On Monday night (Jan. 29), the artist formerly known as Mos Def hopped on social media to address the uproar made over his comments about Drake.

"It was not an opportunity to try to slander him or clown him," Bey says in the video clip below. "I have reached out to him. I have no responses yet. I'm not keen to talk about people, or to them, through their screen. I like to talk with people directly. But I will say this, the young man is very talented. He's been able to be very successful with that talent. I have no issue with his success or anything he's been able to achieve as a result of his talent."