--- description: Find out how Ice Spice is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Ice Spice image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt676a45ec0fe25e4f/698a3ff709208ffd0741aaad/time100-next-icespice-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Ice Spice by Ziwe  Ice Spice Ice SpiceKevin Mazur—TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management What is there to say about the woman who raps, “How can I lose if I’m already chose”? Whatever you or I may think about Ice Spice doesn’t really matter. A higher power has ordained the Bronx native as the [heir apparent of hip-pop](https://time.com/6257685/ice-spice-tik-tok-billboard/ "undefined"), and she has no intention of letting go of that tiara. Haters be damned. This year mobs of adoring fans, performances around the globe, viral hit songs, and top-tier co-signs from Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj proved her ascendancy. With lyrics like “I’m thick because I be eating oats,” it’s clear that Ms. Spice is tapped into a higher plane than the rest of us. I once met the famed redhead at a photo shoot. In a room full of stars, she was the baddie I wanted to sit with the most. Consider me a member of the Spice Cabinet, somewhere between paprika and cumin. Ice Spice is the people’s princess … and she knows it. --- ### More from TIME --- _Ziwe is a writer and comedian, and author of the forthcoming book_ Black Friend Ice Spice Is on the TIME100 Next 2023 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308468/ice-spice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308468/ice-spice/"},"headline":"Ice Spice","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:18:55.182Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308468/ice-spice/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt676a45ec0fe25e4f/698a3ff709208ffd0741aaad/time100-next-icespice-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt676a45ec0fe25e4f/698a3ff709208ffd0741aaad/time100-next-icespice-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308468/ice-spice/","name":"Ice Spice"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List","description":"TIME100 Next, our annual franchise recognizing the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts and more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QxIk3IJu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QxIk3IJu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308468/ice-spice/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308468/ice-spice/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```