Ice Spice’s Mom Is Stealing the Spotlight — and Fans Can’t Get Enough
Ice Spice might be one of the baddest in the game right now — but according to the internet, she gets it from her mama. The Bronx-born rapper was recently spotted out with her mother, Charina Almanzar, and let’s just say… the timeline had a moment.
Fans couldn’t stop talking about how stunning Charina looked, with many saying she’s giving “hot mom energy” and could easily pass for Ice Spice’s older sister. It’s not the first time the rapper’s family resemblance has gone viral — and if you’ve ever wondered where Ice Spice got her glow, her glam, and her natural “main character” energy? Look no further than her mom.
Charina is Dominican-American and proudly raised Ice Spice in the Bronx — a cultural combo that the rapper says shaped who she is today. “My mom’s a bad b—- and she raised me to be just like her,” Ice Spice told Billboard in 2022. “You already know Latina girls have that sass. I remember she would always have her nails done, so that trickled down to me. She was just always looking so good. I was that kid in class who had the good-looking mom.”
And the support? It’s been there from day one. Charina wasn’t just cheering her daughter on from the sidelines — she was documenting her talent before the world even knew it. “My mom sent me a video the other day — and I don’t even remember this because I was like four,” Ice Spice shared. “But I’m singing in the video. I was shocked by that.”
Turns out, she was dropping vocals before she could even write her name. And while she didn’t start taking music seriously until later, she was always writing — from poems to freestyle bars in her notes app all through elementary and high school.
It wasn’t until college, during the viral “Buss It” challenge, that Ice Spice realized she might actually be onto something. Twitter caught fire, and suddenly, a freestyle here and a video there turned into a real career.
Now she’s performing at festivals across the globe, racking up hits, and becoming a fashion and beauty icon — but she’s still just that Bronx girl with a tight bond to the woman who raised her.
So while Ice Spice is out here owning her star power, fans have made one thing clear: Charina is definitely having a moment too.
Because when it comes to being iconic? This clearly runs in the family.