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Ice Spice on the NYLON Nights: Vogue Version Celebration throughout New York Vogue Week held on the Traditional Automotive Membership on September 12, 2025 in New York, New York.
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Key Takeaways:
- Ice Spice revealed that she was already signed to 2 labels when Nicki Minaj tried to signal her.
- Leaked texts and contract frustrations contributed to the cooling of their relationship.
- Ice Spice additionally mentioned how public notion impacts feminine rap collaborations and friendships.
Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj will not be beefing, however they’re not precisely buddies. The “Munch (Feelin’ U)” rapper lately provided extra particulars on what precipitated the cooling of what at one level was a hit-making relationship.
On Tuesday (Sept. 16), Ice Spice appeared on the most recent episode of actress Keke Palmer’s podcast. Throughout their chat, Palmer requested the Bronx rapper about working with Nicki Minaj. Apparently, issues began getting awkward when Nicki expressed curiosity in signing her; Ice Spice was already inked to 2 offers. “I actually tried to let our legal professionals deal with every little thing and our managers,” mentioned Ice Spice. “However I used to be already signed when she was attempting to signal me, so I feel that is the place the hiccups had been ‘trigger it was actually like no room anymore at that time to make a deal. I am signed to 2 labels, in order that was already a factor.”
Earlier than their friendship cooled, the feminine emcees crafted a pair of hits with “Princess Diana” (Nicki hopped on the remix) and “Barbie World” from the Barbie the Album soundtrack, each launched in 2023. However a yr later issues went south when an ex-friend of Ice Spice, Child Storme, launched texts the place the Bronx rapper was disparaging Minaj — one message mentioned, “She’s kinda like my mother: ungrateful and delusional.”
On the time, she admitted to the texts, telling Rolling Stone they had been despatched “in a second of frustration round contract negotiations.” Evidently, a proper Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj alliance by no means manifested. However, whereas chatting with Palmer she nonetheless praised her “mutual.” “It’s all love like at all times,” mentioned Ice Spice. “I nonetheless look as much as her, that’s… she’s mom.”
In the identical interview, Ice Spice additionally bigged up Cardi B. “I really feel like Cardi B undoubtedly introduced again that hope [that] ladies might rap, as a result of for a very long time, Nicki [Minaj] appeared so unattainable,” Ice Spice mentioned. “, that’s a part of the lore of why I used to be so obsessed as a result of I’m like, ‘Solely she might do it.’”