Ice Spice Claims There Was Never Any Real Beef With Latto

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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 / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Latto and Ice Spice either leaned into animosity for the sake of clicks or their fanbases pitted them against each other without their will.

Ice Spice recently appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on its Monday episode (December 22). At one point, she answered some fan questions. As caught by XXL on Instagram, two fans asked the Bronx femcee why she chose to squash her beef with Latto for the "Gyatt" single and music video, plus what her favorite part of filming the music video together was.

"What made me want to squash it... It wasn't no real beef to begin with, to be honest," she remarked. "My favorite part of shooting the video, the whole video was so fun. Everybody was just joking around the whole time, to the point where, like... I remember my manager was like, 'Can y'all wrap it up? Like, hurry up.' It was really fun. Shoutout to Latto."

Of course, this raised many fans' eyebrows because of all the speculation about them over the past two years or so. Many fans assume that Spice fell out with Nicki Minaj, which is what then led her to reconcile with the Atlanta femcee. Others think that was all one big clout chase and ploy for attention, whereas others think that their fanbases are what actually made them clash rather than any personal issues. At the end of the day, we may never know the real story.

Latto & Ice Spice's "Gyatt"

What we do know is that Ice Spice and Latto are cool now. At least, they aren't shading each other online or subliminally referencing each other in their music. That's what fans thought was the case, but it seems like the two femcees are happy to stay out of each other's way, link up whenever they feel like it, and amicably support each other in the game.

Funnily enough, Latto spoke on Ice Spice during her own Watch What Happens Live appearance earlier this year. Apparently, their teams finally got them together to make "Gyatt" after many, many months of shots, questions about each other, and the like. Will they team up again one day for another collab? Nothing's set in stone, but if there was never any real beef, more bangers couldn't hurt.

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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