Kanye West trends after daughter North shares TikTok video dressed as Ice Spice
The March 6, 2023 videos, in which North West lip-synced to Ice Spice and PinkPantheress's 'Boy's a Liar Pt. 2' in a matching costume, revived debate over Kanye West's past objections to his daughter's TikTok use.
Kanye West began trending on social media on March 6, 2023, after his daughter North West, then nine, posted TikTok videos dressed as rapper Ice Spice, according to Vibe. North wore a matching orange Juicy Couture sweatsuit, a ginger wig and an iced-out chain replica styled after the rapper's signature look, lip-syncing to Ice Spice and PinkPantheress's "Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" — including, per Vibe's report, some of the song's more adult-oriented lyrics — and turning to display "Juicy" text on the sweatpants during one lyrical moment.
Per Vibe, citing a since-deleted post from Kourtney Kardashian, North had dressed as Ice Spice for a school event, not solely for the TikTok posts. Reaction online was split: some users criticized the content as age-inappropriate given the platform and the song's lyrics, while others compared it to their own childhood habit of imitating pop stars.
The coverage reviewed does not establish which school event prompted the costume, or how many videos North posted beyond the ones that circulated.
The framing: 'Kanye was right'
Within hours, Kanye West was trending on social media, with commenters reviving his earlier, public objections to North having a TikTok presence at all. Vibe quoted West's past comments on the matter: "I'm not allowing my daughter to be used by TikTok, to be used by Disney. I have a say-so."
I'm not allowing my daughter to be used by TikTok, to be used by Disney. I have a say-so.
Kim Kardashian had previously addressed the account's existence in comments to Gwyneth Paltrow, saying, per Vibe: "I have made a rule with their dad about it...It can only be on my own phone."
What it signals
The episode turned a school costume into a referendum on a co-parenting disagreement that had already been aired publicly. The sequence — a child's video, a lyric some viewers flagged as inappropriate, and a parent's earlier stated objection resurfacing as vindication — showed how a single clip involving a celebrity's child can retroactively relitigate a prior public dispute between the parents, independent of what actually prompted the post.
US In News compiled this archived account from contemporaneous coverage by Vibe. It restores a story originally published on this site in March 2023; figures are as reported at the time.