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Despite the multiple setbacks, mixed critical reviews, and an air of controversy and turmoil that had followed Azalea for the years leading up to In My Defense , the album still charted respectably, reaching as high as the number 50 position on the U.

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Streams Videos All Posts. That same year her debut album, The New Classic , went to No. Azalea went on to make headlines for non-musical reasons, including her high-profile relationships, Instagram twerking clips and candid admissions of cosmetic surgery, before delivering the EP Survive the Summer in Her dad, Brendan, was an artist and children's book author; her mum, Tanya, a cleaner.

She grew up in the New South Wales town of Mullumbimby population 3, On an American road trip with her grandparents in , Azalea visited Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and the idea of a life beyond the Australian countryside began to appeal to the young girl. She got into hip hop around the age of 12 — her favorite artists included Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott and especially Tupac , whose posthumous single with Outlawz, "Baby Don't Cry," "made me fall in love with rap music," she told Vogue in Being halfway around the world from where her favorite music was being made left Azalea feeling isolated, and she turned to the internet to bring her closer to the hip hop community.

Along the way, the aspiring rapper bonded online with another teenager, Derek, who was originally a native from the Bahamas, and whom she came to think of as her only friend.

She would send Derek raps she had written and ask what he thought, seeking the opinion of someone much closer to the action. Before long, Azalea was planning another trip to the States. Just before her 16th birthday, Azalea headed for the U. He was living in Miami, and he picked her up at the airport on July 4th. Azalea moved from Miami to Houston before ending up in Atlanta and embedding herself in her cultural surroundings, drawl and all.

In — right after she relocated once again, this time to Los Angeles — she released the mixtape Ignorant Art , its raw and brash sound infused with trap music, a descendant of Southern rap. The following year she appeared on the cover of XXL magazine's Freshmen Class issue — the first female non-American rapper to make their Freshmen Class list. The cover sparked a social-media beef with rapper and near-namesake Azealia Banks, who tweeted: "How can you endorse a white woman who calls herself a runaway slave master?

And if you want to have an achievement, work, and earn your own achievements. That same year, Azalea also signed with Wilhelmina Models International, and was subsequently named the "new face of Levi's jeans.

The following year she signed to Island Def Jam in the U. Her debut album, The New Classic , came out in April A month later, Azalea made music history by occupying both the No 1. No act had achieved this since the Beatles in She had the tattoo removed after splitting with Rocky in In March she told Vogue that she'd had her breasts enlarged, explaining that she had initially shied away from speaking about it because she hadn't wanted other girls to feel bad about their bodies, before concluding that she "wasn't into secret-keeping.

You can never be perfect. She announced her engagement to the L. Lakers basketball player Nick Young in June , but ended the relationship 12 months later, citing his alleged infidelity.