Ice Spice

Bronx rapper Ice Spice brings slick flows and abundant attitude to powerful drill beats. She started rapping in 2021 and signed with Virgin subsidiary label 10K Projects the next year on the strength of her viral track “Munch (Feelin’ U).” Capitalizing on her overnight success, Ice Spice compiled several singles and some new material into the EP release Like..?, which she released in January 2023. She scored a worldwide hit with the PinkPantheress collaboration “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2,” and she also collaborated with Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Rema during the year, paving the way for her 2024 debut album Y2K!. Ice Spice was born Isis Gaston and grew up in the Bronx. She enjoyed rap growing up but didn’t start rapping herself until her early twenties, when she began collaborating with producer Cook Babes while they both were attending SUNY Purchase. Babes produced Ice Spice’s debut song, “Bully,” which was released in early 2021. Her breakthrough track, “Munch (Feelin’ U),” arrived in August of the next year and was lauded by Drake, who played it on his Sirius XM radio channel. The song went viral, and Ice Spice inked a deal with 10K Projects. Her next single, “Bikini Bottom,” appeared in September 2022. She released the EP Like..? in January 2023; it featured three previously issued songs and three new ones. Lil Tjay showed up for a feature on one of the new tracks, “Gangsta Boo.” The EP cracked the Top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart, rising as high as the number 37 slot. Ice Spice provided a guest verse on a remix of “Boy’s a Liar” by PinkPantheress, and the track became a major smash, hitting number three on the Billboard Hot 100. A remix of the EP track “Princess Diana” featured Nicki Minaj and also hit the Top Five. Ice Spice and Minaj contributed the Aqua-sampling “Barbie World” to Barbie: The Album, and the song was another Top Ten hit. Ice Spice guested on a remix of Taylor Swift’s song “Karma,” which reached number two on the Hot 100. A deluxe edition of Like..? included the single “Deli,” which narrowly missed the Top 40. “Pretty Girl,” a collaboration with Rema, appeared in October. Ice Spice received several Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (for “Karma”). As 2024 began, she began releasing new songs from her upcoming debut studio album, Y2K!, which was eventually scheduled for release in July of that year. The album included guest spots from Gunna, Central Cee, and Travis Scott. ~ TiVo Staff