40 interesting facts about Iggy Azalea: best friends with Rita Ora, her real name is Amethyst

Iggy Azalea is an Australian-born rapper who is taking the music world by storm. Here are 40 interesting facts about this beautiful rapper.

1. Iggy Azalea's real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly.

2. She was born on June 7, 1990 in Sydney, Australia.

3. Her father was a painter and comics artist, while her mother cleaned holiday houses and hotels.

4. She thanks her dad for constantly inspiring her. Azalea says her father "made her look at art as a teenager", which has always influenced her life and work.
5. She got her first fake ID at the age of 13. "When I was 13 I got a fake ID. I'd go out, get hammered off my face in nightclubs because I thought that made me an adult, meet older guys who thought I was older, and go f*ck them. I'd do that all the time. Hitchhiking was something I would do all the time as a kid. When I was 14 I used to go to the red light district called Kings Cross and go to strip clubs," she told Complex magazine.
6. When she first moved to Miami, she only knew one person, Derak, whom she met online while browsing rap music online. She stayed with him for a while before getting her affairs in order.
7. Iggy first appeared on the scene in 2011 when her songs "Pu$y" and "My World" went viral on YouTube.
8. Azalea was the first female and international rapper to make it on XXL's annual Top 10 Freshman list.
9. Her go to work-out regime consists of squats and sit-ups.
10. Revolve Clothing has its own Iggy Azalea shopping section.

11. She also told Complex Magazine "hitchhiking was something I would do all the time as a kid."

12. Azalea began rapping at age 14.

13. Before embarking on a solo career, Azalea formed a group with two other girls from her neighbourhood. However, she soon disbanded because the others weren't taking it seriously.

14. In pursuit of her desire of moving to America, Azalea dropped out of high school; instead choosing to work and save the money she earned by cleaning hotel rooms and holiday houses with her mother.

15. The worst day job she ever had was as a supermarket cashier. "You have to stand up all day long. When you're a cashier, that's hours and hours on end. You're not allowed to sit down and they made me wear leather work shoes, which were really uncomfortable and had no f****** support. I was making like $7 an hour and in Australia everything was expensive. A sandwich was $7, so you're like, 'S***! I just had to stand around for an hour, and work is worthless because I bought lunch. I hate this f****** job.'"

16. She took her stage name from the name of her childhood dog, Iggy, and the street she grew up on, Azalea Street.

17. Prior to fame, she was signed to a big-deal modeling agency - Wilhelmina Models. She was dubbed the "New Face of Levi Jeans."

18. Apart from "The Beatles," Iggy is the only singer to have the #1 and #2 slots simultaneously with her first two Hot 100 hits ("Fancy and "Problem" with Ariana Grande).

19. One of her all-time faves movies is Clueless which was the theme of her "Fancy" music video.

20. She usually gets a tattoo as soon as she thinks of it. "Every single one of my tattoos I got the day I thought of it."

21. Azalea traveled to the United States in 2006, right before she turned 16. She told her parents she was going "on a holiday" with a friend, but eventually decided to stay and shortly after told them she was not coming back home.

22. After her arrival in America, she resided in the U.S. on a visa waiver for six years, leaving the country every three months to renew it.

23. She is currently in the country on a five-year O visa, having previously earned money illegally.

24. The rapper T.I. took Azalea under his wing and made her a part of his Grand Hustle crew. That relationship has not been without friction, but it has been highly beneficial for the young artist, over whom T.I. can be very protective. "I do take advice from T.I. ... It sometimes gets frustrating to me ... because people think that maybe he dictates my sound or how I make a song or what songs I do. And for any artist, that's frustrating. Yeah, T.I.'s the big homie and I really respect him, and if he gives me an opinion of course I'm going to listen to it," she said during a radio interview with The Breakfast Club.

25. She began her love affair with A$AP Rocky back in 2011 when she met him through record producer Chase N. Cashe. Their relationship ended in 2012.

26. She had his mixtape tattooed on her fingers. Around the time of her January 2012 interview with Vibe, she got the title of his breakout mixtape, Live. Love. A$AP, tatted on her fingers. She stated that Rocky also had a tattoo of her name, yet it was not visible. Since the breakup, she has had the tattoo crossed out.

27. She is currently dating Lakers boyfriend Nick Young and their first date was at a Target. It was her decision because she had just moved and needed some items for her place. But don't worry, he did take her out to dinner after.

28. Iggy considers Ms. Fran Fine from the '90s sitcom, The Nanny, as one of her style inspirations. She's even had her nails done to pay homage to the fictional caretaker with a distinct, nasally voice, who was played by comedian Fran Drescher.

29. Azalea's forearm tattoo, which reads "Trust Your Struggle," is something she read on a wall when she first moved to Los Angeles to pursue music.

30. She is 5' 10" (1.78 m) tall.

31. Her favorite color is purple. "I love purple because my name is Amethyst."

32. Iggy Azalea is the first white woman to have a No. 1 rap album. The record pays homage to the rap classics of the 1980s and 1990s while trying to capture this moment in 2014 as a culturally relevant time. "[W]ith The New Classic, I want younger generations to look back on what we're doing now and say, 'I wish I was a teenager in 2014.' I come from an era of kids who are always being told that what we make is not classic. But my album says to people my age, 'Don't devalue that we can be culturally significant - because we can be,'" Azalea said of the album in an interview with Billboard.

33. Besides spurring some rumors, her famous behind is 100 percent real.

34. She claims that Miley Cyrus's twerking was influenced by her dance moves.

35. Iggy and Rita Ora are BFFs and collaborated on "Black Widow" which is on Iggy's album The New Classic and was written by Katy Perry.

36. She shot the music video for "Bounce" in India.

37. She's a fan of hillbilly tacos, a creation made of a taco shell slathered in butter with minced meat and grated cheese.

38. Iggy Azalea's net worth is $6 million.

39. Despite being an Aussie through and through, this rapping sensation fakes a southern accent when she raps.

40. She loves things to be neat and organized. During an interview with Chelsea Lately, she said that if someone washes their hands at her place and splashes water around the sink, they won't be invited back anytime soon.