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).
Azalea subsequently tweeted at the rapper, asking why he posted the insulting image (shown below). Several of the tweets were subsequently deleted.
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 ASAP Rocky in 2011 until July 2012. In November 2013, Azalea began a relationship with Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Nick Young.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Perez Hilton – Is This The New Kreayshawn????