Ice Spice Still Gets A Five-Figure Payout Despite Canceling Kentucky Show

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Ice Spice Five Figure Payout Canceling Kentucky Show
May 16, 2025; New York, New York, USA; American rapper Ice Spice (left) sits courtside with New York Jets player Sauce Gardner during the fourth quarter of game six in the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
Ice Spice was going to perform at Eastern Kentucky University's Big E Welcome concert later this August, but plans fell through.

Ice Spice has sadly had to cancel a few performances as of late, although that doesn't mean she missed out on a paycheck. She explained her absence at Summer Jam earlier this month, claiming contractual issues promised a headlining set that she never fully agreed to. The Bronx femcee recently canceled an upcoming August show at Eastern Kentucky University, but she will still see some financial compensation for the hassle.

According to WKYT, she was on the schedule to perform at the university's Big E Welcome event for the fall semester on August 21. Reportedly, the university explained the cancelation as a mutual agreement between Spice and organizers "due to unforeseen circumstances."

She will reportedly receive 25 percent of the financial compensation they had agreed on, according to EKU officials. FOX 56 reported this amount is $68K out of $275K, and this would be to cover agency expenses that preceded the cancelation. Per the university, all funding that had been allocated for the concert has gone back to the student-funded Eastern Experience account. Elsewhere, the Big E Welcome event will have other events, resources, activities, and extracurricular matters to share with the student body.

Ice Spice Performance

This cancelation is disheartening for EKU students, but hopefully the "In Ha Mood" femcee will make it up to them eventually. Elsewhere, Ice Spice has been busy on the road.

She was one of multiple special guests at the "Don't Be Dumb" tour from A$AP Rocky, specifically at his Newark show closing his North American run. Spice joined 50 Cent and G-Unit (more specifically, Uncle Murda and Tony Yayo), as well as other guests like Skilla Baby and A$AP Twelvyy.

We will see if she has any performances to announce or treat fans to soon. Elsewhere, though, Ice Spice is expanding her extracurricular resumé with video game collaborations and new fragrances, so maybe she will take a small break from the music world.

Still, fans hope Ice has more heat on the way, especially to make up for recently derailed concerts and performances. At least she and her team still got some money out of the EKU situation, and hopefully the rest of the initial compensation benefits the students above all else.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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