Ice Spice wins Best New Artist VMA

Ice Spice has won her first MTV Video Music award.

On Tuesday night, the 23-year-old rapper won the VMA for the best new artist at the 2023 MTV VMAs.

Accepting the award on stage, she became emotional.

"Thank you so much. Thank you MTV. Oh my God, this is so cool," she said to loud applause.
"I just want to thank my Munchkins. I love you guys so much."

She added, "I want to thank my manager James. I want to thank my producer Riot, for making the best music with me. Shout out to all the other nominees in this category. I want to thank my label 10K and Capitol for always supporting me. And of course God. Without God none of this would be possible."

She ended her acceptance speech by paying tribute to her hometown: "Shout out the Bronx. Period!"

Ice Spice, whose real name is Isis Gaston, has had a meteoric rise to fame.

She first became popular with her viral song "Munch". She also gained popularity through her collaborations with PinkPantheress on "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2". He growign popularity attracted the attentuon of Nicki Mnaj who ollaborated with her on "Princess Diana" and "Barbie Girl".

Ice Spice also secured a major cosign from Taylor Swift with the remix to Taylor's song "Karma".