Ice Spice is admitting she was starstruck when she went to OVO Fest final yr however it wasn’t Drake that had the “Munch (Feelin U)” rapper flustered. As a substitute, it was OVO artist Smiley.
On Wednesday (Jan. 25), Elle journal shared a brand new Ask Me Something interview with the buzzing Bronx, N.Y. rapper. Through the Q&A, Isis was requested if she’d even been starstruck.
“You realize what’s humorous? I used to be starstruck after I met Smiley at OVO Fest,” Ice Spice mentioned across the :50-mark of the interview (beneath). “Shout out Smiley, however I do not know why I used to be so starstruck. Once I seen him, he was like, ‘You good?’ I fuck with him. Like, I do not even know what it was. I used to be identical to, oh shit. I used to be shocked myself. I am like, woman, get it collectively. Like, what the fuck?”
Drake invited Ice Spice to 2022 OVO Fest final August, whereas she was in the midst of a label bidding struggle for her providers.
“When Drake DM’d me, I didn’t actually count on that,” Ice Spice instructed Spotify when talking on how she first met the Her Loss MC. “He was truly like, ‘Yo ‘Munch’ is tough and your On the Radar freestyle was laborious. Linking up with him was so cool. He is mad good and respectful. We went to OVO Fest. It was thrilling as a result of it was like his first time performing in Toronto, I believe, in a pair years. It was only a film. All people was excited. That shit was loopy.”
Nothing ended up coming of the assembly. And Drizzy reportedly unfollowed Ice Spice on Instagram shortly afterward.
“I do not know why, although,” Ice Spice admitted. “It is OK, although. It is all love.”
Toronto rapper Smiley signed to Drake’s OVO Sound label in the summertime of 2021. The identical yr, he launched the Drake-assisted single “Over the High,” which peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart. That November, he put out his most up-to-date album Purchase or Bye 2.