Iggy Azalea biography
Blonde Iggy Azalea is known as a rap princess. The Australian rapper matched a record set by the legendary Beatles (only the Liverpool quartet and Azalea have managed to simultaneously hold the top two spots on the Billboard Hot 100), and Forbes included her name in the list of the most influential musicians along with the masters of rap such as Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z. She has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
Childhood and youth
The rap princess was born on July 7, 1990 in Sydney, but grew up in the small, picturesque town of Mullumbimby, population under 3,000.
The Kelly family owned a plot of land on which Brendan built a house himself where he thought his grandchildren would live, but the man's dream was not destined to come true, since his daughter had no plans to stay in Mullumbimby. In 2001, the girl first visited America with her grandparents. After experiencing Los Angeles and Las Vegas, life in her small hometown lost its appeal.


I knew one thing: I wanted to move to America and become a rapper with a horsetail hairstyle and in a leopard jacket, lowered to legs, with 20 fluffy snow-white dogs on a leash.
Early career
This period of Iggy Azalea's life was full of contradictions. Based on pieced-together interview fragments, Amethyst lived with Derek for about a year, but soon broke up with him. Her tracks posted on MySpace caught the attention of producer Mr. Lee. The aspiring rapper relocated to Houston, Texas to work with him in the studio.
She then moved to Los Angeles, where she dropped her debut mixtape "Ignorant Art" in fall 2011, with its bold, deliberately raw sound. She'd already released the music video for "Pussy."
In 2012, Iggy was included in the list of The XXL 2012 Freshman Class hip-hop edition, gracing the cover. Iggy became the first white woman who appeared on the list of freshers. The feature sparked fierce backlash in the notoriously conservative hip-hop community, which remains deeply suspicious of outsiders and women.

Later, Iggy would apologize for her statements and the "DRUGS" track, calling it tasteless, though she'd eventually accuse Black performers of racism against white people.
By late 2012, the Australian had signed with Wilhelmina Models International, became the face of Levi Strauss, and secured her U.S. residence permit.
Popularity
According to Zoomboola.com, in early 2013, Iggy announced her plans to release a full-fledged debut album and turned to Clifford Harris Jr., known as T.I., a musician and producer, the owner of Grand Hustle Records. Although the singer didn't sign a contract with the independent label, T.I. gave her invaluable support in promotion.
The long-awaited album "The New Classic" was released in April 2014 and immediately became a sensation, elevating Iggy to rap icon status: she became the fourth female rapper ever to enter the top five of the Hot 100, and the first white female rapper to achieve such success. The record broke the sales record set by Nicki Minaj, and the hit track Fancy claimed the top spot on charts both in America and internationally.

Iggy swept four Grammy categories, winning for best performer, best rap album (The New Classic), best song (Fancy), and best duo (Pretty Girls with Britney Spears).

Iggy Azalea personal life
Iggy has been open about her dating preferences, stating in interviews that she's exclusively attracted to Black men.
In 2013, the rap star began dating Nick Young, the Los Angeles Lakers player, but their relationship ended in 2016 when she discovered his infidelity.

