Ice Spice Addresses Comments That She Owes Her Instant Fame to Her Light Skin

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Ice Spice is basking in her time on top. The New York rapper opens up about her seemingly instant rise to fame for 's June issue, breaking down how she manages to stay grounded amid her growing popularity and addressing the controversy surrounding said fame.Ice — born Isis Gaston — began making music in 2021, and by August of the next year, her freestyle went viral and her single, «Munch,» dominated the final months of the year.

After signing a deal with 10K Projects and Capitol Records in the fall, the Bronx native added fuel to her already raging fire and dropped her debut EP  at the top of 2023. «I'm most proud of staying grounded so far, because I've already been through so many things that I know a lot of people would've lost their f**king minds,» the 23-year-old tells the outlet of her rise to fame. «The whole lifestyle change is super drastic, especially coming from where I come from, not coming from sh*t and not having a lot growing up, to now — it's the complete opposite… Even though it's a positive change, it's still a change.»Since the rapper hit the scene, she's found herself on the Met Gala red carpet, gained over 37 million monthly listeners on Spotify and received the cosign of rappers like Drake and the self-proclaimed Queen of Rap herself, Nicki Minaj, even landing a musical collaboration with the latter.

Minaj dubbed the young up-and-comer her heir apparent, and reports that their «Princess Diana» remix became the first-ever all-female joint record to hit number one on the rap charts.