Ice Spice isn the midst of a pretty serious controversy, surrounding her hit song DELI. One of the girls dancing suggestively in the video, is reportedly just 16 years old.
When a member of the girls family notified Twitter of the dancers age, Elon Musks social media platform put the following warning on the music video:
Media Take Out learned that the music video has been removed from Instagram, at least for now, but is still available for view on YouTube and other social media platforms.
The video has been viewed nearly 5 million times on Youtube:
Ice Spice rose to prominence in late 2022 with her song “Munch (Feelin’ U)”, which achieved viral popularity on TikTok. She followed it up with singles “Bikini Bottom” and “In Ha Mood”, leading up to her debut extended play, Like..? (2023). She achieved her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with the Lil Tjay collaboration “Gangsta Boo”. Her collaborations “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” with PinkPantheress, “Princess Diana” with Nicki Minaj, and “Karma” with Taylor Swift peaked at numbers three, four and two on the Hot 100, respectively, making her the artist with the most Hot 100 top-five singles in 2023. She released “Barbie World” with Nicki Minaj and Aqua, as part of the soundtrack of the fantasy comedy film Barbie. She is the female rapper with the most number-one hits on Spotify USA (3).
Music journalists have praised Ice Spice’s relaxed rapping style as unique. Publications such as The New York Times and Billboard have dubbed her “rap’s new princess”; while Time described her as a “breakout star”.
