Sexyy Red, Latto and Ice Spice have found themselves at the center of a debate surrounding who re-popularized early ’00s fashion, marking the latest point of contention in the female rap world.
The drama began earlier this week when Sexyy reposted a fan comment on her Instagram Stories that read: “All these celebrities wasn’t wearing @truereligion until @sexyyred came out.”
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Some believed that the St. Louis rapper was throwing shade at Latto, who shortly before had posted photos of her wearing True Religion jeans at 21 Savage‘s recent birthday party.
In Instagram Stories of her own, the “Big Energy” hitmaker dug up more photos of her wearing the brand back in the day while writing: “They be knowing what they doing lol very weird… If u not from Atlanta this not for u!”
After her apparent dig began circulating social media, Sexyy Red took to X on Tuesday (October 24) to set the record straight.
“Definitely not shading her I’m direct wit it whatever I gotta say,” the “Pound Town” star wrote in response to a post about their apparent back-and-forth.
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Hours later, Latto addressed the chatter herself, albeit in more subliminal fashion. She began by clarifying that her True Religion jeans were part of an outfit for an “Atlanta throwback-themed birthday party.”
She then hit back at an X user who called her “crazy” for “trying to prove that [she] was wearing True,” replying: “No what’s crazy is y’all accuse me of copying any and every thing and when I prove y’all wrong I’m doing tewww muchhhh.”
In response to someone else who branded her a “ditzy ho” for “thinking everything is about [her],” she wrote: “Yall hoes def not fast… I was addressing Shaderoom comments under a post of ME fuck is u talm bout dizzy bitch if u gone be messy at least KEEP UP.”
Ice Spice also seemingly weighed in on the debate by retweeting a post that credited her with starting the early ’00s fashion trend.
“Truthfully them bchs ain’t start BACK dressing in the jeans, BB belts, & jackets MAINSTREAM, until ice spice did it for the in ha mood video,” the post claimed.
“It doesn’t matter who was doing it b4 fame, you stopped & started back when you saw the look was coming back last year lmao.”
This wouldn’t be the first time that the trio have butted heads. Tension between Latto and Ice Spice appears to have been brewing for months, stemming from claims that the Atlanta rapper “copied” her Bronx counterpart.
The rift seemingly migrated to wax in July when Ice Spice was accused of dissing Latto on her Like..? (Deluxe) project. “Now she all on the floor when I kick in the door/ How you mad I do less ’cause you gotta do more?” she rapped on “How High,” borrowing a rhyme from Biggie in the process.
Elsewhere, on “Butterfly Ku,” she spit: “Where she at? On the floor/ She gettin’ money, but I’m gettin’ more.” Both lyrics appeared to be thinly-veiled references to Latto’s hit single “Put It On Da Floor.”
Latto seemingly responded via her guest appearance on Offset’s recent album Set It Off, incorporating Spice’s own smash, “Munch (Feelin’ U),” in a fiery rhyme scheme.
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“That n-gga a munch/ Yo bookin’ fee, ate it for lunch/ I don’t do backends, need it up front/ I’m big dawg, you bitches is runts/ Don’t pull wigs, don’t pull stunts/ I pull triggers and I pull blunts/ I pull cars like it’s Tonk/ Bitch, you couldn’t top me in the bunk (ha!),” she rapped on “Fine As Can Be.”
