Diplo has jumped to Madonna's defence in his new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, saying that the Queen of Pop "created the world we live in".
"It already sucks to be a woman in the music industry, but to be a boss woman is even harder. She sold out her tour in minutes, but no one seems to want her to succeed - 'Madonna, we've been there, done that, now we're about Kim Kardashian'. Her song 'Ghosttown' was a guaranteed Number One for anybody else, but she didn't get a fair shot. With 'B***h I'm Madonna', everyone said there's no way it will go anywhere, but I'm like, 'Screw it, it represents you more than anything.'
Currently promoting his new album Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü, the two musicians released a track with Justin Bieber recently through their band called 'Where Are Ü Now'.
Chatting about Bieber, he said: "He'd been stuck in a rut where he has to do a certain thing because of his fanbase. Bieber's personal life is whatever it is - he's a rich kid and he's pretty much gonna have to be a jerk.
"But he's respectful to me, and he has that werid gene where he's good at everything: better at basketball than me, better at drums. For us it's more like an art project where you utilise his voice."