“You will pay me what’s owed” — Iggy Azalea calls out Universal Music over millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid royalties

Popular singer Iggy Azalea has called out Universal Music over allegedly unpaid royalties. The artist has posted on social media accusing the music label of not paying her any royalty for her music outside of the United States.

Expressing despair on the social media platform X, Azalea claimed:

"Crazy how in my entire career I was never paid a single royalty by universal music for anything outside of the USA. They owe me millions of dollars in back pay, that they technically stole from me, as per my contract I am due payment. The amount owed is in the 8 figure range."

The singer wrote a series of posts on X to share her viewpoint. In one post, she said:

"This has been going on between myself and them (privately) for over two years and counting, by the way."

Azalea claimed that as per her contract with Universal Music, the amount that the company owes should be paid to her.

The singer further expressed that Universal offered 18k to her lawyer for settlement, adding:

"I’m told this is a normal response from their lawyers and after appearing in court they end up paying millions as they’re supposed to."

She noted that while she has the ability to survive without Universal's payment,many singers do not have the privilege to do so. Since, many artists cannot afford take a powerful company as Universal to court, they get away with the behavior.

Azalea concluded her post, saying:

"Universal music really needs to do better in their treatment of the artists who quite literally earn them millions via intellectual property they had zero part in creating. Yuck."

Iggy Azalea's fans have shown support to the singer on X, and encouraged her not to back down.

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Iggy Azalea: rise to fame and her current net worth

Iggy Azalea is an Australian musician and entreprenuer who has a current net worth of $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Her 2014 hit single Fancy featuring Charlie XCX topped the Billboard Hot 100 and established Azalea as a popular singer. Her debut single album The New Classics was released the same year and included a number of hit singles. Azalea has sold more than 50 million albums and 22 million singles.

She has collaborated with a number of hit artists like Ariana Grande and Jennifer Lopez and has won accolades including a People's Choice Awards, an MTV Music Video Award and an American Music Award.

Azalea joined OnlyFans in 2023 and she claims to have earned more than any other celebrity from the platform that year, according to Celebrity Net Worth. She also claims that she has an agency that manages her account on the platform.

In December 2022, Azalea posted on social media that she had sold a portion of her song publishing royalties for a price of $15 million. She replied to fan who was worried that the deal would leave her like Taylor Swift — that is in no control of her master recordings — saying this would not be the case with her. She explained:

"Taylor did not profit from that sale. I sold a portion of my catalog to who I wanted, for an amount that means I don't have to work another day in my life. I love y'all down but the masters conversation is a little beyond most of your understanding of business."

The singer was born in Sydney, Australia on June 7, 1990. Her original name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly.