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Fame has been a weird ride forIggy Azalea.
She struggled for years to find a style that stuck.
Connection to T.I.s Grand Hustle label provided a measure of credibility and cover, but not even T.I.
could protect Iggy from the static she drew in her trip up the charts.
Iggy Azalea began circling hip-hops mainstream at a peculiar juncture.
Fancy hit the right place at the wrong time.
It was the perfect battleground for a fight over outsiders infiltrating rap.
Iggy did not react to flak well.
She incurred the wrath of hip-hop legends from Chuck D to Q-Tip.
Bad press washed in like high tide and eroded Iggys chart traction, and her label got cagey.
Her 2015 Great Escape Tour was canceled; her 2016 albumDigital Distortionremains unreleased.
