Iggy Azalea Admits She Had A "Psychotic Breakdown" Last Year

Iggy Azalea reveals that the media's negative portrayal of her led to a "psychotic breakdown." No one in hip-hop (if you think she belongs in that category, that is) had a tougher 2015 than Iggy Azalea. She was at the center of a far-reaching debate on cultural appropriation in the genre, and most all of her efforts to defend herself ended up backfiring. Heck, even Macklemore clowned her on a song titled "White Privilege II." She only released two tracks all year, including a Britney Spears collaboration, "Pretty Girls," and even that was accused of being a total ripoff of DJ Mustard's sound. Iggy's now back to revamping her image, as she is the cover star of the latest issue of the London-based fashion magazine Schön!, for which she posed topless (see above). In her feature profile, she seems focused on her upcoming album, Digital Distortion, though she revealed that all the drama she was involved in last year had damaging effects on her mental state, even leading to a "psychotic breakdown," which was why she had to cancel her entire "Great Escape" tour. "I had to have a psychotic breakdown last year," said the Australian rapper. "I felt tired and stressed out." She also admits that the media played a significant role in leading to her breakdown: "Last year, I felt like I was definitely not in control of the media's narrative of me."

Azealia Banks Reignites Feud With Iggy Azalea

Azealia Banks had some choice words for Iggy Azalea following comments made about her in a recent magazine. Well it looks like there’s a new chapter in the on-going feud between Azealia Banks & Iggy Azalea. On Tuesday, Azealia Banks took to twitter to call out Iggy for her comments made in a recent cover story for Elle Canada. It all started when Iggy confirmed her hatred for Azealia in Elle Canada, “I think the Azealia Banks thing is what really started it all. We don’t like each other on a personal level, and that has gone on for many years—before the Black Lives Matter incident happened. Even though I still hate Azealia Banks, I wish I had said it in a way that didn’t make people think I was oblivious to the movement.” Of course this statement quickly caught Azealia’a attention and caused quite the reaction out of her on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. Saying she was going to be “so fuckin petty,

Iggy Azalea Announces Sophomore Album Title

Iggy Azalea reveals the title to her upcoming sophomore album. After scrapping 6-months of work to start over from scratch, Iggy Azalea is finally ready to make her comeback in to the public eye and share the follow up to her debut album The New Classic. On Tuesday night, Iggy was interacting with fans on twitter when she revealed some important info about her sophomore album, including its now-announced title Digital Distortion. She also said that fans can expect to hear the first single sometime this month. While we still don’t have a release date for the album, Iggy did announce last week that the project was being entirely produced by the production collective D.R.U.G.S., which consists of producers Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Dahi, Fuego, Buddah, James Koo, Nate 3D, and more. Iggy reportedly just shot the cover for the album on Tuesday as well.