After signing with Interscope, rapper tells MTV News, she decided she wants T.I.'s label to be 'a permanent fixture in my career.'
By Nadeska Alexis
<P>Iggy Azalea's fall 2011 mixtape, <i>Ignorant Art,</i> drew so much attention that by January she'd already inked a <a href="http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/01/30/iggy-azalea-interscope-record-deal-the-next-tupac">deal with Interscope Records</a>. A month later, however, T.I. announced that she had also <a href="/news/articles/1680221/t-i-iggy-azalea-grand-hustle.jhtml">signed to Grand Hustle Records</a>, causing a bit of confusion. Although it was an usual situation, Azalea says her deal was restructured to create an ideal contract.</P><P>"I didn't know I was gonna sign to Grand Hustle," Azalea told MTV News, explaining how she managed to stick with both imprints. "There's no way I thought that would happen. Not because I didn't like them, just because my deal was all sewn up, and I restructured the whole thing."</P><P><CENTER><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:760059/cp~vid%3D760059%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A760059" width="430" height="242" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed></CENTER></P><P>The 21-year-old Australian rapper revealed that Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine was "cool with it," helping her tailor a new deal that pleased all parties involved. "[Jimmy] likes Tip, and they're good friends, so it worked out," she explained. "But it made everybody so confused, because everyone was like, 'I thought she was signed to Interscope; Grand Hustle is with Atlantic.' "</P><P>Iggy said she pushed for the deal to be amended because she had such natural chemistry with the Atlanta rapper and his team. "I love everyone at Grand Hustle — not just [T.I.]," she shared. "Initially, I wanted to work with him ... because of him, but once I got to Atlanta and I met all of them, I was like, 'Man, I feel so comfortable with all these people and I really want them to all be involved and not just for one album but for the long run.'</P><P>"You always hear stories of labels trying to break things up and things changing, and I just wanted to make sure I had a structured business deal where that was not able to happen," she concluded. "So that's why I asked for it to be restructured and for Grand Hustle to be involved and be a permanent fixture in my career."</P><P>Iggy Azalea's debut album, <i>The New Classic,</i> is tentatively scheduled to drop this summer.</P><P><i>Are you awaiting Iggy's debut? Tell us below!</i></P><P><CENTER><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:744687/cp~vid%3D744687%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A744687" width="430" height="242" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed></CENTER></p>
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