The album debuted among the top five of several charts worldwide and received generally mixed reviews. Also in 2012, Azalea became both the first female and the first non-American rapper to be featured on XXL's annual Top 10 Freshmen cover issue.Īfter label conflicts, her debut studio album The New Classic was finally released on 21 April 2014, under Virgin EMI and Def Jam Recordings. Later, she went into professional modeling, became represented byWilhelmina Models and was announced as the 'New Face of Levi Jeans'. In July 2012, she released an EP executive-produced by T.I., titled Glory. announced Azalea's signing to his record label imprint Grand Hustle. In September 2011, she released her debut mixtape Ignorant Art and subsequently aligned herself with Atlanta-based rapper T.I. In March 2012, T.I.
She first gained recognition after the respective music videos for her controversial songs 'Pu$$y' and 'Two Times' went viralon YouTube. She left for the United States at the age of 16, to pursue a career in hip hop music, first residing in Miami, Florida, and then other parts of the southern United States, including Houston, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia.
Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), better known by her stage name Iggy Azalea (/əˈzeɪljə/), is an Australian rapper from Mullumbimby, New South Wales.
