Known globally as an American rapper, Ice-Spice began her career while attending college, and there has been no looking back ever since. After her song “Munch (Feelin’ U)” went popular on TikTok in late 2022, Ice Spice became a well-known rapper.

This article will cover details about Ice Spice’s family, her personal life, net worth, and much more! 

Ice Spice Biography

Ice-Spice who’s real name is Isis Naija Gaston is an American Rapper. She gained widespread recognition for her viral song “Munch”(Feelin “U)” back in 2022 which made her popular on Tik-Tok. She is the singer who is known to sing the popular song Barbie World with Nicki Minaj. Ice Spice was born on January 1st 2000 in the Bronx, New York, United States. Collaboration with artists like Tylor Swift and Nicki Minaj made her a popular artist in 2024. She is known for her unique style and becoming a viral sensation on social media. For her style of rapping she has been nominated for prestigious awards like Grammy and MTV’s best artist of the year.

Ice Spice Age, Height, Weight and Physical Appearance

Born on 1st January 2000, she is currently 25 years old and she recently celebrated her 25th. Her zodiac sign is a Capricorn. With a decent height of 5 feet 3 inches, which is equivalent to 161 cm, Ice Spice has had a few weight issues but she recently lost about 42 pounds. Her appearance since then has seemingly become accentuated a lot. She has dark brown eyes and dyed brown hair.

Ice Spice Weight Loss

Earlier, Ice Spice had carried a significant weight on her body but she has managed to lose a lot of weight over the years – some people speculated that she was using Ozempic to help with reducing her weight, but she mentioned that her intense tours had caused the weight loss. She mentioned going to the gym and eating healthy and following the diet plan. 

Ice Spice Family

She was born as Isis Naija Gaston in the Bronx, New York City. As a child, she was the oldest of five siblings. She is of mixed ethnicity, meaning that her father, Joseph Gaston, an underground rapper, is an African American, whereas her mother, Charina Almanzar, is a Dominican who worked at a car dealership. Her parents had met at a McDonald’s in New York, and Charina was only 17 when she gave birth to Isis

However, the two divorced when the latter was only 2 years old and due to this, she had to spend much of her childhood with her grandparents and cousins.

Ice Spice Relationships (From Rumours to Confirmation)

Right now, Ice Spice is single, Ice Spice has had a rollercoaster of a journey since the time she became famous recently. She has recently come out as bisexual in terms of her sexual preference. About her rumoured Relationships, she was said to be dating a rapper named Central Cee. Though she has denied these fake statements and confirmed that their relationship status is just friends.

Ice Spice is currently dating the New York Jets Cornerback Sauce Gardner. Initially, the couple was rumoured to be dating, but recently they confirmed their relationship through their Instagram. After seeing their relationship post, their fans got excited and adored them immensely.

Educational Details

She had attended a local school in the Bronx until she was in 5th grade, and then she went on to attend the Catholic Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers. Here, she performed academically and graduated in 2018. 

She attended State University of New York at Purchase, wherein she was a defensive specialist on the school’s volleyball team and also studied communications but she dropped out because she felt it did not feel right for her. 

Subsequently, she worked as a cashier at Wendy’s and The Gap.

Ice Spice Career: Struggle and Success Story

When she was young, Spice was interested in music and rapping, and as a child she was seen listening to rappers like Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj, and others. This all was a driving force to get her to start focusing on the music industry as well.

2020-2022: Career beginnings

She started rapping in 2020 after meeting with a record producer named ‘RiotUSA.’ He agreed to produce her debut song, ‘Bully Freestyle,’ which was released in March 2021 after his attention was caught, which included Isis doing the ‘Buss It’ challenge, which went viral on X. 

In August 2022, Ice Spice released her song ‘Munch (Feeling U),” which had gained popularity after getting enough support from Drake, who had played the song on his Sirius XM radio station. 

The song went viral on Twitter and TikTok and was listed on Billboard’s Hot and Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts.

In September 2022, she signed a record deal with 10K Projects and Capitol Records.

2023-Present: Breakthrough and Success

Ice Spice had her debut EP called ‘Like…?’ which was released in January 2023 and included the singles ‘Munch (Feeling U)’, ‘Bikini Bottom’, ‘In Ha Mood,’ and more. In February of that year, she collaborated with Lil Tjay for the tribute song ‘Gangsta Boo,’ which was a tribute to the late rapper of the same name. This went on to become listed in the Billboard Hot 100 at no. 82. 

In April that year, she released the mix of ‘Princess Diana’ in collaboration with Niki Minaj and the song peaked at number under the Hot 100 list, thus giving Ice Spice her second top-ten hit on the chart. She had gained recognition and enough traction by then. 

Ice Spice Songs

In May 2023, she released a remix of Taylor Swift’s ‘Karma’ that featured her. The remix is a bonus track on Swift’s tenth album called ‘Midnights.’ 

In November 2023, she gave a trailer about an upcoming project that was titled ‘Y2K!,’ which was prepped up for 2024 and it was released on 26th July 2024 and sold 28000 copies in its first week itself.

In November 2024, she collaborated with Snoop Dogg and performed in Times Square to promote the ‘Chapter 2 Remix’ season in Fortnite. Let’s see all songs and the album list here :

Ice Spice Awards Won

Some of the awards won by Ice Spice include: 

• MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist in 2023
• People’s Choice Awards for Favorite Collaboration in 2024 for Barbie World 
• Kids Choice for Favorite Collaboration in 2024 for Barbie World
• People’s Choice Award for Favorite New Artist in 2024
• iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New Hip Hop Song  in 2024
• People’s Choice Award for ‘New Artist of The Year’ in 2024

Ice Spice Net Worth

As of 2025, Ice Spice who is renowned as the Rap Queen, currently has a net worth to the tune of $5 million and her net worth is obviously still rising as she makes more albums. 

The specifics of her finances have not been revealed though but we do know that her song ‘Munch(Feeling U) itself made her rich by $1 million. 

Social Media

She is popular on social media for her unique style of rapping. People like Tylor Swift and Nicky Minaj followed her on instagram. There she has 11.4 million followers with the upload of 174 posts. On YouTube she has 2.9 million subscribers and here she uploads her music in which she collaborates with other artists. 

Ice Spice Controversies

Feud with Rapper Latto 

Ice Spice and Latto have bee compared as rivals according to social media, and there have been reports of tension between them since 2022. We do not know the reason for their feud or hate, but it gained a lot of traction in 2023 when the fans interpreted  al lyric from Princess Diana as a jab towards Latto.

However, a year later, it was seen that their feud only got worse after Latoo had released a snippet of her song ‘Sunday Service’ wherein the video from Isis’s song ‘Pretty Girl’ could be seen in the background. A few hours alter, the latter had released a snipped of her own diss track ‘Think U the Shit’. 

Misbehaviour with Rapper Cleopatra

Back in September 2024, the rapper from New York Cleopatra, criticized Ice Spice’s treatment of her on tour by calling her a ‘fake friend; and mentioning that she was unpaid for her performances, and was forced to handle her own luggage and left to arrange her own accommodations. This controversy had attracted significant public attention and artists like Baby Storme and Azealia Banks voiced their support for Cleopatra against Ice Spice.

Conclusion

Over the years, Ice Spice has found her success as being a successful rapper and she has gained a considerable amount of fans over the years. As she grows older in age and career, we can expect that she will be performing more, and releasing more albums. We certainly expect the very best for her.

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