Vanilla Ice

Robert Van Winkle (born October 31, 1968 in Miami Lakes, Florida), better known as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, known today for the single "Ice Ice Baby" that topped the charts beginning in late 1990 (see 1990 in music). He was arguably the most commercially successful rapper of his time, moving over 11 million copies of his debut album, but media over-exposure, poor career choices, as well as negative publicity from revelations about his past, led to his eventual dismissal by the public at large. His career was not helped by a common perception that he represented a continuation of the white mainstream's commercial appropriation and watering down of traditionally African-American music (a phenomenon most famously witnessed in R&B/rock n' roll), and the backlash from the hip hop community turned him into a virtual pariah.

External links

• Vanillarama: The Internet's Largest Collection of Vanilla Ice Links
• Vanilla Ice
• Interview With Rob, Summer 2004
• Vanilla Ice Lyrics