We walk to the alley located between what is now The Mining Exchange and The Gold Room, Nevada Avenue and Pikes Peak. He goes on to tell me that he used to inhabit this alley for a period of time. "It wasn't too bad," he muses as he pulls out his guitar.

Iggy, who is part Inupiaq Indian, describes the intense discrimination he faced on a daily basis; to the kids on the reservation in South Dakota, he "wasn't Indian enough," and to his contemporaries in the suburbs, he was "too brown."
The surprising thing is that even though he was taunted and shunned by his Native community, he defends them fiercely. Iggy was a vocal protester of the Dakota Access Pipeline and continues to help the community of Standing Rock.

Inspired by his grandfathers, both of whom were previously in the broadcasting industry, Iggy signed up for a volunteer slot to host a radio show on Tuesday evenings for Colorado Springs' KRCC.
Self-admittedly distancing himself from a tumultuous past, Iggy has sought solace and enlightenment through music, teaching himself how to play several instruments and creating several albums.
His latest album "Better Floatin' Than Sinkin'" was created and produced entirely in his van.

Tolstoy-toting and sipping tea in a corner of Poor Richard's bookstore, Iggy is the epitome of a free spirit. Renouncing traditional social norms, this often troubled artist pushes himself to the fringes of society where he is content to float on, searching for inspiration and beauty, one song at a time.