On Friday, Iggy Azalea canceled her "Great Escape" tour, which had already been rescheduled once. It's not the first time that an artist's tour has been canceled for one reason or another, but in Iggy Azalea's case, it's just the latest controversy in a never-ending stream of public drama. Iggy started off as an interesting (if dubiously authentic) talent backed by T.I., but over the past year, has made headlines more for her dust-ups than her music. How did we get here? Cosmopolitan.com examines the five-year career of Amethyst Amelia Kelly through all its wins and losses. Is this the end of the Iggy era?

August 2011: Iggy releases her debut single for "Pu$y," a controversial track about exactly what the title suggests. The video goes viral, causing uproar because it featured a child riding a rocking horse while Iggy chanted "pussy." It was eventually taken down from YouTube because Iggy uploaded the video without the producer's permission, and to date still isn't on Iggy's official YouTube page.

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September 2011: Iggy releases her debut mixtape Ignorant Art, led by a track called "D.R.U.G.S." It uses the same instrumental as Kendrick Lamar's "Look Out for Detox." In the lyrics, Iggy makes a reference to Kendrick's track with the line, "When the relay starts, I'm a runaway slave … master / Shittin' on the past gotta spit it like a pastor."

October 2011: Within a three-day period, Azealia Banks falls in and out of love with Iggy Azalea over Twitter. It starts on October 19th with the tweet, "how sexy is iggy azalea?? it's kind of ridiculous ... *tugs collar to let out steam*." On October 20th, Banks tweets "once wrote a song called 'Barbie Shit,' but nicki minaj blew up like the week after so i took it down, lololz. i felt corny. Also wrote a song called P-U-$-$-Y before Iggy Azalea." Iggy indirectly responds with, "its NEVER been about who did it first... its ALWAYS been about who did it better." Banks retweets Iggy's tweet, adding "i know right?? lmfaooo. haha." By October 21st, Azealia Banks tweets, "I smell beef." All the tweets are eventually deleted.

January 2012: Iggy Azalea confirms with VIBEthat she's involved with fellow rising rapper A$AP Rocky. She even has the words "Live Love A$AP" tattooed on her fingers (she later gets an "X" through the "A$AP"). "I love him and that's all there is to it," she says.

January 2012: Iggy Azalea signs a management deal with Interscope Records. In an interview with Billboard, Iggy says Interscope honcho Jimmy Iovine told her she's "the next Tupac." Though the comparison didn't come from her, the comment sections of websites start stirring.

February 2012: Iggy lands a spot on XXL's coveted Freshman List, becoming the first female artist in history to make the cover. Azealia Banks isn't pleased.

Iggy responds:

March 2012: Iggy Azalea apologizes for the 2011 "runaway slavemaster" lyric after being accused of racism. In an open letter, she says the line was a "metaphoric take on an originally literal lyric." "It was a tacky and careless thing to say and if you are offended, I am sorry," she wrote. "I don't hate any race of people, and it pains me to wake up to other young people being misled to believe I do."

May 2012: Iggy appears on the track "Beat Down" by Steve Aoki and Angger Dimas. Iggy's verse gets a thumbs-up from critics.

July 2012: Iggy releases the Glory EP, executive produced by T.I. The free release has been downloaded over 100,000 times on mixtape site DatPiff, which qualifies it as Gold.

October 2012: Iggy makes her American television debut as part of the Grand Hustle cypher at the BET Hip Hop Awards.

October 2012: Iggy's Trap Gold mixtape is met with a lukewarm response, despite featuring production from Diplo and a track with Juicy J. It only reaches 25,000 downloads on DatPiff, making it certified Bronze.

March 2013: Iggy releases the music video for "Work" and is met with a huge response. The video now has over 172 million views on YouTube.

June 2013: Iggy appears on Sway in the Morning with T.I. When asked if she has butt implants, she replies, "It's my flesh. It's my butt." When Sway asks her to freestyle, she struggles and delivers a pre-written verse from an existing song. The Internet has a field day with the idea that Iggy can't freestyle yet calls herself a rapper.

