Iggy Azalea made her boyfriend take her shopping for socks on their first date.

The 23-year-old rapper begged her LA Lakers star boyfriend Nick Young to take her to discount store Target when they first started seeing each other.

Speaking on the Breakfast Club on Power 105, she said of their first date: ''It's kind of funny actually, we went out for dinner after this, but at first I was like, 'Target is my favourite place, I wanna go to Target!' So I made him take me!

''We went out to dinner with nice linen table cloths and everything afterwards.''

The 'Beat Down' hitmaker - whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly - insists there's some logic in her bizarre choice of date because she believes you can really get to know someone based on their shopping taste.

She explained: ''You can really get to know someone at Target so I was like, 'What quilts are you into? What's your favorite movie? What snacks do you like?' I got some socks.''

The pair have only been dating for five months after they exchanged some flirty messages on Twitter late last year, but Iggy insists she's not bothered about other girls throwing themselves at her boyfriend because of his fame.

She said: ''There's always going to be girls who want to do that. And when you have status yourself there will be girls who are going to want to smash who you're smashing.''