Isis Naija Gaston (born January1, 2000), known professionally as Ice Spice, is an American rapper and songwriter. Born and raised in

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, she began her musical career during college in 2020, after meeting record producer RiotUSA. Her rapping style has been noted by music journalists, who have described her as a "breakout star". Ice Spice gained major recognition in late 2022 with her song " Munch (Feelin' U)", which went viral on

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. After signing with 10K Projects in a joint venture with

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, she released the singles " Bikini Bottom" and " In Ha Mood" to promote her debut

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(EP), '' Like..?'' (2023). The EP spawned the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top ten single "

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" (with

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), and peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200. She saw continued success with her collaborative singles released that same year: " Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" (with PinkPantheress), "

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" (with

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), and " Barbie World" (with Nicki Minaj and Aqua), all of which peaked within the top-ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. This made Ice Spice the only rapper to release four songs that achieved top-ten status in 2023. Her 2024 single, " Think U the Shit (Fart)" preceded the release of her debut studio album, '' Y2K!'' (2024). She is the recipient of several accolades, including the

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, the

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for "New Artist of the Year," and the Impact Award from the BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. She has received four

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nominations, including

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Early life and education

Isis Naija Gaston was born on January 1, 2000, in

. The oldest of five siblings, Gaston is of

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; her father—Joseph Gaston—is African American, while her mother—Charina Almanzar—is Dominican. The two met at a

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in New York; Joseph was an underground rapper, and Charina worked at a

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. Charina was seventeen when she gave birth to Gaston. The two divorced when Gaston was two years old. Gaston spent much of her childhood with her grandparents and cousins. They moved out of Davidson Ave in 2007 and moved to University. She went to school in the Bronx until the 5th grade, and to a Catholic Sacred Heart High School in

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, where she graduated in 2018. At age seven, she took a liking to

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after listening to rappers like

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, and others.

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used to visit her elementary school when Isis was in the fourth grade. She wrote

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and

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s from then to high school. In an interview with ''

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'', Isis explained that she grew up listening to the likes of

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, and

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because of her father's rap background. She would type out lyrics in the

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app of her iPhone, listening to hip-hop instrumentals and rapping out loud to them. Gaston explained: "When I saw Nicki inaj I was so mesmerized. She's the first female rapper that I seen. And ever since then, I was kinda set on what I wanted to be." She chose Ice Spice as her stage name while she was a freshman in high school. Gaston attended the

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, where she was a defensive specialist on the school's volleyball team and studied communications. In seven matches, she had two kills and nine digs in the 2018 season. Around her sophomore year, Gaston dropped out of SUNY Purchase, later explaining that she did not believe the school was the right fit for her, and attributing her leaving college to the "strenuous commute". She worked as a cashier at

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and The Gap. She also attempted to work at a local street market in the Bronx area, but quit after one day of working.

Career

2020–2022: Career beginnings

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Ice Spice started rapping in 2020 after meeting with a record producer, RiotUSA. He produced her debut song, "Bully Freestyle", released in March 2021 after a video of Ice Spice doing the " Buss It" challenge went viral on

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. Her song "Name of Love" gained traction on

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, which led to her becoming popular on

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. On August 10, 2022, Ice Spice released her song " Munch (Feelin' U)", accompanied with a video distributed by

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, as the lead single from her then-untitled debut EP, '' Like..?''. The song gained popularity after getting support from

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, who played the song on his

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radio station, Sound 42. It subsequently went viral on Twitter and

, and charted on ''

''s

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and

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charts. In September 2022, Ice Spice appeared as a featured artist on the song "One Time" by B-Lovee. Later that month, she signed a record deal with 10K Projects and

. On October 28, she released the single " Bikini Bottom".

2023–present: Breakthrough with ''Like..?''

Ice Spice's debut EP, '' Like..?'', was released on January 20, 2023, and included the singles " Munch (Feelin' U)", " Bikini Bottom", and " In Ha Mood". In February 2023, Ice Spice collaborated with

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on the tribute single "

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" to the late rapper of the same name, which became her first song on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at No. 82. On February 3, 2023, the remix of singer PinkPantheress's song, " Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" featuring Ice Spice and the corresponding music video were released. The song peaked at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the highest charting position for either artist at the time. In April 2023, she released the remix of "

" with

. The song peaked at number four on the Hot 100, earning Ice Spice her second top-ten hit on the chart and the twenty second top-ten hit for Minaj. On May 24, 2023, a remix of

's "

" featuring Ice Spice, was announced for release on May 26, 2023. The remix is a bonus track on the special editions of Swift's tenth studio album, ''

