Ice Spice Addresses People Who Say She’s Successful Because She’s Light-Skinned In ‘Teen Vogue’ Cover Story
etcanada.comIce Spice hasn’t got time for haters. The “Boy’s a liar, Pt. 2” rapper is on the new cover of Teen Vogue, and in the issue she opens up about the negativity she’s faced on her quick rise to stardom. READ MORE: Ice Spice Achieves Record-Breaking Streaming Numbers For A Female Rapper With Taylor Swift Collab In particular, some music fans have voiced the opinion that Ice would not have gotten as far as she has in her career had she not been light-skinned. “I have seen those opinions,” the 23-year-old says. “I feel like that’s not something personal to me.
I feel like that’s been the conversation for generations and forever, since the beginning of time.” She adds, “I try not to feed into negativity because I also see that when people are trying to make that point, it’s not out of a good place.
They end up putting somebody else down.” In general, the rapper explains how she has tried to block negativity out of her life wherever possible. “I’m a human being, so anything hurtful could potentially hurt my feelings.
Potentially,” Ice says. “If I do read the comments and see something negative, I’ll leave. I’m not torturing myself. A lot of the time I know what they’re going to say, because the public is mad predictable….
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