The rise of Ice spice
The rise of Ice spice
Isis Naija Gaston born in 1 of January 2000 bronx New york.Raised in fordham road.The eldest of 5 siblings.Her father is Black american and Mother is Dominican.She went to school in the Bronx until she was sent to Sacred Heart High School. Ice spice was influence by hip hop music as a child. The year that she was born was a different era then.Before social media.Many young musicians always talk about the influence that rappers from then have.When you make timeless music . The genre will last because it contains good music.Rappers like Lil kim and Nicki minaj she was inspired by . Which makes sense when you look at her brand.
She also listenened to Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Wu-Tang Clan because of her father’s rap background.Her father being an underground rapper .Could have contributed to her likening in hip hop.Not all musicians have musical background parents .However when they do you can see a difference.For example Whitney houston mom is a good singer.There is videos on Youtube showing her mom singing.Jennifer lopez daughter has a good voice too.Depending on how successful the musician becomes.Using your parents resources can help in the music industry.It doesn’t mean anything .You have to be good at what you do.
Sophomore year, Ice Spice dropped out of SUNY Purchase. Some songwriters take the risk of dropping out of school to fuillfil their dreams.It can be a risk.It might not work.Often times you hear stories of songwriters dropping out of college and becoming successful.However , it’s also important to talk about people who don’t become succesful.Because it happens more often then success.Social media people always see people becoming successful they never see the failures.They may think if they drop out of college they could also have the same success.Ice spice had the right team behind her.Good marketing machine.
Ice spice worked as a cashier at Wendy’s and The Gap.You hill hear stories about successful musicians working at retail or fast food jobs . At the same time hustling . Some people are lucky and are able to become successful.Ice spice graduated high school.But didn’t finish college. And she managed to make her plan succed.New york is also the home of Hip having that background gave her an advantage. After pop smoke died . A lot of people felt like New york rap scene is dead.They felt pop smoke was going to revive it.His sudden death left a mark for other people from New york to fill that void.
Ice spice started rapping while she was in college.after meeting with a record producer, RiotUSA.Musicians need to try hard to connect with other record producers.Musicians with low budget may prefer to use websites where they can buy beats.However , the quality of getting a producer who understand music.Can help increase you’re audience.Riotusa produced Bully Freestyle”, released in March 2021 after a video of Ice Spice doing the “Buss It” challenge went viral on Twitter. Going viral is not always a good thing.People might forget about you.If you don’t have a strong enough team.That don’t know how to market you.
August 10, 2022, Ice Spice released her song “Munch (Feelin’ U)”, uploaded on WorldStarHipHop. Worlstarhiphop is a popular platform with a lot of subscribers. Musicians have had their start on Worlstarhiphop.And then transitioned on their own channels.It’s not always easy to get on the platform . You need to have good music coming.Wrlstarhiphop know the benefit that they give.Ice spice started getting traction from worlstarhiphop and soundcloud.Successful musicians have used that as a strategy.Soundcloud you can easily upload you’re music on there in compared to spotify.That why many musicians get popular on soundcloud first.Soundcloud is an underated platform with good musicians.
song became popular after support from Drake, who played the song on his Sirius XM radio station, Sound 42. It went viral on Twitter and TikTok.Drake is an established musician. Established musician are always encouraged to look for new talent. To keep themselves in the music industry.The music industry is a business musicians have to see who is buzzing.I’ts a way of promotion . Drake is a musicians . A lot of people want to collaborate with.because of the power that he has. Collaborating with a establish musician.Can help you be taken seriously in the music industry.Opoortunity will come by easier.
Ice Spice collaborated with Lil Tjay on the tribute single “Gangsta Boo” which became her first song on the Billboard Hot 100 . Ice spice team was making all of the good moves in her career.She wasn’t a one hit one wonder . Attending the met gala.Which is a prestigious event.what worked for her?. Some users on Twitter suggest her looks plays a part because she is light skin.Colourism has been an issue in the music industry.Darkskin musicians not getting the same success because of how they look.It can definitely play a part in someone becoming successful.Because then the labels will know how to market them if they appear ambigous looking.
However , it doesn’t guarantee success. singer PinkPantheress’s song, “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” featuring Ice Spice and the corresponding music video were released.The song is a 2 minutes song . It has 148 million views on Youtube.Pink is a musician from the uk.She is also an upcoming popular musician coming up.Collaborating with ice makes sense because they both were getting attention on social media .Pink had a song go viral on Twitter. This recipe coming together will become successful.Musicians aren’t always on the look out. For new musicians because they feel like they are there competitors.
Bloggers on Twitter have stated that they are increasingly depressed” as they’re having trouble finding artists that can sell-out shows and not be known for just one viral hit.This machine of finding musicians on social media can backfire in the future when they want to go on tour.Rappers are currently struggling to sell out tickets.Is social media a bad tool to use as marketing. Does the music industry need to go back to their roots in finding musicians. Ice spice bagged a collaboration with Nicky minaj called Barbie world.With Nicky minaj come up social media wasn’t there . They had to consistently put out music that reflected on their audience
