Iggy Azalea’s had a week of ups and downs. She cancelled her arena tour and explained her thoughts to Seventeen: “Mentally, to be honest with you, I just feel I deserve a break. I’ve been going non-stop for the past two years, nearly every single day.” Iggy says it’s “very emotionally draining to be on all the time.” I’ll just leave that there, and onto the the happy stuff.
Iggy and Nick Young (of the LA Lakers, who calls himself Swaggy P) have been dating for about 18 months. They seem very sweet together in red carpet photos. There was a slight bump in the road when groupie rumors circulated, and Nick joked (?) about sleeping on the couch. I don’t think those stories were real. Iggy bought him a car a few weeks later. Nick also defended his lady when Snoop Dogg made fun of her for not wearing makeup.
Nick celebrated his 30th birthday last night, and he proposed during the party. That’s a pretty gutsy move, you know? If the girl says no, then you’ll be reminded of soul-crushing rejection every birthday thereafter. Luckily, Iggy said yes. Here’s a video clip of the celebratory moment.
Swaggy P celebrated his birthday tonight by popping the question to his girlfriend Iggy! pic.twitter.com/mF3W5eRau2
— Karεn Ciѵil (@KarenCivil) June 2, 2015
The ring is, as Iggy’s most popular hit would say, very “fancy.” It suits her blingy public image. The ring reportedly cost $500,000. Us Weekly spoke with Jason Arasheben (Jason of Beverly Hills), who helped Nick design the ring. The center stone is an 8.15 Fancy Intense yellow diamond, which is surrounded by 2.28 carats of white diamonds. The setting is white gold, which surprises me. If you’re gonna go all out with massive diamonds and spend half a million, why not go another extra mile with platinum?
Iggy loves the ring and showed it off on Instagram. Congrats to the swaggy couple!
Photos courtesy of Iggy Azalea & WENN
Well I need to a longer clip, not that I expect her to bawl her eyes out but that ‘yeah’ just sounded very dry for someone who just received a proposal.
Maybe she is just uncomfortable with the proposal being in a public setting. I don’t do public displays like that myself.
The Aussie accent is quite dry as well. They can sound really indifferent when theyre actually super excited (my experiences of Aussies when I lived there, anyways).
Congratulations to him.
I don’t think Iggy has done anything right in terms of her career since coming to America but in terms of romantic relationships? It seems like she picked a really good one. He defends her, he gushed about her, he seems to adore her.
Perfect world : She transitions from rap to something she’s better suited to (maybe modeling?) and she and him have a happy relationship.
But that ring is way too big. I’ve always wondered where celebrities put their wedding bands when their engagement rings are humongous.
LMAO, not sure why I initially typed ‘him’ but I’m leaving it. Maybe I’m happier for him than her.
I agree with you totally… That ring looks DUMB BIG and like she has fingers on the smaller side?? so …Anistonian
They do seem sweet together, but I think those groupie rumors have a ring of truth. She had already bought him the car and I’m pretty sure one of the girls he brought home with him drove it?
The ring looks cray and also WTF did she do to her face?
It’s as ugly as her manicure
that “manicure” looks like she has blood under her fingernails.
There are better ways to do a modern version of a French manicure, I favour painting the whole nail one colour and the tips another. Looks cooler.
I thought it looked quite fitting, symbolic really. She bloody clawed her way to the top and even if her music career is going down the drain, she’s set for life.
I wish I had something really nice to say.
lmao, me too!
I just am not a fan of these massive diamond engagement rings. I know it’s clearly about how much money they have and look how big my diamond is, but to me they look like costume jewelry and frankly I think they are ugly compared to a beautiful 1-2 carat diamond ring. They look too big on the hand I think, especially on someone who is tiny.
I really have no idea who she is or him beyond him being a basketball player (my husband and sons would know him, being huge basketball fans), but congratulations to them
I am personally proponent of a simple gold band or no ring at all.
I think rings are uncomfortable, and if I am expected to wear a wedding ring at all times ( no that I am, but many women do)it needs to be small and unobtrusive.
If you love jewelry you can have fancy rings for special occasions, for the night out. But to wear a huge ring every day? That requires special training or something. Like wearing stilettos.
Agreed. And while, if it were me, I would probably keep it in a safe deposit box and only pull it out for special occasions, as a celebrity, they have to wear it EVERY TIME they go out in public to avoid any “she took her ring off, they’re definitely splitting up” rumors. Think ahead, people!
I agree with Bedhead – if you’re gonna drop that kind of cash, why not platinum?
Maybe it’s a preference thing. I had a platinum setting at first and switched to white gold. I prefer WG because the platinum felt so heavy to me and my ring wasn’t even close to that size so I can’t imaging how heavy that one would be. Plus they tarnish differently, white gold turns a little yellow but still looks shiny and platinum gets dingy looking. I also felt like my platinum setting got a lot more dings and scratches in it then my WG one does because despite being a stronger metal in scratches easier. Anyway that’s my experience with the two.
I’m glad you posted, I’ve never really gotten anyone’s real world opinion on white gold v. Platinum, only that platinum is more $ so it must be better. But no one mentioned how they wear differently before, I’ll be sure to remember this once my girlfriends or their boys start ring hunting, sounds like gold would still be a nicer choice in the end.
Meh…… Congrats tho. Maybe I’m just jaded anymore.
Have they hit every cliché out there?
She cancelled her tour for that? Girl, your identity comes first. The romantic stuff is not be all , end all.
Call me crazy but a ring should not take up a full segment of your finger. When she gets a wedding band, she won’t be able to bend her finger. At that point she will not be able to lift (that ring must be heavy) or bend her ring finger At all. If you want to go big, it should suit her finger better.
PR stunt. Didn’t he cheat on her a few months back?
Part of me thinks this is to distract from her tour cancellation. Though congratulations and good luck to them.
Of course
I do not like big gawdy rings like that. It looks fake/tacky and half her finger is covered up. Oh well, good for her, maybe she will go away now.
She is so much more beautiful in the pre-plastic surgery pictures 🙁
Eh, the white gold/platinum thing could be due to allergies. I’m allergic to any metal that isn’t plated with 14+ kt gold or full 14+ kt gold. If I have any other metal on my skin for a day, I break out in a rash and hives – my (now) husband had to return my first engagement ring because the metal was making me break out.
She now looks like a reject from White Chicks. Is that the look?
Can you please stop embedding videos to play as soon as you open a post? I’m trying to be bad at work, here!
That ring is hideous. Why not just strap a pile of cash to your finger? That’s what they’re really trying to show, right?
Ugh her face. I miss her old one.
I’m trying to imagine what it’s like to walk around with half a million dollar on my finger and nothing’s happening. My mind can’t even go there. Rich people = freaks.
Maybe she cancelled her tour because she’s pregnant
That was my thought. Though many artists tour while pregnant.
I just can’t with all the carefully posed ‘show off the ring’ pics. Your priorities look pretty skewed when your engagement photo has your full hand with ring in it and only half of the guy who gave it to you’s face.