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Iggy Azalea is a hip hop outlier who rose through the ranks of urban music before breaking into the pop mainstream. She is a sassy blonde white Australian rapper with an odd Southern drawl who has become one of the most successful rappers in recent years. In 2014, she became the only artist to hold Nos. 1 and 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the same time, following in the footsteps of the Beatles. Her debut album, The New Classic, debuted at No. 3 that year, earning her four Grammy nominations. Before releasing the EP Survive the Summer in 2018, Azalea made headlines for reasons other than music, such as her high-profile relationships, Instagram twerking clips, and candid admissions of cosmetic surgery.

Hip Hop Fan With Australian Beginnings

Amethyst Amelia Kelly was born on June 7, 1990, in Sydney, Australia. Brendan, her father, was an artist and children's book author, and Tanya, her mother, was a cleaner. She grew up in the town of Mullumbimby, New South Wales (population 3,000). Azalea visited Los Angeles and Las Vegas with her grandparents on a road trip in 2001, and the idea of a life outside of the Australian countryside began to appeal to the young girl.

She first became interested in hip hop when she was 12 years old, and her favorite artists included Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, and, of course, Tupac, whose posthumous 1999 single with Outlawz, "Baby Don't Cry," "made me fall in love with rap music," she told Vogue in 2015. 

Iggy Moves to America and Discovers Southern Rap Style
Azalea, who had dropped out of school, traveled to the United States for two weeks just before her 16th birthday to meet Derek in person for the first time. He was living in Miami at the time, and he met her at the airport on July 4th. It wasn't long before she called her parents to tell them she wouldn't be returning to Australia, that simply being in the birthplace of hip hop made her feel at home.

Azalea relocated from Miami to Houston before settling in Atlanta and assimilating into her cultural surroundings, drawl and all. 

In 2011, shortly after relocating to Los Angeles, she released the mixtape Ignorant Art, with its raw and brash sound infused with trap music, a descendant of Southern rap.

The following year, she was the first female non-American rapper to appear on the cover of XXL magazine's 2012 Freshmen Class issue. 

'The New Classic' by Azalea

Azalea was able to enlist Diplo to produce her next mixtape, TrapGold, which was released in October 2012. The following year, she signed with Island Def Jam in the United States and Mercury in the United Kingdom. Her debut album, The New Classic, was released in April of 2014. It produced five hit singles — "Work," "Bounce," "Change Your Life," "Fancy," and "Black Widow" — and debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

A month later, Azalea made music history by topping both the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 1 and No. 2. 

She had the tattoo removed after her divorce from Rocky in 2012. She revealed to Vogue in March 2015 that she'd had her breasts enlarged, explaining that she had initially avoided speaking about it because she didn't want other girls to feel bad about their bodies, before deciding that she "wasn't into secret-keeping." She told Seventeen a few months later that she'd had a nose job. "Plastic surgery is an emotional journey," she admitted. "It's critical to remember that you can't change everything." It is impossible to be perfect."

She announced her engagement to Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Nick Young in June 2015, but the relationship ended a year later due to his alleged infidelity. The first single from her second album, Digital Distortion, was released in 2016.

Azalea announced in March 2016 that she had founded Azalea Street Productions, which had acquired the rights to a number of books and Australian television shows. In July, she announced a deal with NBC Universal to create content with a focus on social justice and empowering young women.

Azalea released a new song, "Savior," in February 2018 after announcing that her album would be delayed yet again due to her departure from the Def Jam label. That summer, the Australian MC finally released her long-awaited studio project, Survive the Summer, as an EP, with the lead single "Kream." As part of her comeback, she revealed that she was dating pro football player DeAndre Hopkins before calling it quits.

'In My Defense' by Azalea and Nude Photo Leak

Azalea returned to the charts in March 2019 with the release of "Sally Walker," the first single from her studio album In My Defense. The album's second single, "Started," was released in Azalea May.

Azalea was back in the news a few weeks later after topless photos of her from a 2016 GQ photoshoot surfaced online. The rapper said in a lengthy statement on Twitter and Instagram, which vanished when she deleted her social media accounts, that she agreed to pose for the photos with the understanding that only those with her covering up would appear in print. "I feel blindsided, embarrassed, violated, angry, sad, and a million other things," she continued, vowing to press charges.

Son of Azalea

On June 10, 2020, Azalea announced the secret birth of her son, Onyx."I have a son," she revealed on Instagram. "I kept waiting for the right moment to say something, but it seems like the more time passes, the more I realize I'll always be anxious to share that giant's news with the rest of the world." I want to keep his life private, but I also want it clear that he is not a secret to me, and I adore him beyond words." The rapper did not reveal her son's father or name.