Amethyst Iggy Azalea, whose real name is Amelia Kelly, is an Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and model. She was the first female and non-American rapper to top the “Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” chart. She wanted to make music and was a fan of hip-hop, so she moved to the U.S., where hip-hop was born.
When the music videos for her songs “Pu$$y” and “Two Times” went viral on YouTube, the media started paying attention to her. Her first mixtape, “Ignorant Art,” got her noticed, but her first studio album, “The New Classic,” made her even more popular.
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Iggy Azalea is thankful as she recovers from a surgery she thought would be “rather routine.” On Monday morning, the rapper said that after she had surgery on her back, she couldn’t walk for weeks.
Iggy Azalea’s Bio, Age
Amethyst Amelia Kelly was born on June 7, 1990, in Sydney, Australia. When she was very young, her family moved to Mullumbimby, New South Wales.
Brendan Kelly, her father, was a painter and comic book artist. Tanya, her mother, cleaned vacation homes and hotels. When she was a teenager, her father told her to think about a career in the arts.
Azalea used to hate school because people made fun of the clothes she made for herself. But she was excited to go to her art class. She quit high school in the end and went to work with her mother to earn money so she could move to America.
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She started rapping when she was 14, and she along with two other girls made a band. But in the end, the bandsplit because her bandmates weren’t serious about making a living from music.
Since she was 11 years old, she liked hip-hop music.
Just before she turned 16, she talked her parents into letting her take a holiday trip to the U.S. She flew to Miami, where Derek lived at the time, and stayed with him. Soon after that, she told her family that she was going to the US to try to make it as a musician and wouldn’t be back any time soon. She started working in the US without a work visa for six years, which was against the law.
Body Measurements
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Weight: 68 kg
Body Measurements: 33-24-37 inches
Bra Size: 32B
Feet/Shoe Size: 10 (US)
Dress Size: 6 (US)
Hair Color: Dyed Blonde
Eye Color: Black
Career
Iggy Azalea got her start in music by working with Backbone, a member of the Atlanta, Georgia-based hip-hop band Dungeon Family. During this time, she met Natalie Sims and FKi, with whom she would later work.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2010. The next year, she put out “Ignorant Art,” her first full-length mixtape. Her music videos went viral, and people liked how aggressive her album was.
After a short time as a model, she went back to music in 2012. For her first studio album, “The New Classic,” she asked Southern rapper T.I. for help. But the album was put on hold because Interscope Records, which managed her at the time, didn’t want T.I. to be a part of it. Later, in April 2014, she put out the album through Def Jam Recordings.
She decided to put out an EP called “Glory” to keep her fans busy. She used the song “Murda Bizness,” which was originally made for her first album, on this one. In June 2012, she put out another single called “Millionaire Misfits.”
“TrapGold,” her second mixtape, came out in October of 2012. It was made by ‘FKi’ and Diplo, who has been nominated for a Grammy.
She re-released her album “The New Classic” under the name “Reclassified” in November 2014. There were five new songs on the album, like “Beg for It” and “Trouble.”
Digital Distortion, her second studio album, was set to come out in July 2016. But because she broke up with her longtime boyfriend Nick Young, she put the release off until 2017.
Then, in August 2018, Island Records put out her EP called “Survive the Summer.” Songs like “Tokyo Snow Trip” and “Kream” were on the EP. In 2018, she started her own record label. It was called “New Classic Records” at the time.
In July 2019, her second studio album, “In My Defense,” came out on her own label, which is now called “Bad Dreams.” Music critics had mixed to bad things to say about the album.
Iggy Azalea’s mixtape “Ignorant Art,” which came out in 2011, caused a big stir in the music business. She was rude, which made the critics like her, and her “raw statements” were praised.
Iggy Azalea’s first studio album, “The New Classic,” came out in 2014. It got her many awards and nominations, including four for the “Grammy Awards.” The single “Fancy,” which was her most popular and first to reach the top of the “Hot 100 100,” is on the album. It was number one for seven weeks in a row.
Awards and Achievements
Iggy Azalea was on the “Top 10 Freshman List” from XXL in 2012. She is the first woman and first rapper from a country other than the United States to be on the list.
In 2014, at the “American Music Awards,” she won her first award. She was the most nominated artist at the event that year. She was nominated in six different categories. She won “Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist” and “Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album” awards.
She was also the most nominated artist at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, with eight nominations. For the song “Problem,” she shared an award with Ariana Grande for “Best Pop Video.” In the same year, she also won three “Teen Choice Awards.”
Azalea was up for four “Grammy Awards” in 2015. At the 41st “People’s Choice Awards” that same year, she won “Favorite Hip-Hop Artist.” At the 2015 “Billboard Music Awards,” she won three of the 12 awards she was up for.
She is the only singer besides “The Beatles” to have her first two singles reach the top two spots on the “Billboard Hot 100” singles chart. She did this with the single “Fancy” from the album “The New Classic” (2014), which topped the charts, and the song “Problem,” which she made with Ariana Grande.
Who is Iggy Azalea’s Boyfriend?
In 2011, Iggy Azalea began dating the American rapper A$AP Rocky. Early the next year, she confirmed that they were dating, and she even got the title of Rocky’s hit mixtape, “Live. Love. A$AP,” tattooed on her fingers. But in July 2012, Rocky said that they were no longer seeing each other. The part of her tattoo that said “A$AP” was later crossed out.
She then started dating professional basketball player Nick Young in November 2013. They lived together for a while in Tarzana, California, and also appeared on the cover of “GQ” magazine. They got engaged in June 2015, but Azalea said that they are no longer together a year later.
Who is Iggy Azalea’s baby daddy?
Iggy’s ex-boyfriend Playboi Carti is her baby daddy. Iggy Azalea gave fans a rare look at Onyx, her 2-year-old son.
What is Iggy Azalea’s Net Worth?
Iggy has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
Quick Facts about Iggy Azalea
- In 2016, “GQ Magazine Australia” gave her the “Woman of the Year” award.
- Her stage name is a mix of the name of her dog, “Iggy,” and the name of the street where she grew up, “Azalea Street.” The rest of her family is still there.
