'The beautiful people have accepted our idea of beauty': Sir Mix-a-Lot defends Blake Lively who was accused of racism for using his lyric 'L.A. face with an Oakland booty'

The fact that this baby has back and is proud of that should be celebrated not criticised says this hip hop legend.

Six Mix-a-Lot has come out in defence of Blake Lively after she was slammed for using the line 'L.A face with an Oakland booty' from his 1992 hit Baby Got Back.

The 52-year-old musician told Pret-a-Reporter that he felt the actress' reference showed the standards of beauty were changing rather than being yet another instance of white privilege and appropriation of black culture.

Celebration not a criticism: Six Mix-a-Lot (pictured September) has come out in defence of Blake Lively after she was slammed for using the line 'L.A face with an Oakland booty' from his 1992 hit Baby Got Back

Blake came under fire after she posted an image of herself showing off her curves at the Cafe Society premiere last week with the caption 'L.A face with an Oakland booty'.

Many took to social media to accused the pregnant actress of racism and using black women and culture 'as a punchline'.

However, Sir Mix-a-Lot said he was surprised by the controversy and said, like his song, it was not about race as much as it was about celebrating different body types.

'For her to look at her butt and that little waist and to say ''L.A. face with an Oakland booty,'' doesn't that mean that the norm has changed, that the beautiful people have accepted our idea of beautiful? That's the way I took it.

Hot water: The 52-year-old musician said he felt the actress' reference showed the standards of beauty were changing rather than being yet another instance of white privilege and appropriation of black culture

He continued: 'Now let me do this, as far as the critics are concerned: I don't want to come off like, ''Oh, he's an Uncle Tom,'' because I'm not. 

'If what Blake Lively meant by that comment was, ''Oh my goodness, I've gained weight, I look horrible,'' if that's what she meant - and I doubt that she did - then I'm with the critics.

'But no one in the world is gonna tell me that a woman that wears that dress is thinking that she's fat. No, I'm sorry, it just doesn't happen. It sounds like to me like she was giving the line props.

Showing progress: The rapper said, 'For her to look at her butt and that little waist and to say ''L.A. face with an Oakland booty,'' doesn't that mean that the norm has changed, that the beautiful people have accepted our idea of beautiful?' Blake is pictured in Cannes on May 11

'I think we have to be careful what we wish for as African-Americans, because if you say she doesn't have the right to say that, then how do you expect her at the same time to embrace your beauty? I mean, I don't get it. I think it's almost a nod of approval, and that was what I wanted. I wanted our idea of beautiful to be accepted.

'I think now not only is it accepted, but it's expected.'

Sir Mix-a-lot originally wrote his song at a time when women's curves, black women's in particular, were frowned upon and popular culture promoted waif thin white bodies as the ideal.

He likes big butts and he cannot lie: The rapper said he released the track at a time when women with curves particularly women of colour, were made to feel they were not beautiful and he wanted to change that 

No controversy: Khloe Kardashian shared an image with the same caption last year but did not spark similar outrage despite the fact she is white too

'That was kind of pushed at us, and we were told that it was beautiful, and what I started to see was some people of colour either being ashamed of who they were or trying their best to assimilate. 

'So I wrote Baby Got Back, not to say which race is prettier - which is silly, because there were white women with the same curves that were told that they were fat, too... So I wrote this song not as a battle between the races. 

'I wrote the song because I wanted Cosmopolitan, I wanted all these big magazines to kind of open up a little bit and say, "Wait a minute, this may not be the only beautiful."' 

Not impressed: When Blake posted the side-by-side image of herself on Wednesday many felt insulted and took to social media

The rapper was also shocked that Blake had been targeted as both Khloe Kardashian and Katy Perry have both shared the same quote about themselves.

When Blake posted the side-by-side image of herself on Wednesday many felt insulted and took to social media.

'Another day, another rich white woman using WOC's bodies as a punchline and commodity. As if Blake Lively wasn't the worst already,' read a post from @katbeee. 

'Unbelievably problematic, using women of color's bodies as a joke. I guess you just want people to know you're racist and you don't give a s--t', another follower wrote. 

Not the only one: Katy Perry has also used the line to describe herself on social media