雙語勵志故事：不忘初心，方得始終
摘錄：外人只見她成績非凡，只有伊基知道自始至終自己所要。
Iggy Azalea doesn’t look like a typical rapper. On May 17, she attended the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, US, with pink hair and a pastel blue top. She looked like a model, but won big as a rapper.
The 24-year-old Australian beat out big names like Nicki Minaj and Drake to win the award for Top Rap Artist. She also brought home two other trophies, including Top Streaming Artist.
It’s not sudden recognition. Last year her hit “Fancy”, featuring Charli XCX, topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven consecutive weeks, allowing her to make history as the female rapper with the longest run. The song was also named Billboard’s Song of the Summer in 2014. In November, she won favorite rap/hip-hop artist at the American Music Awards.
外表來看，伊基•阿塞莉婭並不像一個典型的說唱歌手。5月17日，2015 美國公告牌頒獎禮在美國拉斯維加斯舉辦，一頭粉發的伊基身穿淺藍色上衣，就像一個模特。事實上，她卻是說唱歌手中的大贏家。
頒獎禮上，這位24歲的澳大利亞女歌手打敗了妮琪•米娜、德雷克等饒舌界大咖摘得“最佳說唱藝人”獎，還收穫了包括“最佳線上播放藝人”在內的其他兩項大獎。
伊基並非一夜爆紅。去年，她與英國歌手查莉 XCX聯手推出的熱單“Fancy”連續7周蟬聯美國公告牌百強單曲榜冠軍，成爲蟬聯時間最長的說唱女歌手。這首歌也被譽爲“公告牌2014夏日之歌”(因爲整個夏天都佔據榜首)。去年11月，伊基又獲得了全美音樂獎“最受歡迎嘻哈/饒舌藝人”。
It’s a feat in many people’s eyes, but Azalea knew what she wanted from the beginning.
外人只見她成績非凡，只有伊基知道自始至終自己所要。
At 15 she dropped out of high school because she was only interested in art class. She worked as a house cleaner to save money for her dream the following year. Before her 16th birthday, Azalea left her home, a tiny town in Australia, for the US, determined to become a rapper. Moving from Miami to Houston to Atlanta, she started rapping in the Southern-style accent of her surroundings and released a single titled “Ignorant Art” in 2011. From then on, she has never looked back.
15歲時，伊基就從中學輟學，因爲學校中唯一令她感興趣的只有藝術課。爲了攢錢追尋夢想，她做了一年房屋清潔工作。16歲生日前夕，伊基離開澳大利亞一座小鎮中的家，前往美國，決心成爲一名說唱歌手。從邁阿密到休斯頓，再到亞特蘭大，帶着南方口音，她開始了自己的說唱之旅，並於2011年發行了首支單曲“Ignorant Art”。
However, her style has caused lots of controversy. She might be one of the most polarizing artists in showbiz.
但是，她的音樂風格卻備受爭議，堪稱當下娛樂圈中評價最爲兩重天的藝人之一。
She raps with a southern American accent, even though she speaks with an Australian one. Many criticize her style as an insensitive appropriation of black culture, according to Billboard.
雖然伊基講一口澳大利亞口音的英語，但是她依舊用美國南方口音說唱。據美國《公告牌》雜誌報道，很多批評家認爲她的風格中“挪用”過多黑人文化。
Her supporters are just as vocal. Pioneering female American rapper MC Lyte defended Azalea in an interview with New York radio station Hot 97, saying she should not be judged because of where she’s from. “Hip hop is universal, no color lines,” MC Lyte said.
而她的支持者也不甘示弱。美國女性說唱先鋒恩西•萊特就力挺伊基，在接受紐約電臺Hot 97採訪時表示英雄不問出處，她說“說唱是全世界的，並沒有種族界限。”
Azalea herself is proud of her music. “I really want to be focused on what I’m doing,” she said in an interview with a local CBS affiliate. “That’s really dangerous when you’re trying to figure out ways to entertain people and make them happy... I don’t want to be a part of that.”
伊基本人也以自己的音樂爲榮。在接受美國哥倫比亞廣播公司分公司採訪時，她曾說：“我真心只想專注於手頭之事。總是想要迎合觀衆、取悅衆人其實是很危險的……我並不想成爲那樣的人。”
