Ice Spice

An haifi Ice Spice da sunan Isis Naija Gaston a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2000, a Bronx, New York City, sannan aka dasa ta a unguwar Fordham Road. Ita ce babbar ɗiya daga cikin yara biyar, ta taso ne a cikin gida inda mahaifinta, Joseph Gaston, tsohon mawakin rap ɗin karkashin ƙasa mai asalin Afirka-Amurka, da mahaifiyarta, Charina Almanzar, mai asalin Dominican, suka yi aiki a cikin wani dillancin motoci. Mijaransu ta haɗu a wani McDonald's kuma suka rabu lokacin da Isis tana da shekaru biyu ne kawai. Saboda jadawalin ayyukan iyayenta masu tsauri, ta shafe wani lokaci mai yawa cikin ƙuruciyarta tare da kakanninta da 'yan uwanta.

Ilimin firgita ta Ice Spice ya faro a Bronx, amma daga baya ta koma Sacred Heart High School, wata makarantar Katolika da ke Yonkers. Sha'awarta ga hip-hop ta tashi tun tana shekara bakwai, sakamakon tasirin mawaka irin su Lil' Kim da Nicki Minaj. Ta rubuta waƙoƙi da rap ba tsari ba a duk lokacin makaranta, tana yawan rubuta baitoci a app ɗin Notes na iPhone ɗinta. Ta halarci Jami'ar Jihar New York a Purchase, inda ta taka matsayin masoyin tsaro a ƙungiyar volleyball na makarantar kuma ta yi karatun kimiyyar halittu. Duk da haka, ta bar jami'a a lokacin shekarar ƙarshe ta biyu, tana mai cewa tafiyar zuwa makaranta mai wahala ce kuma jami'ar ba ta dace da burin aikinta ba.

Hanyar sana'arta ta farko cikin masana'antar kiɗa ta fara ne a 2021 lokacin da ta hadu da mai samar da rikodi ɗan ƙasar Amurka, RiotUSA, yayin da take halartar SUNY Purchase. Waƙarta ta farko, "Bully Freestyle," ta fito a watan Maris 2021 kuma ta samu ɗaukar hankali bayan bidiyon aikinta na ƙalubalen "Buss It" ya yadu a Twitter. Kiɗarta na gaba, "Name of Love," kuma ya samu kulawa a SoundCloud, wanda ya kara masa shahara a kan Instagram.

Gaskiyar canjin nasara a aikinta ta fara a watan Agusta 2022 bayan sakin waƙarta "Munch (Feelin' U)," wadda ta yadu a TikTok da Twitter. Waƙar ta samu tallafi daga Drake kuma ta shiga jerin Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs da Bubbling Under Hot 100. Daga baya ta rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar rikodi tare da 10K Projects da Capitol Records. EP ɗinta ta farko, "Like...?", ta fito a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2023, tana dauke da fitattun waƙoƙi kamar "Munch (Feelin' U)," "Bikini Bottom," da "In Ha Mood."

A 2023, ta yi haɗin gwiwa da mawaka kamar Lil Tjay, PinkPantheress, Nicki Minaj, da Taylor Swift, inda suka samu waƙoƙi da yawa cikin top-10 a kan US Billboard Hot 100. An girmamata ce da lasisin MTV Video Music Award na Mafi Kyakkyawar Ɗan Farkon Artist da kuma Impact Award daga BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards.

A fagen kiɗa, Ice Spice ta fi mai da hankali ne akan Bronx drill. Ita ce ke rubuta duk baitocin ta, tana fifita su su kasance "super simple" da "digestible." Tasirinta ya fara daga Sheff G da Pop Smoke zuwa Lil' Kim, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Foxy Brown, da Remy Ma. Hakanan tana samun ƙarfafawa daga mawaka irin su Erykah Badu, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, da Lauryn Hill saboda "graceful angelic vibe of timeless beauty."

A rayuwarta ta kashin kai, Ice Spice tana bayyana kanta a matsayin mai jima'i biyu, kuma ta mayar da zama zuwa New Jersey don samun sirri, domin taswirar da take samu ta sa mutane su gane ta a birninta Bronx.

Gagarumin yabo na Ice Spice ya haɗa da samun yabo a BET Awards a fannoni kamar Mafi Kyakkyawar Mawakiyar Mace Hip Hop da Mafi Sabon Wani. Ta lashe kyautar Best Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist a BET Hip-Hop Awards da Rookie of The Year a Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players.