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Isis Naija Gaston (born January 1, 2000), known professionally as Ice Spice, is an American rapper from New York City.

She began releasing music in 2021, having met producer RIOTUSA that year while they were attending college together at New York's SUNY Purchase. She first gained online attention for a dance challenge video that went viral, and later released her Breakthrough Hit, "Munch (Feelin' U)", in August 2022.

The song's viral success, which included public support from Drake, resulted in her signing a record deal with 10K Projects and Capitol Records. She released her debut project, the EP Like... in January 2023, featuring the singles "Bikini Bottom" and "In Ha Mood", before scoring a top 5 hit in February the same year with her feature on PinkPantheress's "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2".

She has nothing do with the Spice Girls or I Spy.


Discography:

  • Like... (2023, EP)

Her work includes the following tropes:

  • Boastful Rap: Many of her songs, including her Breakthrough Hit "Munch (Feelin' U)".
  • Celebrity Song: "Gangsta Boo" and "Princess Diana."
  • Like Is, Like, a Comma: Uses the word a lot in her songs, to the point that her first EP was named after the word. It's become kind of her Catchphrase.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Absolutely.
  • Sampling:
  • Shout-Out:
    • "Gangsta Boo" is one to the late rapper of the same name.
    • Speculated that a lyric about someone thinking about her while he brushes his teeth on "Princess Diana" is a reference to Bladee.
    • The hook to "Think U The Shit (Fart)" is inspired by an image macro meme showing Mario saying "Bitches be thinking they the shit but they ain't even the fart!" while smoking a joint. In reference to this, the music video uses a font similar to the one used in the logos to the Super Mario games.
  • Record Producer: RIOTUSA, her one-time college friend, who got her into making music and produces the majority of her tracks.
  • Toilet Humor: "Think U The Shit (Fart)" gets most of its comedy value from the contrast between the two scatological terms mentioned in its title, and the full version of the song ends with a fart sound.
  • A Wild Rapper Appears!: Is this on "Boy's A Liar Pt. 2" by PinkPantheress and "Karma" by Taylor Swift.

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