United Kingdom, June 7 -- Little Simz has "forgiven" her dad for not being present in her life.

The 31-year-old rapper has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years, and although she still doesn't have a relationship with her dad, Simz insists she doesn't harbour any bitterness towards him, either.

Speaking to the Guardian newspaper, she shared: "It doesn't affect the memories I have growing up.

"It just wasn't meant to be between them . but I think there's still a lot of love there, and I'm sure my dad respects my mum having raised his children, you know?

"Now that I'm older, I definitely just understand that parents are flawed as well, and I get it. I've tried to not hold on to the anger, maybe that I once felt, or like this deep rese...