Ice Spice announces debut album Y2K set for release later this year – along with ‘crazy collaboration’: ‘It’s almost finished’

Expect to hear more new music from Ice Spice this year.

The rap star, 24, has announced she will release her debut album this year, a project she has titled Y2K.

During a performance op Today’s show, Ice Spice revealed the name of her album and talked about the “crazy” yet secretive collaboration that would appear on the project.

“Yes, there will be an album this year,” said the singer – who was recently hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit. ‘I’m so excited. It’s called Y2K,” she explained, adding, “it’s almost done.”

Ice Spice – born Isis Naija Gaston – revealed that she decided to name her album Y2K since she was born in 2000.

“That’s why I decided to call it that,” she explained.

She also revealed that she recently made a “crazy” collaboration, but didn’t want to share anything more: “I have a crazy collaboration that just crashed two days ago,” she said.

The album follows Ice Spice’s debut EP Like..?, which was released in January 2023 and featured the songs In Ha Mood and Princess Diana.

Ice Spice has had a hugely successful past year, including a collaboration with pop superstar Taylor Swift and a nomination for Best New Artist at the upcoming 2024 Grammy Awards.

She will compete against the likes of Gracie Abrams and Jelly Roll in the coveted category.

Previous Best New Artist winners include Mariah Carey, Carly Simon, Christina Aguilera and Adele.

Ice Spice also received a nomination for Best Rap Song for “Barbie World” – her collaboration with Nicki Minaj and Aqua for the Barbie movie soundtrack.

Last but not least, her role in Swift’s Karma remix is ​​nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Ice Spice gained more than 48 million Spotify listeners in 2023, while her monthly listeners were almost 25 million.

During an appearance on The Today Show, Ice Spice talked about her upcoming project and the “crazy” yet secretive collaboration that would appear on the album.

She spoke with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush about her new album

She broke down in tears after being named Best New Artist at last year’s VMAs.

She told the crowd: ‘Thank you so much! Thanks MTV! Oh my god, this is so cool! I just want to thank my munchkins. I love you guys so much.”

The rapper then thanked her manager and music producer.

‘I would like to thank my label for always supporting me. And of course God. Without God none of this would be possible. Thanks guys, I love you so much!’ she concluded.

However, she was recently hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over claims that her hit song “In Ha Mood” is a ripoff of another artist’s work, as reported by TMZ.

The album follows Ice Spice’s debut EP Like..?, which was released in January 2023 and featured the songs In Ha Mood and Princess Diana.

Ice Spice has had a hugely successful year, including a collaboration with pop superstar Taylor Swift and a nomination for Best New Artist at the upcoming 2024 Grammy Awards

Rapper D.Chamberz claims that Ice Spice and her producer Riot copied his song ‘In That Mood’, which he says he wrote, produced and then released in January 2022.

Ice Spice’s ‘In Ha Mood’ was released in January 2023 and has been certified gold in the United States with 500,000 copies sold/streamed.

D.Chamberz claims it has the same “beat, lyrics, hook, rhythmic structure, metric placement, and narrative context” as his 2022 song.

He is seeking “at least half of the publishing and other revenues from Ice Spice’s song,” as well as other unspecified damages.

Ice Spice’s lawyer Leon Morabia called the claims “baseless” and said he is confident his client will be vindicated.

‘The claim is baseless. We will defend this case vigorously and look forward to our day in court when we will be fully vindicated,” Morabia said.