Ice Spice flashes her tummy in a pink tracksuit - after admitting she STILL listens to Matty Healy's music despite his racially insensitive comments about her
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Ice Spice was spotted out in New York City on Thursday as she promoted her debut album Y2K!, which comes out on Friday, July 26.
The 24-year-old rap artist — who covers the September issue of Rolling Stone — was aptly clad in a soft pink tracksuit with her album title printed across it, in a nod to early 2000s fashion.
The figure-hugging coord exposed a sliver of her taut tummy and she teamed it with a pair of black Jordan sneakers.
Her hair, known for its bright orange hue, was parted down the middle as it fell past her waist in a crimped texture.
In her conversation with the music publication, Ice — born Isis Gaston — admitted she still listens to Matty Healy's band The 1975, more than a year after he faced scrutiny for racially insensitive comments he made about the rapstress.
Ice Spice was spotted out in New York City on Thursday as she promoted her debut album Y2K!, which comes out on Friday, July 26
In February 2023, during an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show, the British singer confused her heritage — her father is African American and her mother is Dominican — and referred to her as Inuit and Chinese.
Healy and the host then imitated her by mocking the accents of each.
The podcast episode was later pulled from Spotify and Apple due to its offensive content.
Months later, the Munch hitmaker said the comments left her 'confused.'
She told Rolling Stone that Healy 'apologized multiple times' but revealed that she 'wasn't angry or sad or anything' about the incident.
'I was just kind of confused. I never really cared about that,' she added, noting she is still 'a huge fan.'
For Thursday's promotional appearance at the Empire State Building, Gaston looked beautiful in a full face of carefully applied makeup.
She accentuated her big, brown eyes with sleek liquid liner and fluttery lashes.
The 24-year-old rap artist was aptly clad in a soft pink tracksuit with her album title printed across it, in a nod to early 2000s fashion
The figure-hugging coord exposed a sliver of her taut tummy and she teamed it with a pair of black Jordan sneakers
The Bronx-bred beauty posed at the Empire State Building in her hometown
The precise look was rounded out with a glossy lipstick accented with brown liner.
She wore an extravagant diamond-covered cuban link necklace with a huge butterfly medallion at the center.
And her extra-long nails were manicured with an exaggerated, thick, white French tip.
Elsewhere in her Rolling Stone profile, the Taylor Swift collaborator addressed a range of topics including her purported Nicki Minaj feud.
She told writer Jeff Ihaza: 'When people ask me, "Oh, how do you deal with the hate?" I don't give a sh** because I won, bro. I win at life.
'I can only just be grateful for people talking sh**, for people supporting me. Everything that comes with the territory, I can only be grateful for.'
As for her relationship with fellow New York native Minaj, 41 — with whom she collaborated on the song Barbie World for last year's Barbie movie soundtrack — Ice said: 'We don't have the closest relationship, you know? But we're definitely good.'
It comes after earlier this year a former friend of Spice's leaked messages in which she labeled the rapper 'delusional' and 'ungrateful' over frustrations regarding contract negotiations.
Ice Spice is the September cover star of Rolling Stone magazine
In her conversation with the music publication, Ice - born Isis Gaston - admitted she still listens to Matty Healy's music, more than a year after he faced scrutiny for racially insensitive comments he made about the rapstress; Healy pictured in October 2023
She told Rolling Stone that Healy 'apologized multiple times' but revealed that she 'wasn't angry or sad or anything' about the incident; seen on July 12
She elaborated, 'We're mutuals. We had smash records together. I love us together. I think the world does too.'
Turning her attention to the frenemy, she stated, 'I think that the saddest part of the whole situation, it's somebody I knew for so many years and called my friend, had me open up and be vulnerable with them, and then took complete advantage of that for her own benefit.
'So that was the saddest part really, just feeling used, basically.'
