Karma takes all of Taylor Swift‘s friends to the summit — and one of the closest among them is Ice Spice, the rapper revealed.
In a new Rolling Stone cover story published Thursday (July 25), the 24-year-old hip-hop star gushed that the singer remains her “closest celebrity friend,” more than a year after their collaboration on “Karma” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Taylor f–ks with me,” Ice told the publication. “She’s so funny. I think our personalities mesh really well.”
The “Munch” musician — whose debut album Y2K! arrives Friday (July 26) — also dismissed speculation that Swift was simply looking for clout when she tapped her for the “Karma” remix. “[It’s] so rude to me, [because] why would she not want to be my friend?” she said.
To Ice’s point, Swift raved about her pal in a comment to the publication, saying she loves how her past duet partner takes “a keen interest in not just the music, but the music industry and how it works.”
“Seeing Ice lean into the strategic, financial and business aspects of her career is really exciting for me,” the 14-time Grammy winner continued. “The more artists learn about the inner workings of the music industry, the more power they can have in their creative world. I knew based on the questions she asked and the observations she made that she didn’t just want to be a passenger in her own career. She wanted to be the driver of it.”
Swift has long been one of Ice’s most vocal supporters, with the “Anti-Hero” singer asserting on more than one occasion that the rapper is the “one to watch.” Ice has proven that she’s a fierce defender of the pop star as well, sassily blowing kisses to a group of male fans who started booing when the rapper performed “Karma” at Rolling Loud earlier this month.
The Bronx native has also said that Swift often acts as a guiding light for her when it comes to her career, telling Billboard in the March 2024 issue, “When I was in the studio with Taylor, like, I’ll never forget that.”
Ice added, “She told me, ‘No matter what, just keep making music and everything’s going to be fine.’”