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June 2013: Rumors of racism return, as old tweets from Iggy resurface.

Iggy comes to her own defense:

September 2013: Iggy is on the cover of Complex. She responds to an indirect question about having previously been challenged for mimicking a Southern hip-hop accent in her music. "If you're mad about it and you're a black person then start a rap career and give it a go, too," she says. "I'm not taking anyone's spot, so make yourself a mixtape. Or maybe if you're black, start singing like a country singer and be a white person. I don't know. Why is it such a big deal? This is the entertainment industry. It's not politics. You should be more concerned about the message, not the voices saying it."

October 2013: Iggy opens for Beyoncé during the Australian leg of her "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour. She pushes back the release of her debut album to 2014.

February 2014: "Fancy" with Charli XCX is released to radio and shoots right to the top of the charts. It ultimately gets added to the list of one of the best-selling singles of all time. The single also reached the top of the Billboard rap chart, calling into question whether or not the song should be regarded as a hip-hop track due to its pop undertones. So begins another lengthy debate of whether or not Iggy Azalea should be considered pop or hip-hop as the song also simultaneously topped the dance chart.

March 2014: The Clueless-inspired video for "Fancy" is released and is another home run for Iggy. The video now has over 560 million views.

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April 2014: At long last, Iggy releases her debut album The New Classic. It debuts at number three on the Billboard 200.

May 2014: "Fancy" makes it to number one, "Problem" with Ariana Grande lands at number two, and Iggy joins the Beatles as the only artist to have songs simultaneously at numbers one and two with their first two Hot 100 hits.

June 2014: Iggy covers Billboardand in her interview, comments on Lorde's performance of Nirvana's "All Apologies" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony from earlier that year. "Nothing against her, but I think when you're doing a tribute to someone that's dead, generally it should be the person's peer," Iggy said. "Lorde is not Kurt Cobain's peer. No matter if she killed the performance or not, I just don't think it's appropriate." Their beef is diffused rather quickly.

June 2014: Nicki Minaj wins the Best Female Artist award at the BET Awards, and during her acceptance speech makes a remark about artists having ghostwriters that most regard as a thinly veiled insult to Iggy. "What I want the world to know about Nicki Minaj is when you hear Nicki Minaj spit, Nicki Minaj wrote it." Nicki sort of denies that her words were directed at Iggy.

July 2014: As "Fancy" becomes ubiquitous, Vulture declares, "We deserve a better song of summer" and suggests that artists like Rihanna and Nicki Minaj weren't present to take the lead so we were left with "Fancy" instead.

July 2014: Iggy releases "Black Widow" featuring Rita Ora and cowritten by Katy Perry. The song completes the trifecta of Iggy's hits, debuting at number three on the Hot 100.

July 2014: An image of Iggy Azalea with Drake, T.I., and B.o.B. captioned, "Me And Ma Nigga's," circulates and is believed to have come from Iggy's Facebook account. It turns out to be fake, but Chuck D of Public Enemy tweets, "True or not the IGGY thing is a reality when you call yourself with the slaveass term that was branded on skin & today marketed, shit happens."

October 2014: Snoop Dogg uploads an image of an albino woman to his Instagram account, captioned, "Iggy Azalea No Make Up." This is one of many memes geared toward Iggy, including one from the film White Chicks. Snoop eventually apologizes to T.I. for his Instagram posts but never mentions Iggy by name. On Halloween, Iggy dresses up as one of the White Chicks.

November 2014: In a song called "Vegas," Eminem suggests he'd rape Iggy, stating, "So what's it gon' be? Put that shit away Iggy/You gon' blow that rape whistle or me?" Iggy responds:

December 2014: Iggy Azalea receives Grammy nominations for Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop/Duo Performance, and Best Rap Album. That final nomination creates the most uproar.

