Have fallen on hard times recently, antipodean singer Iggy Azelea has decided to shift gears, abandoning her Georgia hip hop persona to reinvent herself as a down-to-earth county singer.

“Thankfully I have finally got to a place where I can stop being untrue to who I really am by pretending to be an Altanta rapper, and start being untrue to who I really am by pretending to be a Country & Western star from Knoxville, Tennessee.”

Azalea plans to rework her original debut hit “Pu$$y” into an acoustic version to be released shortly by BNA Records out of Nashville. She issued a fond farewell to her current fanbase whom she has been advised may not all follow her in her new career.

“It’s been dope, yo, but ama be gettig’ outta here na. Take care, mates – I mean – all ya’ll”