Ice Spice has earned a special honor at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards, where she will be the recipient of the coveted Hitmaker Award.
The “Munch” emcee had four Top 10 hits in 2023, including as a featured artist on Taylor Swift’s “Karma” the same role on “Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” with PinkPantheress, and her two songs with Nicki Minaj, “Princess Diana” and “Barbie World.”
“We could not be more excited to celebrate these inspiring and dynamic artists from around the world, as they move our culture forward and inspire women everywhere to push boundaries and pursue their own dreams,” Billboard’s editorial director, Hannah Karp, stated.
She added added, “With the talented Tracee Ellis Ross as our host, this year’s Billboard Women in Music Awards will be an unforgettable evening.”
The show takes place on Wednesday, March 6 at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. The last artist to receive the Hitmaker Award was Dolly Parton in 2020.
Ice Spice recently stirred up controversy when she shared her recent single “Think U The Shit (Fart),” on which she appears to take a swipe at Latto.
While the two have been exchanging subliminals for a while, the Bronx rap star appeared to make an overt reference to the “Big Energy” hitmaker on the track.
Over a pounding, video game-inspired beat from RIOTUSA, Synthetic, and venny, she rapped: “I got my foot on they necks, I can’t let up/ She all on the floor, told her get up,” which appears to be a nod to Latto’s hit song “Put It On Da Floor.”
Ice Spice began shading Latto last year with lyrics that also seemed to reference “Put It On Da Floor.”
She appeared to single out the Atlanta rapper on two tracks on the deluxe edition of her debut EP Like..? which arrived in July.]
On “How High?” the 24-year-old borrowed a line from Biggie’s rhyme book by spitting: “Now she all on the floor when I kick in the door/ How you mad I do less ’cause you gotta do more?”
And on “Butterfly Ku,” she rapped: “Where she at? On the floor/ She gettin’ money, but I’m gettin’ more.”
Latto appeared to respond in a similar manner in her guest verse on Offset’s Set It Off album, referencing Spice’s breakout hit “Munch (Fellin’ U).”
She rapped: “That n-gga a munch/ Yo bookin’ fee, ate it for lunch/ I don’t do backends, need it up front/ I’m big dawg, you bitches is runts/ Don’t pull wigs, don’t pull stunts/ I pull triggers and I pull blunts/ I pull cars like it’s Tonk/ Bitch, you couldn’t top me in the bunk (ha!).”
