Ice Spice shows $50,000 diamond tongue ring biggest

Rapper Ice Spice has debuted a custom diamond tongue piercing valued at $50,000, a piece her jeweler described as the biggest tongue ring in the world. The 26-year-old artist, whose real name is Isis Naija Gaston, revealed the new jewelry in a video posted by celebrity designer Benny The Jeweler on Instagram on Wednesday, July 8.

The piece is crafted from 18-karat gold and flawless diamonds. The video featured a close-up of the oversized accessory before cutting to a selfie of Ice Spice sticking out her tongue to display it. Benny The Jeweler, whose clientele includes Usher, Saquon Barkley, Jake Paul, and Nicki Minaj, has created several custom pieces for the rapper in the past. These include a diamond-encrusted Richie watch reportedly worth $250,000 and an 80-carat diamond cartoon necklace she showcased in 2023, which she called her baby.

The unveiling of the tongue ring follows a busy period for the rapper, who was among the approximately 1,000 guests attending the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3. Ice Spice and Swift have been friends since collaborating on the 2023 remix of Swift's song "Karma." In a 2023 interview,...