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Key Takeaways

• Ice Spice will voice a personality and contribute an authentic track to ‘The SpongeBob Film: Seek for SquarePants.’
• The casting was introduced on the Annecy Animation Pageant alongside names like Regina Corridor and George Lopez.
• This marks Ice Spice’s first animated movie position, following her 2022 monitor “Bikini Backside” and upcoming debut in Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest.’

Ice Spice is formally heading to Bikini Backside. On Tuesday (June 10), the Brooklyn rapper was revealed to have been solid within the forthcoming The SpongeBob Film: Seek for SquarePants.

Ramsey Naito, president of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, broke the massive information on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant. Deadline reported that the Y2K! artist may also ship an authentic track for the soundtrack. Though the publication didn’t specify precisely which character she’ll voice, different confirmed solid members embody George Lopez, Regina Corridor and Sherry Cola.

Fortunately, followers gained’t have lengthy to take a position. The movie is about to premiere on Dec. 19 and follows SpongeBob and pals diving deep underwater to tackle the ghost of the Flying Dutchman.

Anybody who’s been following Ice Spice is aware of she virtually manifested this second. Again in 2022, she dropped a monitor referred to as “Bikini Backside” — named after SpongeBob’s hometown — which later ended up on her debut EP, Like..? “I really feel like everybody born within the 2000s references SpongeBob quite a bit,” she instructed NME. “He’s an icon. My favourite episode is ‘Rock Backside.’”

The “Deli” hitmaker can also be set to make her big-screen debut in Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, which is predicted to premiere in theaters in August. The movie notably stars ASAP Rocky and Denzel Washington, so it’s positively not a low-key introduction for the four-time Grammy Award nominee.

Music-wise, Ice Spice joined KATSEYE for his or her “Gnarly” remix earlier within the month. Previous to that, Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR sampled her voice on “GLORIOUS” from February’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. Curiously sufficient, she hasn’t had a solo launch since Y2K! : I’m Simply A Woman (Deluxe) dropped in 2024.

The rap famous person did, nonetheless, tease a track tentatively titled “Thick Once more” throughout Paris Trend Week. “She bought skinny, however she wanna get thick once more / Shawty bought again on her oats / He keep on my physique, it is arduous to do away with him,” she rapped over the RIOTUSA-produced beat.