Ice Spice has recruited Rema for her latest single “Pretty Girl,” launched on Friday (Oct. 13).
This marks the primary time the Bronx-bred rapper, who’s Nigerian by means of her father, and the Nigerian Afro-rave singer have collaborated on a music. But the 2 aren’t any strangers to collaboration. Ice’s 4 Billboard Hot 100 high 10 hits are with different artists: “Karma” with Taylor Swift (peaked at No. 2), “Boy’s a liar, Pt. 2” with PinkPantheress (No. 3), “Princess Diana” with Nicki Minaj (No. 4) and “Barbie World” with Minaj and Aqua (No. 7). Meanwhile, Rema’s “Calm Down” remix with Selena Gomez reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 and topped Billboard‘s U.S. Afrobeats Songs, Adult Pop Airplay, Pop Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay and World Digital Song Sales charts. “Calm Down” gained the perfect Afrobeats award on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards final month.
“Pretty Girl” arrives the day earlier than Ice’s Saturday Night Live debut on the forty ninth season premiere, which might be hosted by Pete Davidson. It’s the primary episode since the reside sketch comedy show shut down in May as a result of lately resolved writers’ strike. Earlier this week, she gained the perfect breakthrough hip-hop artist award on the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards.
Next month, Ice will open on choose dates for Doja Cat‘s Scarlet Tour. Rema was lately introduced because the co-headliner alongside Kendrick Lamar for the second evening of the Hey Neighbour Festival in Pretoria, South Africa. The competition will happen Dec. 8-10.
Listen to “Pretty Girl” beneath.