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'' (2022). A music video for the remix, featuring Swift and Ice Spice, was released on May 27. ''

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'' described 2023 as the breakout year of Ice Spice. "Karma" peaked at number two on the Hot 100, making Ice Spice the artist with the most Hot 100 top-five singles in 2023. On June 26, she released " Barbie World" with

which debuted at number 7 on the Hot 100. The deluxe version of ''Like..?'', featuring five new tracks, was released on July 21, 2023. On November 14, 2023, she teased an upcoming project titled '' Y2K!'' slated for 2024. She released the single " Think U the Shit (Fart)" as its lead single in January 2024. ''Y2K!'', was released on July 26, 2024, and sold 28,000 copies for its first week. The project received mixed reviews from fans and critics, with ''

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'' noting Ice Spice's contribution to the

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subgenre, stating that ''Y2K!'' "struck the right equilibrium between street and pop sensibility — just hard enough for rap purists, softened around the edges for broader appeal — and set the table for what was leaning toward a mainstream breakthrough with her debut album."

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described the album as "almost crudely basic" and that Ice Spice "presses into syllables and pulls them apart like Play-Doh...she can make rapping itself feel like an afterthought, so trivial to her day-to-day routine that putting in the minimum effort makes a weirdly intuitive sense." On August 1, 2024, Ice Spice added a bonus track to the album titled "Gyat". On December 25, 2024, a deluxe version of Y2K! was released, with features from

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, NLE Choppa and

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. On November 1, 2024, Ice Spice, along with

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, performed in

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to promote the " Chapter 2 Remix" season in ''

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'', with outfits and stylized cosmetics based on Ice Spice being available for purchase in the game. On

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of 2024, Ice Spice arrived 25 minutes late to her Wildlands Festival set in

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. Despite being the headline act, her microphone was cut off five minutes into the performance.

Artistry

Musical and lyrical style

Ice Spice's music is primarily Bronx drill. Her name came from a "finsta" (fake Instagram account) she made at age 14. She has said she writes all her own lyrics, though she does not consider herself a lyricist. She explained that she prefers her lyrics to be "super simple" and "digestible".

Influences

In a 2022 feature for ''

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'' titled "My Life in 10 Songs", Ice Spice included

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's song "

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" and

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's song "

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" on her list. She stated, "When I was 13 or 14, I was playing he 1975all the time. It was my shit, I think it's because they're from Europe and he nowiki/>Matty Healy">Matty_Healy.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Matty Healy">nowiki/>Matty Healyhas that [British] accent. It was a thing for me." Ice Spice was first inspired to start rapping by Sheff G and Pop Smoke, and has listed

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, Foxy Brown, and Remy Ma as musical influences due to their New York roots. She has also called

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, and

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inspirations because of their "graceful angelic vibe of timeless beauty".

Personal life

Ice Spice is

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. She relocated to

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following her career breakthrough.

Feuds and controversies

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and Ice Spice have been compared in the media as rivals, with reports of tension between them since 2022. The origin of the feud remains unclear. The feud gained internet attention in January 2023 when fans interpreted a lyric from "Princess Diana" off of her EP "Like..?", as a jab at Latto. A year later, the feud began to escalate after Latto released a snippet of her then-unreleased song " Sunday Service", where the music video for Ice Spice's song " Pretty Girl" could be seen on the TV in the background; just hours later; Ice Spice released a snippet of her own unreleased diss track by the name of " Think U the Shit (Fart)". In May 2024, Ice Spice received backlash from fans of former collaborator Nicki Minaj after a former close friend, Baby Storme, leaked text messages between herself and Ice Spice in which Ice Spice called Minaj "ungrateful" and "delusional." Storme later admitted to regretting what she did and claimed that a schizophrenic episode may have triggered the incident. In July 2024, Ice Spice became involved in a separate controversy when social media influencer Madeline Argy, a former girlfriend of the rapper

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, accused him of cheating on her with Ice Spice. In September 2024, New York rapper Cleotrapa, who opened for Ice Spice on the U.S. leg of the Y2K! Tour, posted a six-part video to TikTok criticizing Ice Spice's treatment of her on tour, calling her a "fake friend" and alleging she was unpaid for her performances, forced to handle her own luggage and left to arrange her own accommodations. The controversy garnered significant public attention, with artists Baby Storme and

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voicing their support for Cleotrapa.

Discography

* '' Y2K!'' (2024)

Filmography

Tours

Headlining

* Y2K! World Tour (2024)

Supporting

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– The Scarlet Tour (2023)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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