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Vanilla Ice

American rapper and entertainer known for pioneering white presence in hip-hop. Vanilla Ice was born on 31 October 1967.

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Who is Vanilla Ice?

Vanilla Ice is best known for First solo white rapper to achieve commercial success with the hit 'Ice Ice Baby', breaking racial barriers in hip-hop. Vanilla Ice is an American public figure. Vanilla Ice was born on 31 October 1967, which places Vanilla Ice among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1960s. On Dead or Alive, Vanilla Ice is listed in the One Hit Wonders category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Vanilla Ice is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: First solo white rapper to achieve commercial success with the hit 'Ice Ice Baby', breaking racial barriers in hip-hop.
Nationality: American
Born: 31 October 1967
Listed under: One Hit Wonders

About Vanilla Ice

Ice released his debut album, Hooked, on the independent Ichiban Records before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group, which released a reformatted version under the title To the Extreme; it became the fastest-selling hip-hop album of all time and "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard Hot 100. Followed by the live album Extremely Live (1991), Ice made a cameo appearance on the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) where he performed "Ninja Rap", which he co-wrote. He was soon offered and starred in his own film, Cool as Ice (1991), which included the single "Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" with Naomi Campbell; the film itself was a box office failure. His fast rise in popularity was quickly marred by media controversies about his background. Ice later regretted his business arrangements with SBK, who had also published fabricated biographical information without his knowledge. Ice's second studio album, Mind Blowin' (1994), featured a major image change but was commercially unsuccessful. Following rap rock performances in the underground scene and playing in a local grunge band, Ice released the dark nu metal album Hard to Swallow (1998), followed by the independently released Bi-Polar (2001) and Platinum Underground (2005).

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What is Vanilla Ice known for?

Vanilla Ice is known for First solo white rapper to achieve commercial success with the hit 'Ice Ice Baby', breaking racial barriers in hip-hop.

When was Vanilla Ice born?

Vanilla Ice was born on 31 October 1967.

What nationality is Vanilla Ice?

Vanilla Ice's nationality is American.

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Vanilla Ice appears in One Hit Wonders.

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