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Vanilla Ice

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
31 October 1967, Miami, Florida, USA

Birth Name / Gerçek Adı
Robert Matthew Van Winkle

Mini Biography / Biyografi
Vanilla Ice exploded onto the rap music scene in 1990 with the smash single "Ice Ice Baby". Despite his suburban up-bringing, Vanilla Ice tried to pass himself off as a "kid from the streets" to appeal towards the loyal rap audience. As it turned out, he acheived most of his success from the mainstream pop audience, and it was not long before his career hit a dead end, with most people veiwing him as a fraud. IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Trivia / Önemsiz Şeyler
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]Current girlfriend owns a Miami surf-shop. The shop is called ""To The Extreme"", named after Vanilla Ice's first album.Owns 20 Yamaha sport bikes, 15 jetskis and a speedboat.Was sued by Queen and David Bowie for using a part of the popular song ""Under Pressure"" in his song ""Ice Ice Baby"". [1990]Dropped out of R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton, Texas.His 1991 hit ""Ice Ice Baby"" is the first rap single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.A former Florida state motocross champion.Daughter Dusti Rain, born in 1998Daughter KeeLee Breeze, born 2000In 1998, he played a free concert in Birmingham, Alabama to promote a thrash metal version of ""Ice Ice Baby"". During the show he threw copies of his album into the audience and the audience responded by throwing them back.First white rapper to win a platinum record.His great-great-grandfather John Richard Van Winkle was a CSA military from Arkansas and was a descendant of Jacob Walichs of XVIIth century Holland.Son of William Basil Van Winkle and wife Camilla Beth Dickerson.