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The rapper who gave us \u201cFancy\u201d \u2014 a track that ruled the summer of 2014, spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, and scored her four Grammy nominations<\/a> \u2014 has officially entered her next act.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, November 5, the 35-year-old Aussie artist was announced as the Creative Director and strategic partner for Thrust, \u201ca new platform built on Solana\u201d that wants to clean up the \u201cbad reputation\u201d surrounding celebrity coins. And according to the official press release<\/a>, Azalea is in good company. She joins internet personality N3on \u2014 fresh off a new album rollout with Hit-Boy \u2014 and Megan Fox. The Transformers icon\u2019s debut marks a bigger Hollywood entry into Web3, signaling how entertainment and tech are continuing to collide.<\/p>\n \u201cToday is the day. @IGGYAZALEA is our Creative Director. Culture coins are inevitable,\u201d posted Jake Antifaev, co-founder of Thrust, on X<\/a> (formerly Twitter). \u201cFrom the beginning, we connected with Iggy on the idea of building a platform for the celebrities and creatives to create tokens the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans wasted no time reacting. \u201cMassive energy watching the rollout,\u201d one person wrote. \u201cIggy the legend,\u201d added another. \u201cYes mother is ready to GOOOO!!!\u201d chimed in a third.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac <\/strong>SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a> \ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This new chapter comes nearly two years after Azalea\u2019s surprise exit from music. In January 2024, she took to social media<\/a> with a lengthy note announcing she was shelving her next album and shifting her focus to design and creative direction. \u201cI\u2019ve always been someone who finds my joy in being creative & seeing my ideas come to life,\u201d she wrote, adding that she wasn\u2019t \u201cbullied away\u201d from music but simply ready for something new. \u201cIn truth what I\u2019ve known for a long time is that I feel more passionately about design and creative direction than I do about songwriting.\u201d<\/p>\n Wrapping up her post, the \u201cBlack Widow\u201d hitmaker said: \u201cCant wait to start sharing some of the things I\u2019ve been involved in creating & hoping you\u2019ll see my quirk & humor in anything I touch!\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa4 <\/strong>SIGN UP for our The Voice newsletter to get access to exclusive news, interviews, insider info, sneak peeks & more<\/strong><\/a> \ud83c\udfa4<\/strong><\/p>\n Coins and music aside, Azalea has been busy being mom to son Onyx. Born in 2020, the songwriter confirmed his arrival on Instagram. “I kept waiting for the right time to say something, but it feels like the more time passes, the more I realize I’m always going to feel anxious to share news that giant with the world,\u201d she wrote at the time. \u201cI want to keep his life private but wanted to make it clear he is not a secret & I love him beyond words.\u201d<\/p>\n Azalea shares Onyx with rapper Playboi Carti, whom she dated from 2018 to 2020 before the two called it quits later that year. Their split wasn\u2019t exactly subtle \u2014 Azalea later said she left Carti \u201cright after I had my son,\u201d explaining on High Low with EmRata<\/a> that she wanted to protect Onyx from the kind of volatile relationship she grew up around.<\/p>\n These days, she\u2019s made it clear she\u2019s raising her son solo. During a 2024 appearance on Dinner\u2019s On Me<\/a> with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, she said, \u201cI\u2019m very much the only parent\u2026 I am not co-parenting really, and that\u2019s just the reality of it.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Nov 7, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The rapper who gave us \u201cFancy\u201d \u2014 a track that ruled the summer of 2014, spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and scored her four Grammy nominations \u2014 has officially entered her next act. 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