Ice Spice Under Fire For Teenager Twerking In New Music Video

BYLavender AlexandriaUpdated on July 31, 202348.4K Views

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Ice Spice performs during day one of Wireless Festival 2023 at Finsbury Park on July 07, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

Fans pointed out one particular inclusion in her new video.

Over the weekend Ice Spice made the next move in her breakout 2023. At the start of the year she dropped her Like...? EP which contained already-established hits like "Munch" and "In Ha Mood" as well as new ones like "Princess Diana." Last week she dropped the deluxe edition of the EP which contained four additional new songs. The first thing fans took notice of while digesting the new tracks was that they contained a number of shots at Latto. The "Big Energy" rapper has had been with Nicki Minaj dating back to a Twitter exchange the pair had last year. Given that Spice has already collaborated with Nicki twice and the two seem very close it's no surprise she stuck up for Minaj in her lyrics.

Among the new tracks is the single "Deli" which both Ice Spice and her fans have tapped as the hit of the bunch. After she teased the single for months, fans weren't disappointed when they finally heard it. Random fans on social media have been sharing videos of the rapper recording a music video in various places around New York all week. Yesterday the video finally arrived and it didn't disappoint. The visuals see the rapper and many of her friends taking over a local bodega. The video has only been out for a day and already racked up over 2 million views. While many fans fawned over the visuals, in the days following the video it has become a bit controversial.

Ice Spice Video Controversy

The controversy comes from one dancer in particular, 16-year-old TikTok star Aya Tanjali. In clips used throughout the video, she can be seen on twerking on a counter. Sitting right behind Aya is Ice Spice herself. Fans quickly took to social media to express their discomfort with the move. One of the earliest responses reads "Yeah you mad weird for having a 16 year old child doing all that in your mv i'm not even gonna hold you." Another simply says "NOOOO!!!! AYA TANJALI IS 16!!!!!" Ice Spice's team is yet to make any comments on the matter.

What do you think of Ice Spice featuring an underage girl twerking in her new music video? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.