Big Sean says he would have "never made" the profanity-laden track 'I Don't F*ck With You" had he known that his ex-fiancée Naya Rivera's life would come to such a tragic end.

Rivera's death at the age of just 33 shocked the world and prompted an outpouring of grief after her body was discovered following an accidental drowning in July of this year.

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Speaking with New York magazine in an interview published on Tuesday (August 1), the 32-year-old rapper spoke about Rivera's death and the song that has been associated with their 2014 breakup.

Sean and Rivera started dating in 2013 and got engaged in October of that year. Sean broke off the engagement in April the following year, saying at the time that it had been a "difficult decision."

"That’s a tough question to answer because I'm still processing a lot of that," Sean said when he was asked if he regrets the track. "I don't feel comfortable talking about it because I want to respect her."

"She's made such an impact on people, and she's done so many great things in her life and her career that it was hurtful to even have that [song] be associated with her," Sean continued, before disclosing that the song "wasn't a diss to her", and that he had, in fact, played it for the late Glee star.

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"She knew about it, and she liked it. We had a breakup that was very public, and we were young and we forgave each other and moved on from that. If I would have known something this tragic would have happened, I would have never made the song."

The actor accidentally drowned in July while swimming with her young son, Josey, at Lake Piru in Ventura County, California.

Her body was recovered from the lake on July 13, five days after she initially went missing.

Big Sean says he would have 'never' made 'diss track' about Naya Rivera if he'd known she'd die so tragically