Iggy Azalea

Azalea launches the MOTHER token on Solana in May 2024 and gradually announces commercial uses, including for telephones and subscriptions. The project raises questions about celebrity coins, allegations of insider activity and significant volatility. In May 2026, a federal class action is filed in New York alleging, among other things, misleading representations about the token's utility and undisclosed insider allocations.

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Azalea publicly alleges that Universal Music Group has never paid her certain international royalties and owes her an amount she says is in eight figures. She announces her intention to take legal action.

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Azalea's global success sparks a debate about cultural appropriation, her Southern US rap accent and her place in an African-American genre. Azealia Banks and other artists become central critics. In 2018, Azalea says that she had been too defensive and that some of Banks's criticisms were justified.

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Azalea sues Maurice Williams, also known as Jefe Wine/Hefe Wine, and several companies, claiming that they were attempting to exploit recordings from her youth without authorisation and relying on a falsified or altered version of an old contract. She obtains a preliminary injunction against certain uses and subsequently a consent decree with defendant entities.

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Azalea accuses a Papa John's delivery driver of passing her phone number to acquaintances after receiving unsolicited calls and messages. She publicly criticises the company's initial response, and it subsequently apologises to her.

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Organisations and activists protest against Azalea's booking at Pittsburgh Pride because of earlier tweets regarded as racist, homophobic and stereotypical. She withdraws from the event and publishes an apology, saying that she regrets irresponsible words from her youth.

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Following the weaker-than-expected performance of 'Pretty Girls', Azalea explains that a song needs promotion and television appearances to succeed. Her remarks are interpreted as criticism of Britney Spears, which she denies, condemning what she calls a media-fabricated feud.

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A social media dispute between Azalea and Snoop Dogg escalates into insults and threatening messages from Snoop. He subsequently publicly apologises following T.I.'s intervention.

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An adult entertainment company claims to have seen a sex video attributed to Azalea and considers marketing it. Azalea initially denies the existence of such a video; her lawyers subsequently state that, if footage exists, it may have been recorded without her consent and also raise the possibility that she was a minor. A former partner, by contrast, maintains that she was an adult and aware of the recording.

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An earlier Iggy Azalea track, D.R.U.G.S., contains the phrase 'runaway slave master'. The lyric resurfaces publicly in 2012 and fuels criticism of her relationship with Black culture; Azalea apologises and says she used the phrase without understanding its historical significance.

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