks has accused azalea of not caring about 'black issues' 'its funny to see people like igloo australia silent when these things happen black culture is cool, but black issues sure aren't huh?,’ she tweeted last year the singer and boyfriend la laker nick young , seen at the ucla men's basketball game at the galen center in los angeles in january  azalea rowed online with both azealia banks and snoop dogg before announcing that she was quitting twitter last month  while azalea accused banks of having a bad attitude she wrote: 'special msg for banks: there are many black artists succeeding in all genres the reason you haven't is because of your p**s poor attitude azalea has also rowed with snoop dog after he posted a picture on instagram of a person with pale skin and cornrows, claiming it was a photograph of iggy wearing no make up snoop compared her to the two main characters from the film white chicks naming the photo, 'white chicks 2 starring iggy' she fought back comparing him to the type of guy that asks for your number and then says you are 'ugly when you say no' last month azalea announced that she is taking a break from social media 'i want you to know i am taking some time away from social media i need to be happy and it is too negative and draining,' she told her followers minutes later she added: 'to become nasty because of the way i feel i am treated would be a disservice to my fans and i promise i will try to keep smiling' she explained: 'i feel the hatred and pettiness i see online at all times is making me become an angry person and i cannot be that'
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flores dissed australian popstar iggy azalea during a short segment about her basketball playing boyfriend on sunday  'so, nick, while dolphins are trying to kill you, your girlfriend is trying to kill hip hop let’s call it even, okay?' he joked  young took to twitter to threaten flores, 'we got a problem' he tweeted, while his girlfriend has remained quiet  azalea has been accused of cultural appropriation by a number of hip hop artists including azealia banks, snoop dogg and q tip 