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 usually are not beefing, however they’re not precisely buddies. The “Munch (Feelin’ U)” rapper lately supplied extra particulars on what triggered the cooling of what at one level was a hit-making relationship.

On Tuesday (Sept. 16), Ice Spice appeared on the newest episode of actress Keke Palmer’s podcast. During 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 really tried to let our lawyers handle everything and our managers,” stated Ice Spice. “But I used to be already signed when she was making an attempt to signal me, so I feel that is the place the hiccups have been ‘trigger it was actually like no room anymore at that time to make a deal. I’m signed to 2 labels, in order that was already a factor.”

Before 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. But a yr later issues went south when an ex-friend of Ice Spice, Baby Storme, launched texts the place the Bronx rapper was disparaging Minaj — one message stated “She’s kinda like my mom: ungrateful and delusional.”

At the time, she admitted to the texts, telling Rolling Stone they have been despatched “in a moment of frustration around contract negotiations.” Needless to say, a proper Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj alliance by no means manifested. But, whereas chatting with Palmer she nonetheless praised her “mutual.” “It’s all love like always,” stated Ice Spice. “I still look up to her, that’s…she’s mother.”

In the identical interview, Ice Spice additionally bigged up Cardi B. “I feel like Cardi B definitely brought back that hope [that] girls could rap, because for a long time, Nicki [Minaj] seemed so unattainable,” Ice Spice stated. “You know, that’s part of the lore of why I was so obsessed because I’m like, ‘Only she could do it.’”