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Key Takeaways:
- The deal brings N3on into Iggy Azalea’s crypto-powered on line casino, MOTHERLAND, as a co-owner.
- The partnership was confirmed throughout a livestream and backed by a press launch.
- Whereas N3on’s previous controversies stay, the main focus is on the brand new enterprise transfer.
Iggy Azalea is making main offers past the music world. The Australian rapper revealed that she has signed widespread, and at instances controversial, streamer N3on to a multimillion-dollar deal.
Azalea has appeared on N3on’s stream earlier than, so they’re fairly accustomed to one another. On Thursday (Sept. 11), throughout a livestream from the Bahamas, the “Fancy” hitmaker clarified her relationship with the content material creator for these watching. Responding to a remark concerning the streamer getting “buddy zoned,” Azalea responded, “Properly, yeah, we’re like enterprise companions now.”
“I signed him to my on line casino,” she added. “That’s why I’ve that cake to say, ‘Congratulations’ to him. I gave him some huge cash, within the thousands and thousands.”
The on line casino Azalea is referring to is MOTHERLAND, her digital gaming platform that launched in late 2024. It additionally serves as the bottom of her crypto neighborhood since her MOTHER token is the forex used for the platform’s video games, together with blackjack, poker and sports activities betting.
Azalea wasn’t blowing smoke about her formally teaming with N3on. In an press launch that very same day, N3on formally introduced that he was becoming a member of her as a accomplice and co-owner of MOTHERLAND On line casino.
“Becoming a member of Iggy as a co-owner of MOTHERLAND is greater than only a enterprise transfer, it is about shaping the way forward for gaming tradition,” N3on mentioned within the assertion. “I’ve all the time believed the worlds of streaming, crypto and leisure had been destined to collide, and MOTHERLAND is proof of that. Collectively, we’re constructing a on line casino that is not solely enjoyable, however one that really displays the neighborhood and power of the tradition we stay in.”
Whereas the assertion didn’t disclose the monetary incentives N3on is receiving, MOTHERLAND is claimed to have obtained “greater than $25 million in funding.” So, Azalea claiming to have paid a streamer of N3on’s caliber “thousands and thousands” is possible.
It should be famous that N3on has obtained criticism for his racist statements up to now and in his streams’ feedback. He was confronted about this throughout a go to to “The Breakfast Membership” in July. “That is the web. This is not simply my chat [or] my neighborhood,” he mentioned after getting pressed by its hosts. “The web, similar to me again then, would say no matter they need. This isn’t a illustration of me, clearly.”