Iggy Azalea Biography

Fast Facts

• Performed at the 2013 Gucci Chime For Change Concert to help support charities that benefit women
• Was named GQ Australia's Woman of the Year in 2016
• Started rapping at the age of 14, she moved to the U․S․ at the age of 16 for music
• Before going solo, she joined forces with two neighborhood friends to form an all-girl rap group
• Signed her first modeling contract with Wilhelmina Models Inc․ in mid-2012
• Signed with Grand Hustle Records in 2012 after befriending rapper T․I
• Admits that she fell in love with rap after hearing Tupac's "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)․"
• Worked using a visa waiver for the first six years she lived in the United States
• Her stage name is derived from her childhood dog Iggy and Azalea Street, which she grew up on back in Australia