A number of people on Twitter recently reminded me that part two of this story was still outstanding and expressed interest in seeing it. Can oblige. Note that Playboi Carti and Iggy Azalea no longer live at this residence, nor are they together.
On November 22, 2019, TMZ reported: “Iggy Azalea and Playboi Carti’s rental home was burglarized in Atlanta … and the couple told cops a massive amount of jewelry was stolen!!!” The value of the stolen jewelry was reported to be $366,000.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution picked up the story on November 23, with AJC crime reporter Zachary Hansen making the story his own by adding a few more details from the police report.
AJC’s coverage got the ball rolling on mainstream media attention, and by the end of the day, the Associated Press had picked up the story. Crediting AJC, AP distributed a prepackaged overview of the $366,000 heist to their news wire service clients. Overnight, the story was everywhere. CNN. Billboard. Fader. Reuters. ABC.
Every one of those stories was wrong.
In reality, the amount in question was far more than $366,000. The true figure was in the neighborhood of $1 million. It was enough that Playboi Carti needed two different insurance policies to cover it all.
So where did the $366,000 figure come from?
It only accounted for Iggy Azalea’s jewelry. This video rounds out part one of our coverage of this story, to include surveillance footage of the burglar in action.
From the report of Atlanta Police Officer Michael Solomon, lightly edited for clarity and to protect victim privacy:
On November 17, 2019 at 1456 hours, I was dispatched to a residential burglary. Upon my arrival, I came into contact with the victim, Ms. Amethyst Kelly [rapper “Iggy Azalea”], who advised that their rental house had been burglarized two nights prior, and that jewelry had been stolen from their dining room.
Ms. Kelly advised that earlier in the day, she and her boyfriend discovered that his jewelry was missing, along with a blue Goyard bag where she and her boyfriend would keep those possessions. Ms. Kelly advised that she had been in the basement and had heard footsteps on the second floor, which she had attributed to her boyfriend, Mr. Jordan Carter [rapper “Playboi Carti”]. Ms. Kelly advised that it had been raining the night of the burglary, and that the back door to their house had not been locked in order for her boyfriend to have access.
Ms. Kelly advised that they have video surveillance footage of the suspect. Mr. Carter advised that he believed the suspect had been armed, and that he had been wearing a dark mask and gloves.
Ms. Kelly advised that she would downloaded the video footage to a flash drive for the investigators.
And she did.
Want to see it? It’s at 1:41.
Wondering why we didn’t follow the officers into the house? The Georgia Open Records Act places restrictions on access to “audio and video recordings from devices used by law enforcement officers in a place where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy when there is no pending investigation,†§ 50-18-72(a)(26.2).
Wondering what happened to our original coverage of this story? Same here. Mysteries of YouTube.
00:00 Recap
01:41 Surveillance footage
08:10 Carti needed two insurance policies to cover his jewelry
09:19 Iggy’s suspect
13:43 Sergeant arrives
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insurance fraud.
Let's review. A relationship in trouble and a mysterious burglary takes place, gifted by an open door. A $1 million insurance payday. It's win-win for some lucky folks.
Additionally… that much $ was stolen and he’s MIA?? He’s letting his girlfriend do the talking? 🤔
Fire monks, fire monks! Finish line [redacted] with the tire monks!
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Super old video ✌ï¸ðŸ’œ
Sorry 'bout the theft and the "music."
Who the fuck is playboy carti? Lmao
Insurance scam for sure. They made the police report and they showed video of a robber breaking in. Good job guys, that’s how you do it. Lol
Sounds like they robbed themselves
Is this cop Russian?
they set it up
This has fraud all over it. Washed up "artists" tend to struggle with money.
O this goin viral viral
hi old as f
BS claims.
Looks like they paid 1M for 100K worth of jewelry and want to bilk the insurance.
Is this a re-upload? I'm pretty sure you posted this awhile ago?
Inside Job. Btw Iggy, is it part of your blood oath to date trash?
hmm
In a house like this, with new people coming in and out all the time, there should be security on premise 24/7 or at least at the front gate. Leaving the door open doesn't sound exactly "smart". Especially if you know you have Multiple valuable items that are often targeted during Robberies/Burglaries. This situation seems odd to me. Seems like they were asking for it. Not to mention that they are both relatively widely know people around the country, and they should be taking their security seriously. Especially in this day and age. Also what's the point of having cameras if your gonna put them in useless spots and not even cover the front entrance.
The widespread backwardness of our economy, increments in the price of gas,and rate of unemployment is becoming inconducive. it's obvious we are headed for hyperinflation, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean been safe rather having multiple income streams that doesn't depend on the government would be a great decision.
That could've been me, if I had a million dollars worth of jewelry, thank God I don't have that problem.
LOL..Sure they did..
Wonder what the cop is selling the white lexus for ðŸ§
She got a diaper booty 🤮💉
Coming up at 5, shitty artists get busted on insurance fraud charges. And now, Bob Hunter with the weather.
Damn I love her, fucking hot lol.
Jewelry fraud. Both are B CLASS celebrities .
I hate criminals