

"This really validates I'm on the right path," Azalea said when collecting the favourite rap/hip-hop artist award.Īzalea looked back to her roots in Australia, and the long, difficult path she has walked to dominate charts in the US and across the world in 2014. Prepare Audience For Full Impact".Īzalea's success has generated detractors, including rival rappers who have questioned her credentials.

With her chart-topping success over the past year, Azalea has been in high demand with the world's elite artists and the latest collaborator is Lopez on their raunchy single Booty.Įxecutives at the US TV broadcaster of the ceremony, Disney-owned network ABC, were reportedly nervous about the performance and they will likely be receiving plenty of complaints from viewers.īarely dressed and pulling off provocative moves likely gleaned from a strip club, Azalea and Lopez began Booty with the message on large screens: "Warning. British boy band One Direction sneaked in and nabbed the artist of the year award away from Azalea and Katy Perry took single of the year with Dark Horse.Īzalea, the 24-year-old from the NSW north coast town of Mullumbimby, was not disappointed, revelling in her wins over veterans Eminem and Drake.
