Azealia Banks Walks Back Her Previous Tune On Ice Spice, Claims She's Now "Kinda Fire"

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 27: Azealia Banks performs during the Noise Pop Music & Arts festival at The Warfield on February 27, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - JULY 21: American rapper Ice Spice performs onstage during day one of Rolling Loud Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on July 21, 2023 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
Ice Spice is one of many rappers that Azealia Banks has had a problem with, but something has convinced her to come around.

If Kanye West is the biggest hater in music, then Azealia Banks may be a close second. She's been giving her unfiltered opinions on many of hip-hop's superstars for years now. Eminem, Ye, Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, and Megan Thee Stallion are just a few that have caught strays from the frisky musician. Ice Spice is on that hit list as well, so to speak. The New York drill femcee caught a lot of heat from Azealia Banks during the rollout of her debut album, Y2K! Spice was shooting for the year's/decade's aesthetic with that record from the over art down to the sounds.

However, Banks felt she completely missed the mark, and that Ice Spice was paying no homage to that time. "Somebody needs to tell @icespice Absolutely nothing about this aesthetically, performance wise, production wise is Y2K at all. This is like VIM early Nicki Minaj pack weave sh*t," she said. We need a new hair color and a new facial expression. Ice I love you clown but you should put the halt button, drop David lachapplle and re do this. Big butts and bbl bodies are the ANTIHESIS OF Y2K."

Ice Spice & Sauce Gardner

On top of those scathing words, Banks showed a series of artists that embodied that period much better in her opinion. The "212" artist also took aim at Spice's manager during the "Think U The Sh*t" rapper's feud with Cleotrapa. "Ice spices manager is a bird a*s n**** 4 trying to add insult to injury when a young girl is expressing how she feels. He's trying to make cleo look like an amateur when the fact that he's even chiming in at all is ghetto, low class and a huge sign of having zero skin in the game." 

However, with a little bit of time, Azealia Banks has changed her opinions on her younger counterpart. Taking to X, she wrote, "Highkey tho - Ice Spice is kinda fire. No cap. Had to double back like wait a minute..." Folks online feel this is some sort of ruse or that Banks is going to walk these comments back hours later. "Female Kanye," one user quips. "That’s a lie," another believes. It's unclear what exactly caused Banks to come around, but we will have to monitor the situation and see where it goes. Speaking of keeping a pulse on things, we have noticed that Ice Spice and NFL cornerback Sauce Gardener are potentially an item. They have fueled rumors thanks to some complimentary social media posts and a recent hangout at a boxing event.

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.