Nick Young has recently been in the unenviable position of fighting alone, so when his girlfriend Iggy Azalea was attacked by Snoop Dogg on social media, he quickly stepped to her side.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Snoop Dogg started taking shots at Azalea on his Instagram account with photos like these (the captions of which contain explicit content):

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The "Fancy" rapper has responded with a flurry of tweets defending herself. Here are a few:

But the real joke here is the middle aged man whos butt hurt i asked why he was pulling a Regina George move on social media.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) October 15, 2014

and its a shame because honestly everyone on my team myself included have only ever sung his praises. but there you have it.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) October 15, 2014

@snoopdogg i never came at you sideways, you took it too far. none of this was needed.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) October 15, 2014

@SnoopDogg the real question is why IS someone SO accomplished trolling other artists?

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) October 15, 2014

ima be the bigger man in this situation and leave it be.

— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) October 15, 2014

Young, who Kobe Bryant has said is "less successful" than Azalea, came to his girlfriend's defense:

These old heads turnin into sucka's ..

— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) October 15, 2014

Ain't nobody worried about no SnoopLion .. This dude Just goin thru a midlife Crisis you Go get convertible yet . OG's out here losin

— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) October 15, 2014

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