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James Arthur has apologised after a rap he recorded caused outrage with it's inclusion of homophobic slurs. The X Factor winner was replying via rap to a song recorded by unknown rapper Micky Worthless, who mocked James for choosing to go on the talent show which he won this time last year. James responded to Micky's tune with his own rap, which mixes up Toni Basil's hit Mickey. The tune was made up of some controversial lyrics, including the line:.

X Factor winner James Arthur has become embroiled in a war of words with fellow contestant Lucy Spraggan, the latest in a string of public relations mis-steps. The year-old recently quit Twitter after criticism of a rap battle in which he used the word "queer". He reacted angrily when comedians Matt Lucas and Frankie Boyle challenged him, but later apologised and ceded control of the account to his managers. However exchanges continued offline, in a string of abusive texts to Spraggan.

After prompting criticism with his lyrics in a rap song, the artist apologises and says he has stopped tweeting "for good". X Factor winner James Arthur has given up Twitter after he was accused of using a homophobic slur in a rap song. Having apologised for any offence caused - and denying the lyrics in question were homophobic - Arthur tweeted that his management team would be taking control of his account on the social networking site. HQ will be doing all my tweets from now on.

X Factor winner James Arthur has cancelled all of his engagements for a week due to "acute exhaustion". It comes after a turbulent seven days, in which the pop star became involved in a homophobia row, and ceded control of his Twitter account to his managers. A statement released on Friday said the year-old had been "instructed to rest for several days by his doctor". Arthur won the X Factor last year, selling 1.