The 25-year-old rapper is on the latest cover of Nylon and opened up in the interview about her friendship with Swift, 35, with whom she’s collaborated on the “Karma” remix and attended several events — including two Super Bowls.
“The thing about Taylor is that she keeps it so real,” said Ice. “Not even kidding, but one of the biggest things that I always think about that Taylor said is ‘As long as you keep making music, everything’s going to be fine.'”
She noted, however, that their conversations aren’t always centered around work: “Every time we hang out, she’s not just giving me advice, you know what I mean? We’re talking about the food we’re eating or whatever’s going on in the moment.”
But conversations with Swift mean a lot to Ice. “Whenever I’m feeling doubtful or not as confident, having writer’s block no matter what it is, things like that really, really stand out to me,” she explained. “She said that to me a few years ago, and it still stood with me.”
Last year, Ice opened up about their friendship in a Rolling Stone cover story and why she finds it “rude” when people think they spend time together for clout.
“Why would she not want to be my friend?” she said at the time. “Taylor f—- with me. She’s so funny. I think our personalities mesh really well.”
She also told Rolling Stone how the “Karma” remix — which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 — came to be. During a studio session, she received a call from her manager and worried it’d be “bad news,” since “he usually texts.”
“He’s like, ‘Taylor Swift has a record for you to get on from her album.’ I’m playing it cool on the phone. I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s cool. Super cool.’ And then I hang up the phone and I’m hysterically crying,” detailed Ice.
“I’m in my walk-in closet, and I’m like, ‘Bro, this is not real life.’ Riot definitely filmed it,” she added. “That’ll probably be in a documentary one day.”
In the same Rolling Stone cover story, Swift spoke about Ice. “I love when I meet a new artist who takes a keen interest in not just the music, but the music industry and how it works,” she said. “I’ve seen how our industry tries to convince artists that they’re better off just being creative and making music and letting the labels and the management do the rest.”
Swift continued: “Seeing Ice lean into the strategic, financial, and business aspects of her career is really exciting for me. The more artists learn about the inner workings of the music industry, the more power they can have in their creative world. I knew based on the questions she asked and the observations she made that she didn’t just want to be a passenger in her own career. She wanted to be the driver of it.”
