Iggy โAzalea has affirmed her departure from music,stating she has “no interest” in returning โto the industry.The rapper’s comments, recently surfacing online, solidify a shift โaway from music that has been developing โขover recent years.
azalea’s statement follows a period โคof increasing distance from major music releases and public discussion of challenges faced during her career. โHerโค decision impacts fansโฃ and raises โขongoing conversations about artist rightsโค and the pressures within the โคmusic industry, particularly forโ women in rap.
Azalea’s โlast studio album,โ The End of an Era, arrived โin 2021, presented as a closing chapter before pursuingโข new creative endeavors. her 2014 debut, The New Classic,โค achieved global success, featuring the Billboard No. 1 single “Fancy” โฃand establishingโ her as a โขleading Australian rapper of theโฃ decade.
Earlier this year, Azalea publicly alleged on โคX (formerly Twitter)โ that Worldwide Music Group owedโ herโ “millions ofโ dollars in back pay” from international royalties, claiming the amount was โin the “eight-figure range” and accusing the corporation of “technically” โstealing earnings fromโ herโค early career. UMG didโ not comment at the time. azalea has continued to advocate for artist rightsโ andโ royaltyโข clarity online.
In โฃAugust, Azalea appeared on ABC News, speaking โcandidly about the pressures she experienced during her peak fame. She recalled being labeledโ an “industry plant” and โคdescribed theโฃ rap industryโ as a “battlefield.” “I was stepping on landmines left and right,โค and I just couldn’t surviveโค it. It’s not survivable,” she said. She acknowledged making mistakes but emphasized the โemotional toll of navigating the โspotlight reshaped her relationship with music.
“There are some things I โขwalked into and โdeserve, orโข things I could have done better,” she said. โ”But I can’t sit here all day long feeling sorry about that. It’sโ just partโ of life.”
Since โขthen, Azalea has focused on business ventures, including cryptocurrency projects and โคonline creative work,โ and has given no indication of reconsidering her retirement. Her recent comments reinforce her firm decision to step away from music,โฃ with no plans for a comeback.