December 2014: As racial tension reaches a boiling point in Ferguson, Missouri, Azealia Banks questions Iggy Azalea's silence:

Iggy's response is considered insensitive:

During an interview with New York's Hot 97 that same month, Azealia Banks gets emotional as she charges Iggy Azalea (and Macklemore) with cultural appropriation. While the general consensus was that Azealia was honest and forthright in her convictions, Iggy digs herself into a ditch with her Twitter response:

December 2014: Legendary hip-hop artist Q-Tip sends a lengthy Twitter message to Iggy Azalea about hip-hop history. Will.i.am and Lupe Fiasco come to her defense.

December 2014: Hacktivist group Anonymous threatens to leak nude photos of Iggy Azalea unless she apologizes for "misappropriating black culture." Their account is suspended.

December 2014: Jezebel posts a piece titled "Iggy Azalea: Dumb or Evil? A Brief Investigation" detailing the artist's slip-ups throughout her career. The final verdict per Jezebel: "Objectively, Iggy Azalea sucks."

January 2015: In a Vanity Fair interview, Iggy suggests that most of her criticism is derived from her gender. "I think it has 100,000 percent to do with the fact that I have a vagina," she says.

January 2015: Jill Scott and Eve appear on Sway in the Morning, and while they're pretty apathetic about Iggy's career, they do debate what they call her "blaccent," causing a resurgence of that discussion.

January 2015: Steve Madden reveals photos from Iggy's collaboration with the designer. She heads to Twitter, calling it the "most disgusting photo shoot ever."

She then deletes her comments and posts this on Instagram:

February 2015: Iggy doesn't win at the Grammys and instead gets tangled in a feud with Papa John's over a deliveryman revealing her phone number. The pizza company doesn't seem too worried about it, so Iggy threatens them with a lawsuit:

February 2015: Iggy Azalea goes on vacation with boyfriend Nick Young and paparazzi capture photos of her in a bikini that shows her cellulite. She comments on the photos via Twitter and formally announces her hiatus from social media. Downtrodden, she says, "I need to be happy and [social media] is too negative and draining," adding, "The Internet is the ugliest reflection of man kind there is."

March 2015: Iggy pushes back the "Great Escape" tour for the first time, blaming delays in production and saying the tour will kick off in the fall instead. Meanwhile, videos like this surface, where Iggy is rapping in what's referred to as "gibberish."

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May 2015: Iggy wins big at the Billboard Music Awards, including Top Rap Song, Top Streaming Artist, and Top Rap Artist. Less than two weeks later, a Change.org petition circulates demanding that her award for Top Rap Song be revoked for being released outside the eligibility period (though Billboard claims the song was eligible. Meanwhile, "Trouble" with Jennifer Hudson and "Pretty Girls" with Britney Spears bring Iggy's music back into the conversation.

May 2015: Iggy Azalea cancels the "Great Escape" tour indefinitely and says she will plan a new tour for 2016 to go with her new album. She will, however, keep her festival commitments.

June 2015: In an essay for Seventeen, Iggy explains the rationale behind canceling her tour. "Mentally, to be honest with you, I just feel I deserve a break," she wrote. "I've been going non-stop for the past two years, nearly every single day. I'm not in a bad place. I think sometimes when you say you need a mental break, people are like, 'A mental break? Be sure you don't have a breakdown because you're sad.' No, not necessarily. It's very emotionally draining to be on all the time and going all the time, planning all the time. It's a lot, and it's tough." A few days later, she cancels her appearance at Pittsburgh Pride after controversy over old tweets that were widely seen as homophobic.

June 2015: In a series of tweets about her single with Britney Spears, "Pretty Girls," Iggy implies that the reason the song didn't take off was because there wasn't enough promo. After people accuse her of shade-throwing, she replies, "I don't have to suck the woman's asshole 24/7 to be her friend, do I?"

November/December 2015: At the Soul Train Awards, Erykah Badu says that what Iggy does is "definitely not rap." Iggy indirectly responds on Twitter, saying it "seems exhausting" that people are still trying to "discredit" her accomplishments. She also says her next album is mostly done, but she's still in talks with her label about what's next.

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