Does Ice Spice Wear a Wig?

Isis Gaston bka Ice Spice is the IT Girl of Generation Z.  Like a roaming colorful butterfly, she seemingly came out of thin air and blazed her way onto the rap girl scene.  She’s already formed collaborations with female rap heavy hitter, Nicki Minaj and pop sensation, Taylor Swift only three years in the game. 

While briefly attending SUNY Purchase in New York, Ice Spice met and began creating music with her producer friend, Riot (Ephrem Lopez Jr.).  Riot encouraged and motivated her to pursue a rap career and she's since been successful.

Ice Spice recently released her debut album, Y2K, on July 26th following the releases of her mixtapes in previous years.  The album contains 10 tracks and is 23 minutes long.  She's since embarked on her first world tour in July.  One thing about Ice Spice is that she knows how to get the crowds moving with her catchy drill and trap bops.

Ice Spice has always sported a signature curly afro reminiscent of a ginger headed Annie.  One of the most popular questions that people want to know about Ice Spice is whether or not she wears a wig!  “Does Ice Spice wear a wig?”  “Is that her hair?” Photos of Ice Spice before the fame hit the internet and she can be seen with dark-colored naturally curly hair.   

Unlike most female rap artists, Ice Spice came onto the music scene embracing a natural look.  Ice Spice does wear her own curly hair but she also wears wigs as the shades of ginger tend to differ as well as the hair pattern.  It's a safe bet that she wears a wig in order to protect her natural hair underneath from all the damage that would happen with continued bleaching and color processes.

In a sit down with Erykah Badu and her daughter Puma for Interview Magazine in 2022, Ice Spice had this to say about her hair and body:  

“My hair is short as f**k, it’s not swinging down my back. My whole body’s natural, even though some people try to accuse me of surgery. Only thing fake is my teeth, which I got to get redone. And my nails.” 

She then went on to describe when she started wearing her natural hair as an artist:

“When I started putting music out, I was wearing wigs a lot. I didn’t show my natural hair until I put out “No Clarity” in November 2021.  I noticed it was doing so much better than all my previous work. I don’t think my fan base was ready for me to be in heels and a lace front. I think they like that I’m being myself.”

One fan loved her hair so much that he had a 3D hair portrait shaped into his head by Barber, Rob the Original.

Even though Ice Spice frequently wears wigs now, she’s opted to instead be known for curls and kinks as she appreciates her natural beauty.  Her father was one of the first people to encourage her to do so.  When asked what made her feel brave enough to rock natural kinks and curls, she expressed:

“I think my father helped me get past it, because he would always say, ‘It’s beautiful, you’re beautiful, wear your natural hair.’  I loved to straighten my hair and I loved to pretend it wasn’t curly. I would literally pray to God before I went to sleep, like, ‘Please let me wake up with straight hair.’ Because at the school I went to, there were so many white girls and I was the only one with curly hair for a long time. But once I finally started doing it, it was like ripping off a Band-Aid.  I’ll never forget the first time I went to school with my natural hair.  I spent so much time in the bathroom just looking at myself before going back to class. I was so nervous for something that didn’t even f*****g matter. But when you’re 15, the whole class’s opinion matters to you.”

Ice Spice has been switching up her look of recent.  This NYC curlie's been photographed in straight wigs in various colors but she always goes back to that signature ginger curly cropped hairdo.  Ice Spice is a lover of wigs and it seems that she values the versatility and modes of expression that they can provide.  It’s no surprise that someone with such a vibrant personality would desire to wear the vibrant colored wigs that she is known for.  

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