Iggy Azalea: 'I thought Ariana Grande was a little girl'
Iggy Azalea turned down the chance to work with Ariana Grande on the singer's first album because she thought the former Victorious star was a child.
The odd couple finally paired up for Grande's hit Problem, but the collaboration could have come earlier if Azalea had done her homework.
She tells Grammy.com, "I thought she was amazing, but I thought she
was much younger than what she is. When I realised she was so close
to my age, I was like, 'Wait you're an adult!'"
At 21, Grande is just three years younger than the Australian
rapper - but Azalea insists it seemed like she came from a
different generation: "I felt that my music was kind of so risque
and I knew she had a Disney show... I didn't feel like it was
appropriate (for us to work together) but then I actually met her
and I found out that she's a grown-up and I was like, 'Oh,
OK!'"