Ice Spice Has Gone From Rising Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonder To Bonifide Hitmaker In Only 30 Days

New York-based rapper Ice Spice has been consistently building up forward movement in the realm of hip-hop, yet just as of late has surprised the Billboard charts. In under one month, she went from somebody who was going after the Hot 100, Billboard's week-after-week positioning of the most-consumed tracks in the U.S., to somebody who appears to have no issue putting anything new on the count.

Spice scored her most memorable passage on the Hot 100 outline recently, as her new joint effort with Lil Tjay, "Gangsta Boo," appeared at No. 82. The single additionally appeared at No. 16 on the Hot Rap Melodies and at No. 32 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The outcome of "Gangsta Boo" can be credited, to a limited extent, to the way that it fills in as a recognition for the late rapper of a similar name. The Memphis-based performer (conceived Lola Mitchell), who was an individual from Three 6 Mafia, passed away on January 1st at 43 years old. The track likewise sampled Diddy and Ginuwine's "I Need a Girls (Part Two)," featuring Loon, Mario Winans, and Tammy Ruggieri, which hit No. 4 on the Hot 100 in 2001.

Only fourteen days after the fact, Spice significantly increased her all-out Hot 100 hits by appearing with a couple of singles on the cutthroat charts at the same time. This edge, she hits another high on the chart close by English vocalist musician PinkPantheress with "Kid's a Liar, Pt. 2." That tune debuts at No. 14 on the most recent chart, dated February 18. The track is a remix of PinkPantheress' unique performance "Kid's a Liar," which was at first delivered in November 2022.

Spice acquired what can be viewed as her breakout hit, "Munch (Feelin' U)," the previous fall. The cut came to No. 25 on Hot Rap Tunes and number. 34 on Hot R&B/Hip-Jump Melodies. It was anything but a gigantic commercial achievement, however, it acquainted her with a bigger crowd, and it was an indication that greater things were simply not too far off.

The rising hip-hop star's introduction EP Like..? additionally acquainted her with more than one Billboard chart. The short set arrived at No. 13 on Top Rap Albums, No. 19 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number. 37 on the all-genre Billboard 200. In its debut, the project procured 15,000 album units.

Angela Vasquez 02/20/2023