Amethyst Amelia Kelly, who is known under the pseudonym Iggy Azalea, was born on June 7, 1990 in the city of Sydney.
After some time, her family was forced to move to Mullumbimby (a small town in New South Wales). In this city, the Kelly family owned a plot of 12 acres, on which the father built a house of bricks.
The father of little Amelia was an artist by education, his main field of activity was drawing comics. Mom was a maid in various holiday homes.
According to the girl, it was her father who learned to love art. And the youthful look of young Iggy only strengthened her perception of this sphere.
Childhood and youth of Iggy Azalea
Little Amethyst has been interested in music since childhood. In her dreams, she saw herself as a superstar, and at the age of 14 she already began to read rap.
Iggy created a group, which, in addition to Amethyst, included two cute local girls who did not live up to expectations. Soon, Azalea was not in her own group and went into a solo career.
Moving to the USA Iggy Azalea
From her youth, Iggy dreamed of America and planned her move. She felt out of place in her homeland and did not see her future there. She was sure that it was in the USA (the birthplace of hip-hop) that everything would be different. Iggy is a man of his word, always responsible for everything he does and plans.
After an unsuccessful attempt to create a group, she dropped out of school and worked part-time, cleaning hotels. Having accumulated a significant amount of money, Iggy Azalea at the age of 16 went after a dream. Parents would never agree to the transfer of an underage daughter to another country. So the girl had to deceive her parents a little.
She received permission from them to travel to America for some event. And upon arrival, she informed her parents that she was not going to return and was staying in the USA.
Even with the huge statistics of the shattered dreams of young girls, who often have no resemblance to the reality that they receive, Iggy got into that “never lived”.
The girl felt very comfortable in the USA. She had a feeling that this is where she was supposed to be. She was not at all embarrassed by the lack of money and the fact that she was completely alone away from home.
Iggy easily found a quick income, traveled around America and rejoiced at the thought that her dreams were coming true, and even at such a young age.
The girl very often changed her place of residence. Thus, at first she lived in warm and sunny Miami (Florida), and then for some time in Houston (Texas). Then she moved to Atlanta (Georgia). All these places were the starting point before moving to California (the place where dreams come true). However, the girl lives in Los Angeles even now.
How did the pseudonym appear?
The pseudonym arose after moving to the territory of the States. Her favorite dog was called Iggy, in memory of which the girl constantly wore a medallion with his nickname. But new acquaintances who did not know about the dog believed that this was the name of a girl.
Over time, Iggy got used to this and supplemented the new pseudonym with the word "Azalea", which led to one of the most requested requests on the music venues.
Musical career
After the last move, the girl radically took up music. But Iggy is not one of those who will go the usual way and find a music producer. To gain the desired popularity, the girl began to record tracks in small video clips and post them on YouTube.
The original style of presenting rap culture and irrefutable talent have become a strong foundation for the development of the girl's channel. He quickly gained a lot of views, new subscribers appeared. After the release of the first official clip of Pu$$yo, the girl was said to be one of the brightest promising artists.
The song Pu$$y, the Ignorant Art mixtape, cemented Iggy's personality for her - promiscuous, daring, performing provocative lyrics, bold, sometimes vulgar, but definitely "breaking" funny.
Hip-hop fans loved it, the record companies got it. In 2012, Iggy signed a contract with Grand Hustle Records for the release of the first studio disc Glory. It consisted of only 6 compositions, including Murda Bizness.
The record was posted on the Internet, today the number of downloads has exceeded 100 thousand. times. By the fall of 2012, the second mixtape Trap Gold was released.
Collaboration with Rita Opa
Soon, Iggy Azalea started creating a new disc, The New Classic. Azalea was lucky to work with Rita Opa.
At the beginning of 2013 Pita Opa launched the Radioactive Tour in the UK. Iggy Azalea performed as the opening act.
Later, Iggy successfully presented the first single Work, signed a contract with the label Mercury Records. She also starred in a video for a new single and received an invitation from the famous rapper Nas to take part in the European part of the tour.
In the summer of 2013, a charity concert Chime for Change took place in London. Iggy performed on the same stage with Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and other famous artists.
In 2014, Iggy Azalea released the single Fancy. He became a worldwide hit, "exploding" almost all the world's charts. And also taking 1st position on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart. By the will of fate, it so happened that Iggy, the first white girl to rap, topped this chart. Fancy sold more than 4 million copies.
Single Problem Iggy recorded with Arianoy Grande. The single Black Widow with Pita Opa took a leading position in Billboard.
This year, the performer was awarded well-deserved awards: the title of "Best People's Artist" from the Australian ARIA AWARDS. And also at the American Music Awards, the singer received a victory in the nominations "Favorite hip-hop / rap album" and "Favorite hip-hop / rap artist".
A year later, at the American People's Choice Awards, Azalea was awarded the status of "Favorite hip-hop artist" (according to popular opinion).
New album Digital Destruction Iggy released in 2016.
Personal life of Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea shows provocation and outrageousness not only in creativity, but also in appearance. She has very lush hips and buttocks. And she is very proud of this, exposing her figure for show.
There were a lot of discussions on the Internet about implants in the buttocks, about made breasts, cellulite, etc. However, these rumors were not confirmed. Iggy Azalea prefers to shock the public with her appearance and revealing outfits.
The attitude of the hip-hop community towards Azalea is also ambiguous. Once upon a time snoop doog initiated a scandal on his Instagram page, saying that Iggy was not worthy of the title of rapper.
Iggy Azalea dated a rapper A $ AP Rocky, as well as with basketball player Nick Young, who even proposed to Iggy. But having learned about his betrayals, the singer broke off the engagement. Later, she met with rapper French Montana. Now her lover is LJ Carry, who is her producer.
Iggy Azalea in 2021
At the beginning of April 2021, the presentation of new Azalea tracks took place. We are talking about musical compositions Brazil and Sip It (featuring Tyga).
