There's a whole lot of TikTok drama going down concerning influencer Madeline Argy and rapper Central Cee – and the cheating rumours that have been circulating about him and fellow rapper Ice Spice. Not up to speed? We've got you.
On Friday, the duo released a collab track called Did It First, the lyrics of which are centred around both performers cheating on their respective partners – and the music video is also quite raunchy.
Pictures have also surfaced of Central Cee and Ice Spice shopping together. But Madeline seems sure the entire drama has been done for publicity or “marketing”.
Ice Spice and Central Cee performed together at London's Wireless Festival over the weekend, and Ice published a picture of the two of them, along with some other snaps from her performance. Fans have hit back in the comments due to their suspicions about Central Cee's cheating.
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Madeline and Central Cee have been dating on and off since 2022 – but things seem to have officially soured, now that Madeline has made a five-part series documenting his actions.
Here's what we know.
What has Madeline Argy said about the Central Cee and Ice Spice cheating rumours?
Madeline explained the way things went down from her perspective, posting a series of videos to her TikTok account.
“I did not know that any of this […] was going to happen,” she said. “Let me take you guys back a couple months. I’m laid up in bed and [Central Cee] comes to me and he’s like, ‘I have a new song to show you.’ And I’m like, ‘Yes, serenade me!’ And then he plays me his verse. I’m like… not only did you just snitch on yourself that you’re cheating, but you just told me exactly how.”
The lyrics she's referring to are as follows: “I’m selective with who I get with / Gyal on my phone tryna see who I slept with / She investigating, detective / Lucky for me, I deleted the message / All along, it was me and a bad bitch / But I told her it was me and my bredrin”
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She says that Central Cee told her that there was no truth to the lyrics, though, and that the story told in the song was all part of a marketing stunt. Are you with us so far?
“A while later, he tells me he wants to hire an influencer to do one of those ‘lip syncing’ videos to one of his older songs. So I’m like, ‘Okay, makes sense’,” Madeline said.
“He didn’t tell me he was sending her his personal car to start a dating rumour with her. I was with you guys knee-deep in that comment section [trying to work out what was going on.] We were still together.”
She went on, “So I call my team, and they’re like, ‘Madeline, he just started a dating rumour with another girl. Aren’t you supposed to be going to Nigeria with him in two days?’”
“And this is when it clicks. This is not a ‘bae-cation.’ I have just entered this man’s marketing scheme. So I say I’ll still come to Nigeria based on the one condition that none of the professional photos that are taken of us get posted, because I’ve just realised what is happening,” she explained, adding, “Shocker, the pictures get out.”
"At first, there’s a nervous tension in the air as we size each other up but, soon enough, we get to talking and all our feelings pour out."
Madeline is adamant that the entire timing of the Did It First release was based on Central Cee's “plot”. “I then remember he also gave me a release date for the song, and I’m realising that it’s only like a month and a bit away… and that I am knees-deep in this guy’s plot,” she said.
“I didn’t want to be seen with him… for as long as possible before this song drops, because I want to be as far away from that conversation as humanly possible,” Madeline added, making it clear that she didn't want to be involved in the cheating speculation and rumours.
She planned to break up with him, but says Central Cee wouldn't see her until 1 July – around then, he called her. “He ends up calling me at 11pm at night and he’s like, ‘I need to see you tonight… because you need to remember that I’m a human being when you see what you’re gonna see tomorrow.”
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The next day, photos of him and Ice Spice shopping together were published online. “I didn’t even actually get to break up with him and he’s already with the next girl!” she seethed. According to Madeline, that phone call was the last direct conversation they had.
To add insult to injury, this all occurred in the lead up to her birthday. “I thought [my] rapper boyfriend was at least considerate enough to let me have my birthday week, and then I see them at the club on the 6th of July. My birthday is on the 7th.”
Have Central Cee and Ice Spice responded?
Ice Spice and Central Cee are yet to comment directly on these reports, and continue to promote their single Did It First.
