Amethyst Amelia Kelly , known professionally as Iggy Azalea , is an Australian rapper, songwriter, and model. Born in Sydney and raised in Mullumbimby, Azalea moved to the United States at the age ofto pursue a career in hip hop music, residing in the southern part of the country. She earned public recognition after releasing YouTube music videos for her songs Puy and Two Times. She signed a record contract with T.I.s imprint Grand Hustle Records in 2012, after gaining attention from her debut mixtape Ignorant Art.
Amethyst Amelia Kelly was born in Sydney and brought up in Mullumbimby, New South Wales. Her father, Brendan Kelly, was a painter and comic artist, while her mother, Tanya, cleaned holiday houses and hotels. Azalea lived in a house that her father built by hand from mudbricks, surrounded byhectares of land. According to Azalea, she has some Aboriginal ancestry My family came to Australia on the First Fleet. My familys been in that country for a long time, over 100 years. If your familys lived in Australia for a long time, everyone has a little bit of . I know my family does because we have an eye condition that only Aboriginal people have. Azalea has also said that her father made her look at as a teenager, which has always influenced her life and work. She began rapping at age 14. Before embarking on a solo career, Azalea formed a group with two other girls from her neighbourhood I was like, I could be the rapper. This could be like TLC. Ill be Left Eye. Azalea eventually decide
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