Robert Matthew Van Winkle born October 31, , known professionally as Vanilla Ice , is an American rapper, actor, and television host. Although he was successful, Ice later regretted his business arrangements with SBK, which had paid him to adopt a more commercial appearance to appeal to a mass audience and published fabricated biographical information without his knowledge. Soundtrack appearances and a live album, Extremely Live , continued the success, but a second mainstream studio album, Mind Blowin' , featured an image change which saw a massive drop in popularity for Ice. After surviving a suicide attempt, Ice changed his musical style and lifestyle.
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We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. In , there was no star bigger than the man born Robert Van Winkle. But just as quickly as he became the bestselling rapper the world had ever seen, he became a pariah. I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. It was the winter of in South Dallas, or maybe it was the following summer. All exact dates have dissolved into a haze of liquor, hair spray, and the tinnitus caused by long-gone claps. The property had already weathered several boom-and-bust cycles. Originally a segregated postwar movie palace christened the Forest Theater, it was alternately transformed into a jazz cellar, a recording studio, and the stage for legendary seances by B.
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Rapper and TV personality Vanilla Ice, who rose to prominence in the early s with his hit song "Ice Ice Baby," has three daughters. Two of them are beautiful, grown-up women already! Thanks to that song, the rapper landed a record deal with SBK. The label then remixed and re-recorded Vanilla Ice's "Hooked" and gave it a new title, "To the Extreme," which reached the top of hip-hop charts and skyrocketed his career. Vanilla Ice didn't stop there, though. Apart from that, he released a biography, "Ice by Ice," in which he disclosed some details of his childhood and youth. Unfortunately for the artist, it was revealed that some of the stories written in his book were either exaggerated or false. Vanilla Ice's credibility was questioned, and the fact that his rap was pop-oriented didn't sit well in the hip-hop culture. All those circumstances negatively impacted his music career.
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