Like countless other emcees, Iggy Azalea counts Tupac among her influences.
“I had two friends that lived down the road from me. They were older boys…and the older kids have the big music collection; they know what’s cool,” said Azalea in an interview on MTV2’s “Sucker Free.” “They played a Tupac song, ‘Baby Don’t Cry,’ with the Outlawz.”
The Grand Hustle artist continued, explaining how the song impacted her. “I just loved that song. I don’t know what it was. …That’s when I knew I liked Rap. I knew that I loved Rap music, I knew that I loved to sing along to the words. It takes a while before you have the guts to put yourself in their shoes and thing this is something I could actually do.”
During the interview Azalea recalled trying to form a girl group. “I ended up being in this little…not really a group, but these other girls that lived down the street, they wanted to sing…and I could not sing. I was like, I could be the rapper. This could be like TLC. I’ll be Left Eye.”
“They didn’t take it serious; it was fun for them. I take everything I do serious. I’m too competitive.”
Watch the interview below:
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shes just like a pac………a white female pac. i can see it, cant u?
Haha…I can see it too. She’s exactly like a female Pac……NOT
I get the irony though.
shes a female riff raff
and….why do we want to hear her opinion on everything?…this chick has not ONE hit…now she has a article…every other day. By the way….what ever happend to Kreayshawn?
u just blew my mind when u asked what happened to kreyshawn
Every single rapper born since the early 80s.
who is this chick fucking to get where she is?
my homie T.I
broad goin end up just like ol girl with that wack ass sidekick for a homegirl
Is this a man or woman?? Seriously I have my suspicions… IT looks like a transgender
Serves to remind us of what we have lost..