Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea

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About

Amethyst Amelia Kelly, better known as "Iggy Azalea", is an Australian rapper who rose to fame in 2011 after her controversial music video for the track "Pu$$y" was uploaded to YouTube.

Early Career

In 2006, Kelly traveled to the United States at the age of 15 and informed her parents she would not be returning to Australia. After living briefly in Miami, Florida and Houston, Texas, Kelly joined the hip hop collective Dungeon Family in Atlanta, Georgia and took the stage name Iggy Azalea. During the summer of 2010, Kelly moved to Los Angeles, California, where she was briefly managed by Interscope Records.

Online History

In September, 2011, Azalea released the music video for her song "Pu$$y" on YouTube. On September 13th, the video began widely circulating online after being highlighted on the entertainment news blog Perez Hilton.[1]



That month, Azalea released videos for the tracks "Two Times" (shown below, left) and "D.R.U.G.S" (shown below, right). The original uploads of each video were subsequently removed from YouTube due to copyright claims by Wine Enterprises, Inc.



On July 21st, 2012, the music video for Azalea's track "Murda Bizness" was uploaded to YouTube (shown below, left). On March 13th, 2013, Azalea released the music video for her song "Work" (shown below, right).



"Fancy"

On March 4th, 2014, the iggyazaleamusicVEVO[1] YouTube channel uploaded the music video for the track "Fancy", which recreates scenes from the popular 1995 teen film Clueless. Within four months, the video gained over 81.4 million views and 56,000 comments. The song has since spawned dozens of fan-made parodies and covers.



Food That Looks Like Iggy Azalea

On August 17th, 2014, the Tumblr blog Food That Looks Like Iggy Azalea was created, which features photos of food juxtaposed with images of Azalea which bear similarities in pattern or color.



Feud with Snoop Dogg

On October 12th, 2014, rapper Snoop Dogg posted a photograph of a person with albinism and the caption "Iggy Azalea no make up" to his Instagram[2] feed, gaining over 48,000 likes in the first 48 hours (shown below).


IGGV AZALEA NO MAKE UP Follow snoopdogg 2 days ago jo-diamond, rama.dml, flipondarize and 48.4k others like this arthurthepirate @_niceychristiane cp750 ajyce9 zaleanbots Imao. very funny. @itsinme_soitsonyou yos anacorder - OMG @brookesent mrsleszega @gregleszega I princessehanane, Ptdr princessehanane Hahahahah tomtimson @neeshamaidwell shaunanthony_d Leave a comment

Azalea subsequently tweeted at the rapper, asking why he posted the insulting image (shown below). Several of the tweets were subsequently deleted.


IGGY AZALEA IGGYAZALEA @SnoopDogg and every time l spoken to you you've always been nice as hell, I'm disappointed you'd be such an ass for no reason 5m IGGY AZALEA @IGGYAZALEA @SnoopDogg why would you post such a mean pic on insta when you send your body guards to ask me for pictures every time we are at shows 8m 131 125 t365 ★102 IGGY AZALEA @IGGYAZALEA 6m GYAZALEA @SnoopDogg together? my bodyguard stopped the fire truck that and for the record i only had an issue with saved your friends life in canada when he almost burnt down the hotel. another way to my face, he even follows な 塩Follow DIGGYAZALEA the meme in the first place because he acts me t359 ★93 6. Reply Retweet * Favorite ". More

Iggy's Freestyle Rap

In June 2013, Iggy Azalea was interviewed live on-air by former MTV host and hip hop deejay Sway, during which she was asked to give a spur-of-the-moment performance. A video recording of Azalea's impromptu freestyle was eventually posted to YouTube via Sway’s official channel on June 18th, 2013 (shown below).



However, the video remained under the radar for more than a year until in December 2014, when a short clip from Iggy's freestyle performance was shared on Vine with the title “Iggy Azalea slaying every rapper in the game with this freestyle on Sway in the Morning #iggyazalea” (shown below). Following the upload of the video on Vine, it instantly began spreading to other well-known social media platforms, including Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit.

