Maybe it’s delays that make the heart grow fonder? Three years after it was announced, and more than a year after the first single was released, Australia-via-Atlanta rapper Iggy Azalea finally dropped her debut full-length, The New Classic, which hit the charts at No. 3. Just a week later, its third single, Fancy, cracked Billboard’s Top 10, making her the highest charting female rapper since Nicki Minaj. So what’s all this fuss about? The National Post’s David Berry investigates.

Reading suggestion: Listen to Iggy Azalia’s Fancy below, then scroll down to follow along with the lyrics.