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aka: Robert Matthew Van Winkle
Based in: Florida
Based in: Miami
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Robert Matthew Van Winkle, known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host.
Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Ice released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 on Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group, which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title To the Extreme, which became the fastest-selling hip-hop album of all time and contained Ice’s best-known hits: “Ice Ice Baby” and a cover of “Play That Funky Music”. “Ice Ice Baby” was the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard charts and has been credited with helping to diversify hip-hop by introducing it to a mainstream audience.
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As of the late 2000s, Ice’s live performances feature a mix of newer, rock and techno-influenced material and old-school hip-hop. Ice performs with a live drummer and DJ, and sometimes he sprays his audience with bottled water. Ice’s performances often feature an inflatable grim reaper balloon, a dancer in a clown mask, and confetti thrown into the audience. Describing his performances, Ice stated, “It’s high energy, stage diving, pyrotechnics, and girls showing their breasts. It’s a crazy party atmosphere.”
Vanilla Ice stated that his musical style was influenced by underground music, rather than mainstream music, and that his influences included hip-hop and funk artists such as Funkadelic, Rick James, Roger Troutman, Egyptian Lover, and Parliament. Ice is a big fan of 50’s and 60’s reggae and Bob Marley’s work, and he has also stated that he enjoys Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot, and System of a Down.
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Ice sometimes plays bass, drums, and keyboards on studio recordings. Vanilla Ice referred to his mainstream music as “above-ground” rather than underground, as he tried to make danceable beats and remove expletives so that the songs could reach a wider audience. A lot of his early hits had Ice boasting sexual conquests; in 1991, Ice was quoted “I rap about what I know. Girls and stuff. That’s what is going through my head.”
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