Iggy Azalea is an Australian rapper who made a big splash on the international music scene with her 2014 smash "Fancy." Synopsis Rapper Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in Sydney, Australia, in June 1990 and grew up in the Australian countryside. Moving to the U.S. just before her 16th birthday, Azalea ended up in Los Angeles and cut her first mixtape, Ignorant Art, in 2011. When her rap career wouldn't take off, Azalea ...