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Ice Spice Achieves Over 1 Billion Spotify Streams Less Than A Year After Blowing Up

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There is no one doing it quite like Ice Spice. The female rap game has plenty of up-and-comers at the moment. Still, the Bronx-born baddie has quickly asserted herself as the Princess of Rap. Not only does she have bragging rights like collaborations with Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift under her belt, but Isis Gaston is now among an elite category of artists who have surpassed a major Spotify milestone.

On Tuesday (June 20), it was revealed that the 23-year-old has officially surpassed one billion streams on the platform. As TMZ reports, it’s not exactly surprising news. Especially considering that January’s Like..? EP is the best-performing hip-hop project that’s dropped so far in 2023. The short, punchy effort contains titles like “In Ha Mood” and Spice’s breakout single, “Munch (Feelin’ U)” which caught the attention of Drake last summer when she was first blowing up.

Read More: Ice Spice Reflects On Rise To Fame: “I Don’t Think Anybody Is Ever Fully Prepared”

Ice Spice Solidifies Her Status as the Princess of Rap

The East Coast star’s biggest release to date is “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” with PinkPantheress, which earned her her first RIAA Platinum certification. Aside from that, her aforementioned joint effort with Swift, “Karma (Remix)” remains in the Top 10 of the Hot 100 chart. The song initially arrived in May and was last sitting in the No. 9 slot of the coveted ranking. Her “Princess Diana (Remix)” with Minaj has also done impressive numbers. Of course, they could possibly be topped when they team up again for “Barbie World” from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling’s upcoming film. It’s set to hit DSPs this Friday (June 23). From what we’ve heard so far, it’s even catchier than expected.

Elsewhere in the news, Ice Spice made waves with her performance at Governor’s Ball earlier this month. Not only did her constant twerking catch the eyes of thirsty fans (and haters) during her appearance, but she also landed on our best-dressed list from the event. See other artists whose outfits we loved at the link below, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

Read More: Governor’s Ball 2023: Ari Lennox, Kendrick Lamar, And Ice Spice Among Best-Dressed Performers

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“Her Loss” Surpasses One Billion Streams On Spotify

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It seems as though Drake breaks records after every new release. The world is continuing to stream his latest offering, last month’s 21 Savage-assisted album, Her Loss.

As a result, the project has just recently hit a milestone mark.

Rapper Drake and Rapper 21 Savage perform onstage during “Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert” at State Farm Arena. (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)

On Monday (December 26), Spotify announced that the 16-track album has officially reached one billion streams and counting. Of course, this is just on their streaming platform and doesn’t count the plays from elsewhere.

Along with the astronomical number of streams, Drizzy simultaneously breaks another record. He becomes the artist with the most albums with over one billion streams to their name, as Her Loss marks his twelfth to do so. His first album of 2022, Honestly, Nevermind, cracked the milestone earlier this year.

The project unsurprisingly debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, selling 411,000 units in its first week.

In other news surrounding the 6 God, he’s certainly been attending his fair share of Toronto Raptors games this year. As the team’s global ambassador, the 36-year-old is often spotted court-side at Scotiabank Arena in his signature seat. More times than not, he brings along his 5-year-old son, Adonis.

Just last night, the father and son duo were seen taking in some basketball action as the Raptors faced off against the Los Angeles Clippers. After the game, the Clippers posted a clip of Drizzy dapping up former Raptors Normal Powell and Kawhi Leonard. “Kawhi and Norm with a fan,” the franchise wrote in the Instagram caption.

Evidently, Champagne Papi didn’t the Clippers calling him a fan. “Win a ring,” he subsequently fired back in the comments.

Is Her Loss still in your rotation? Comment your favorite song from the project down below. As always, make sure to stay tuned to HNHH for the latest music and pop culture updates.

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