The rapper will also voice a character in the animated film, set for release on Dec. 17
Ice Spice shared a new single, “Big Guy,” written and recorded for upcoming animated sequel The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants. A video for the spit-fire track will follow later today.
“Off the wake up, I’m feeling my best/ Big things ’bout to happen today,” the rapper intones on the upbeat single. “I bend over, I do my lil’ stretch/ I woke up feeling a brand new way/ Ain’t a jellyfish, but I’m the catch.”
“Being part of the SpongeBob soundtrack is such a full circle moment for me,” Ice Spice said in a statement. “It’s crazy to see my music in a movie that’s been part of so many people’s childhoods, including mine.”
Along with creating an original track for the film, Ice Spice voices to one of the characters in the movie, marking her first-ever voice cameo.
“Big Guy” follows on the heels of Ice Spice’s recent singles, “Pretty Privilege” and “Baddie Baddie.” The latter song marked Ice Spice’s first solo release since she dropped Y2K!: I’m Just A Girl (Deluxe) last December. It was produced by the rapper’s longtime collaborator RiotUSA and samples M.I.A.’s 2012 hit “Bad Girls.” She later dropped an Evil Twins-directed music video for the track.
Since releasing Y2K!: I’m Just A Girl (Deluxe), Ice Spice collaborated with several artists. Earlier this year, she teamed up with Latto on “Gyatt,” which marked the first collaboration between the two rappers and effectively squashed rumors of the pair’s feud. She also made her film debut in Spike Lee’s most recent film, Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants hits theaters on Dec. 17. The film’s official synopsis notes, “Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.”
