This yr marks the ten-year anniversary of Iggy Azalea‘s ascent to Stateside superstardom, and the Grammy-nominated “Fancy” rapper appears to be marking the event with an obvious retirement announcement.
In a prolonged message to her followers posted to X (previously Twitter) on Wednesday (Jan. 3), Azalea detailed the thought course of that helped her resolve to shift her focus away from music. “I’ve all the time been somebody who finds my pleasure in being inventive & seeing my concepts come to life. For a very long time I used music to ship my massive loopy concepts to the world,” she wrote. “I do know lots of people have this concept that I used to be ‘bullied away from music’ and that’s one thing I’ve all the time laughed at as a result of I’d by no means be bullied out of something! Actually, I’m too cussed. I feel I’ve even resisted adjustments inside myself at occasions, purely as a result of I don’t like being considered as somebody who quits.”
The newest musical updates from Azalea detailed a forthcoming as-yet-untitled fourth studio album set to be executive-produced by the now-incarcerated Tory Lanez. The album was meant to be the follow-up to 2021’s The Finish of an Period, which featured collaborations with BIA and Tyga, amongst others.
“In reality what I’ve identified for a very long time is that I really feel extra passionately about design and inventive course than I do about songwriting,” she continued. “That’s why I need to let you already know that I’m not going to complete my album. It’s been paused for a couple of months whereas I used to be giving course for a special challenge & in reality I simply haven’t felt the urge to return to it. I really feel actually blissful & passionate in my daily life when my [mind’s] targeted on that and so I need to keep on with what’s undeniably greatest for me.”
Though she was engaged on an album, Azalea has all the time had her fingers in a number of inventive pots. The “Black Widow” rapper has self-directed numerous her personal music movies — together with the Jennifer Hudson-assisted “Hassle” and 2021’s “I Am The Stripclub” — and, again in 2012, she signed a modeling contract with Wilhelmina Fashions. On the high of final yr, Azalea joined the subscription-based OnlyFans platform to ship illustrations, poetry, images and movies to her most loyal followers. Later this yr, Azalea will carry out on the 2024 AVN Awards.
Azalea closed out her message saying, “[Can’t] wait to start out sharing among the issues I’ve been concerned in creating & hoping you’ll see my quirk & humor in something I contact!”
Iggy Azalea has earned 4 profession Billboard 200 entries, together with her Grammy-nominated debut studio album, The New Traditional (No. 3), her highest-charting entry on the rating so far. On the Billboard Scorching 100, she has notched three high ten hits from 13 whole entries, together with “Downside” (No. 2, with Ariana Grande), “Black Widow” (No. 3, with Rita Ora) and “Fancy” (No. 1, with Charli XCX). Her most up-to-date musical launch is final yr’s “Cash Come,” which obtained a remix that includes Ivorian Doll and Massive Boss Vette.
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