Ice Spice has been named the Finest New Artist of 2023 on the MTV Video Music Awards.
“Thanks a lot! Thanks MTV! Oh, my gosh, that is so cool!” Ice Spice, 23, stated throughout her acceptance speech on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey. “I simply wish to thank my munchkins. I really like you guys a lot!”
Along with thanking her supervisor and music producer, Ice Spice — who donned a white lacy costume and cross necklace paying homage to Madonna’s iconic “Like a Virgin” look — went on to shout-out her fellow nominees GloRilla, Kaliii, Peso Pluma, PinkPantheress and Reneé Rapp in addition to her hometown of the Bronx, New York. (See the complete record of 2023 VMAs winners right here.)
“I wish to thank my label for all the time supporting me,” she concluded. “And, in fact, God. With out God, none of this might be attainable. Thanks guys, I really like you guys a lot!”
Following her win, Rapp, additionally 23, known as the rapper “the individuals’s princess” whereas presenting the subsequent efficiency. “I really like you. Something you need, I’ll do,” she added earlier than introducing Kelsea Ballerini.
The “Princess Diana” singer joins the likes of previous Finest New Artist winners similar to Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Maroon 5, Woman Gaga, Justin Bieber, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo and extra. Child Keem, Gayle, Latto, Måneskin, and Seventeen have been nominated for final yr’s title, which was in the end received by Dove Cameron.
“I wish to dedicate this to all the queer youngsters on the market who don’t really feel that they will take up house and inhabit the fullness of who they’re,” Cameron, 27, stated throughout her acceptance speech. “Thanks for getting an overtly queer tune [‘Boyfriend’] onto mainstream radio. Thanks for supporting me because the individual and the artist that I’m. I hope that in that method, you’ve additionally given that very same privilege to your self.”
A number of of this yr’s Finest New Artist nominees, together with Ice Spice, have made headlines for his or her latest tasks. In Could, she collaborated with Taylor Swift for a remix of Swift’s hit tune “Karma.”
“I’m an enormous fan of this good artist and after attending to know her I can affirm: she is THE ONE to observe,” Swift, 33, wrote of Ice Spice by way of X (previously referred to as Twitter) on the time.
The collab got here three months after The 1975’s Matty Healy was accused of creating enjoyable of the rapper throughout a February episode of “The Adam Friedland Present.” Swift briefly dated Healy, 34, earlier this yr. Us Weekly confirmed the pair had parted methods in June.