#SparkedAChange

On January 19th, 2015, GQ Magazine[3] published an interview article with Iggy Azalea, who had recently received four nominations for some of the most coveted awards at the upcoming 2015 Grammy Awards. In the article, Azalea discussed her reaction to the Grammy nominations, life on tour, the anti-fandom online, as well as her musical ambitions.

Q: Fast-forward to the end of your career. What do you want your legacy to be?

A: You never know how long you'll be in people's good graces, especially in this business. So I hope it's long--but I could be here for three or four years and then be out, like most artists. So it depends. I might be here for a long time. At the very worst, if I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change--that I inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop. And if I have a very long career and can be gyrating in a leotard at 35, that would be great.

On January 21st, Hot New Hip Hop[4] picked up on the GQ interview in an article titled "Iggy Azalea On Her Impact: "I Sparked A Change; I Inspired Some Leniency In What People Accept In Hip-Hop"

[…] But lastly and more importantly, Iggy was asked about her legacy and where she sees herself in the future, and that's what caught our attention. Given both outlooks (short term & long term), Iggy explained that at the very worse right now, she’s sparked a change and “inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop”, but if she can, she'd like to be "gyrating in a leotard" when she's 35.

On January 22nd, Hip Hop Wired[6] posted a tweet calling on its followers to share their reactions to Iggy Azalea's notion of her music sparking a change in hip hop music.


King Fresh @lostncrowned Follow RT HipHopWired: Tweet your face when Iggy Azalea said she "sparked a change" in Hip-Hop. D ChopGod.com TheChopGod Follow “@HipHopWired. Tweet your face when Iggy Azalea said she "sparked a change" in Hip- Hop." わt3 ★ Blame Ebro el Viejo @oldmanebro * Follow “@HipHopWired: Tweet your face when Iggy Azalea said she "sparked a change" in Hip- Hop." Follow Simpleton @New Jeesus “@HipHopWired: Tweet your face when Iggy Azalea said she "sparked a change" in Hip- Hop."

On the following day, Hip Hop Wired[5] reported on an exchange between Azalea and one of the participants, @OldManeBro, during which she called the hip hop news site the "biggest hater."


Blame Ebro el Viejo Φ@oldmanebro 22 Jan HipHopWired: Tweet your face when lggy Azalea said she "sparked a change" in Hip-Hop." ← pic.twitter.com/vtFsXYgS Follow IGGY AZALEA Φ BIGGYAZALEA @oldmanebro @HipHopWired you can meme all you want but I have change many ppls opinions about allowing different voices to be heard. 2:07 AM-23 Jan 2015 90 RETWEETS 127 FAVORITES Blame Ebro el Viejo Φ@oldmanebro 22 Jan HipHopWired: Tweet your face when lggy Azalea said she "sparked a change" in Hip-Hop." ← pic.twitter.com/vtFsXYgS IGGY AZALEA BIGGYAZALEA @oldmanebro @HipHopWired I'm talking about changing accept having a voide in hip who we accept having a voice in hip hop. As the only white, Australian,woman with a 1# 2:06 AM-23 Jan 2015 113 RETWEETS 159 FAVORITES
Blame Ebro el Viejo Φ@oldmanebro 22 Jan HipHopWired: Tweet your face when lggy Azalea said she "sparked a change" in Hip-Hop." ← pic.twitter.com/vtFsXYgS IGGY AZALEA BIGGYAZALEA @oldmanebro @HipHopWired u guys are the BIGGEST haters you try to exaggerate everything say to make it seem like I have a god-like complex 2:09 AM-23 Jan 2015 30 RETWEETS 160 AVORITES IGGY AZALEA Φ @GGYAZALEA @oldmanebro @HipHopWired u guys are the BIGGEST haters you try to exaggerate everything I say to make it seem like I have a god-like complex Follow IGGY AZALEA BIGGYAZALEA @oldmanebro @HipHopWired you never thought the day would come id exist and I'm here. Many love it. DEAL WITH IT LADIES. 2:15 AM-23 Jan 2015 43 RETWEETS 179F AVORITES わ ★


Personal Life

Kelly was born on June 7th, 1990 in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in the town of Mullumbimby, New South Wales in a house built by her father by hand. Azalea began dating rapper A$AP Rocky in 2011 until July 2012. In November 2013, Azalea began a relationship with Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Nick Young.

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