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Vanilla Ice          

Hip Hop Artist & Rapper, Suicide Survivor, Host of DIY Network's "The Vanilla Ice Project"

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 under the title To the Extreme, which 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.

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. After surviving a suicide attempt, Ice was inspired to change his musical style and lifestyle. While his later, less mainstream albums failed to chart or receive much radio airplay, Ice has had a loyal underground following. In 2009, Ice began hosting The Vanilla Ice Project on DIY Network. His album WTF – Wisdom, Tenacity & Focus was released in August 2011. Ice is currently signed to Psychopathic Records.

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Vanilla Ice is leaving the Dancing With the Stars competition, but hey, at least he got to dance to "Ice Ice Baby." "We did 'Ice Ice Baby' so I'm good, I'm happy," he ...
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Vanilla Ice: From Rapper to DIYer - ABC News
If you don't know Rob Van Winkle, you undoubtedly have heard his epic hit, “Ice Ice Baby.” “I did 'Ice Ice Baby' when I was 16. I was in the tenth grade,” the ...

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