There’s an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.
IGGY AZALEAMy real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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I’m irrational about all things creative and I’m always late!
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I naturally want to be provocative.
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T.I.’s my mentor; he’s a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He’s helped me with my career.
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Music is art to me, and you don’t censor art. You don’t go into a museum and censor things.
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Anyone’s happier when they’re not being verbally abused all day long.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It’s a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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Iggy’ was my dog – he was named after Iggy Pop – and ‘Azalea’ is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.
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No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami.
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I think music talks to you on an emotional level, regardless of where you’re from. I guess I related to the tempo of rap, the aggressiveness.
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There’s a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.
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I found it to be kind of ironic, because I’m white, therefore I’m appropriating culture, but then Eminem won it – who’s white and won it many times – and they didn’t seem to say anything about that. I suspect it was just because they dislike me.
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My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It’s pretty much all women all the time.
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A lot of people heard ‘Murda Business’ and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it’s kind of silly and playful.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that’s what art is.
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Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It’s weird.
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