Ice Spice

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ice Spice

• She spent most of her childhood with her grandparents and cousins.

• She started writing poetry and freestyle rap while studying in high school.

• In 2018, she had two kills and nine digs in seven women’s volleyball roster matches.

  

• After dropping out of college, she worked as a cashier at Wendy’s in Ohio and The Gap, Inc.

• Thereafter, she tried to work at a local street market in the Bronx area but left after one day of work.

• Before getting established in her career as a rapper, she worked as a babysitter for a Jewish family in Westchester, New York.

• In 2021, she started rapping after meeting the record producer RiotUSA at Purchase College in New York.

• In January 2023, she collaborated with Lil Tjay for the tribute single “Gangsta Boo, ” which became her first song to rank 82 on the Billboard Hot 100.

• In 2023, the online magazine Pitchfork described 2023 as the breakout year for Ice Spice.

• After her song “Karma” ranked at number two on the Hot 100, she became the artist with the most Hot 100 top-five singles in 2023.

• In April 2023, after her song “Princess Diana” was released, it peaked at number four on the Hot 100, earning her second top-ten hit on the chart.

• She kept her stage name Ice Spice after the fake Instagram account she created when she was 14.

• She claimed that she writes her lyrics but she does not consider herself a lyricist.

• In 2022, she gained recognition after her song Munch (Feelin’U) went viral on TikTok.

• Her musical style is mostly Brooklyn drill.

• In 2023, music journalists referred to her as a “breakout star.”

• On June 26 2023, her song “Barbie World” with Nicki Minaj ranked at number 7 on the Hot 100.

• On 26 July 2023, her music album Y2K was released and sold 28,000 copies in its first week.

• Some of her popular rap music videos are Princess Diana (2023), Deli (2023), and In Ha Mood (2023).

  

• She maintains her fitness by working out at the gym.

  

• She smokes occasionally.