Iggy Azalea is fed up with Universal Music Group, calling them out for allegedly withholding millions in royalties. She’s not staying quiet—here’s what she had to say!
Iggy Azalea Puts Universal Music Group on Blast
Iggy Azalea is not here for Universal Music Group’s shady business.
The “Fancy” rapper hopped on social media with some receipts—and a whole lotta smoke—for the label, claiming they’ve been straight-up robbing her of millions in royalties.
Iggy Azalea’s Explosive Claims Against Universal Music Group
In a fiery Twitter rant, Iggy revealed that despite her contract, she has never seen a single royalty check from Universal Music Group for her music outside the U.S.
And when she tried to get her money?
UMG allegedly hit her with a disrespectful $18,000 settlement offer.
To put that in perspective—she claims they owe her eight figures.
Here’s what she had to say:
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.
The amount owed is in the 8-figure range.
Last week, they tried to respond to my lawyer and offer me a settlement of $18K.
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.
Iggy made it clear that she’s not struggling, but that’s not the point—she’s not about to let UMG play her.
Thankfully, I’m well off and can and will pursue this issue until they pay me what they owe.
But I’d like to publicly say that I think Universal Music are criminals who actively take advantage of ALL of their artists in perpetuity for their own gain.
Universal Music Group Getting Away With It?
Iggy also called out UMG for preying on artists who don’t have the resources to fight back.
According to her, the label banks on artists being too broke to afford forensic accounting or legal battles.
They are the scummiest company, and they do this to SO MANY artists who, unfortunately, can’t afford to fight for what they’re owed.
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.
And just so we’re clear—she’s not letting this go.
Universal Music, mark my words—you ugly b*tch—you will pay me what’s owed.
See Iggy Azalea’s Tweet
Taking UMG To Court?
Iggy revealed that she’s been fighting this battle for over two years behind the scenes.
She claims UMG is deliberately hiding money and playing games, hoping she’ll give up.
Spoiler alert: she’s not.
They bank on hiding it and thinking the artist will never be able to pay for forensic accounting to happen.
Then they play games outside of court, trying to settle for two mangos and a loaf of bread, assuming we can’t afford to fight.
I can, and I will be taking this to court.
Is A Class-Action Lawsuit Next?
Maybe Iggy Azalea should link up with Drake to kick off a class-action lawsuit against UMG…
🔥 Do you think Iggy will win this fight against Universal Music Group? Drop your thoughts in the comments!
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Good for her!!! I hope that she gets what she is owed. Not paying people what you owe them is DIRTY business and I don’t like companies or people who operate like that
Agreed – 1,000 percent!