Vanilla ice

Vanilla Ice, 2011

Vanilla Ice , real name Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967 in Miami Lakes , Florida ), is one of the first white rappers with commercial success.

Career

His breakthrough came in 1990 with the single Ice, Ice Baby , which topped the charts in both the US and the UK. This track is based on a sample from the song Under Pressure , recorded by Queen and David Bowie . His debut album Hooked , released in 1989, was then re-released a year later under the name To the Extreme and was number 1 on the Billboard charts for 16 weeks . The single went platinum in the United States for one million copies sold, the album even seven times platinum. At the time, he was the most successful rapper.

The rapper lost his reputation in the scene through interviews in which he made false statements about his past and other artists in the genre such as Eminem made fun of him. The punk rock band The Offspring mentions him in the song Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) , which is about recognition in the milieu and artistic credibility . With Play That Funky Music as the second single, he achieved yet another success. The song is based on the hit of the same name by Wild Cherry . As part of the US comedy show In Living Color was a sarcastic music video in which Jim Carrey under the title White, White Baby Vanilla Ice and his top hit parodies. In 1991 Vanilla Ice released his film Cool as Ice . In 2001 his hit number Ice, Ice Baby was re-recorded by Reanimator and achieved smaller sales successes. In March 2007 Ice, Ice Baby was named “Reanimator feat. Big Daddi & Vanilla Ice “was released again in Europe with some remixes from the electro and hip hop area. He also took on the song Boom in 1996 with the Bloodhound Gang .

In the meantime, Vanilla Ice was only called V-Ice, so that, according to his own statement, he was no longer associated with his only known song. The album Platinum Underground , released in 2005, was released again under its better-known stage name Vanilla Ice and shows a clear change in style. In addition to a new version of Ice, Ice Baby, there are also many crossover- style songs on it with electric guitars and electronic effects.

In 2010 he returned to the UK charts with his big hit when Jedward's Irish twins sang the song on the talent show The X Factor and later released a recording with him as a single. They reached number 1 in Ireland and number 2 in the UK charts.

Since 2010 he has been featured in his home improvement and home renovation program The Vanilla Ice Project . In 2011 he took part in the sixth season of the British figure skating show Dancing on Ice . In 2012 he played himself in an extended supporting role in The Chaos Dad alongside Adam Sandler and in 2020 in the romantic comedy "The wrong Missy".

The following important information is missing from this article or section:

The plans for the biopic about Vanilla Ice

Help Wikipedia by researching and pasting it .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1990	To the extreme	DE13 (24 weeks) DE	AT8 (12 weeks) AT	CH6th gold (17 weeks)CH	UK4th platinum (20 weeks)UK	US1 × 7 Seven times platinum (67 weeks)US	R&B6 (39 weeks) R&B	First published: August 28, 1990 Producers: Earthquake, Vanilla Ice, DeShay Sales: + 7,325,000
1991	Extremely Live	DE49 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	US30th gold (30 weeks)US	-	First published: March 6, 1991 Live album Producers: Earthquake, Vanilla Ice, Gail King Sales: + 500,000
	Cool as Ice (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	-	US89 (15 weeks) US	-	First release: October 8, 1991 Soundtrack for the film of the same name Producers: Pete Ganbarg, Gail King, Chris Cuben-Tatum

More albums

• 1989: Hooked
• 1994: Mind Blowin ' (released March 22nd)
• 1998: Hard to Swallow (released October 20th)
• 2001: Bi-Polar (as V-Ice; release: October 23)
• 2003: Hot Sex (release: July 22nd)
• 2005: Platinum Underground (release: August 16)
• 2008: Vanilla Ice Is Back! - Hip Hop Classics (release: November 4th)
• 2011: WTF (release: August 30th)

Compilations

• 1997: Back 2 Back Hits ( split album with MC Hammer )
• 1999: The Best of Vanilla Ice
• 2001: The Best Of
• 2008: Best of Vanilla Ice
• 2013: Non-Stop Hits
• 2014: Icon

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1990	Ice Ice Baby To the Extreme	DE2 gold (24 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH2 (19 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (15 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (21 weeks)US	R&B6 (18 weeks) R&B	Dance28 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: July 2, 1990
	Play That Funky Music To the Extreme	DE19 (12 weeks) DE	AT19 (6 weeks) AT	CH14 (7 weeks) CH	UK10 (6 weeks) UK	US4th gold (17 weeks)US	R&B22 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: April 25, 1990
1991	I love you to the extreme	DE65 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK45 (5 weeks) UK	US52 (7 weeks) US	-	-	First published: February 14, 1991
	Rollin 'in My 5.0 Extremely Live	DE70 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK27 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: March 1, 1991
	Satisfaction Extremely Live	DE41 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: July 29, 1991
	Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose) Cool as Ice (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	-	US81 (4 weeks) US	-	-	First release: September 30, 1991 feat. Naomi Campbell
2000	Ice Ice Baby 2001	DE45 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	First release: October 2nd, 2000 ReAnimator feat. Vanilla ice
2010	Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) Planet Jedward	-	-	-	UK2 (10 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First release: February 1st, 2010 Jedward feat. Vanilla ice

More singles

• 1991: Road to My Riches
• 1991: Hooked
• 1994: Roll 'em Up
• 1994: The Wrath
• 2001: Get Your Ass Up
• 2010: Born on Halloween
• 2011: Jump Around

Video albums

• 1990: Play That Funky Music White Boy (US:× 2Double platinum )
• 1991: Ninja Rap

Guest roles

• 1991: Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze)
• 2002: The New Guy
• 2012: The Chaos Dad (That's My Boy)
• 2015: The Ridiculous Six (The Ridiculous 6)
• 2017: Sandy Wexler
• 2020: The Wrong Missy

Awards

• 1992: Golden Raspberry : Nomination for worst actor in Cool as Ice
• 1992: Golden raspberry as worst newcomer in Cool as Ice
• 1992: Golden Raspberry : Nomination for the worst song in Cool as Ice
• 2013: Golden Raspberry : Nomination for worst supporting actor in The Chaos Dad

swell

1. ^ Vanilla Ice Real Estate
2. ^ ITV1's Dancing on Ice 2011 line-up revealed , Dec. 19, 2010, BBC News
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2
4. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum databases: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

Commons : Vanilla Ice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Vanilla Ice at Allmusic (English)
• Vanilla Ice at Discogs (English)
• Vanilla Ice at laut.de
• Vanilla Ice in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Unofficial website (English)