![]() “It’s been eight months since ‘Munch,’ and as anybody can see, it went from zero to 100 - real quick,” he says in April, nodding to the Drake song. Her manager, James Rosemond Jr., remembers hip-hop super-agent Cara Lewis (who now counts Ice as a client alongside the likes of Travis Scott and Eminem) and promoters blowing up his phone after the performance about what had happened, even though it never posed a threat to him, given the security measures they had in place. But her tone swiftly shifts to gratitude: “But looking back, I was like, ‘This is really a blessing being able to just see how excited people are to see me perform.’ ”īalancing exposure and privacy is tough for any rising artist and their team. ![]() I was kind of worried because we was a little outnumbered that night,” she confesses. “I’m not going to lie: I was scared in that moment. When she performed at a New York Fashion Week afterparty in February, fans swarmed her by the DJ booth, prompting security to escort her offstage midperformance. And if she was once a bit shocked by the Princess Diana comparisons, she has lately come to understand the late icon’s plight a little better, as she’s increasingly faced her own share of alarming encounters with onlookers. “I knew she was a global superstar in the making.”īut despite projecting confidence, Ice is still adjusting to the spotlight. I got that tingling feeling every time when you meet that artist,” says Michelle Jubelirer, CEO/chair of Capitol Music Group. ![]() “The first time I met her, I knew she was special. Like her memorable one-liners, Ice’s hits keep coming: In April, her idol, Nicki Minaj, hopped on the remix of Like.? track “Princess Diana,” which debuted at No. 4 on the Hot 100 and became the first No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs by two co-billed women in its 34-year history. Audiences crowned Ice “the People’s Princess.” TikTok users devoured “Munch” (which has since accumulated 2.4 billion views on its hashtag) Drake played it on his SiriusXM channel, Sound 42 and the song quickly became the New York drill anthem of the summer. In the official music video, she smizes before flashing cameras, twerking once again - but this time while wearing a pale green tube top, denim booty shorts and neon orange nails that complement her now-famous ’fro. After delivering the deliciously cynical line “You thought I was feeling you,” Ice spends the song shooting down voracious admirers and envious haters alike with cutthroat bars that bounce off RIOTUSA’s menacing production. “Munch” - or, as Ice defined it, “somebody that’s really obsessed with you that’s just fiending to eat it” - immediately entered the pop culture lexicon. For the next year-and-a-half, Ice refined her craft - and in August 2022, she independently released “Munch (Feelin’ U)” and finally experienced the success she had always envisioned. In March 2021, Ice Spice dropped her sharp-tongued debut single, “Bully Freestyle,” which was produced by RIOTUSA, whom she had met through a mutual friend while attending the State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase. ![]() Ice Spice: Photos from the Billboard Cover Shoot ![]()
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