Artist Info
Genre
rap
Origin
Dallas, United States (10/31/1967) (10/31/1967)
Bio
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice is an American rapper. Born in Dallas, Texas, United States, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Van Winkle started his musical career in 1988 and released his debut album, 'Hooked', in 1989 through Ichiban Records.
Has Performed With
Critic Concert Reviews
The Buffalo News (USA)
July 8, 2018
Vanilla Ice was decked out in patriotic colors for his party at Canalside. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)
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Toronto Sun (Canada)
October 27, 2016
I Love The 90s
Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa and more
TD Place
Reviewed Thursday, October 27
An exuberant, sold-out crowd of more than 5,000 people bopped to the hits of their younger days when the I Love The 90s tour stopped at TD Place on Thursday.
Although Vanilla Ice occupied the headlining slot, it’
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Dallas Observer (USA)
September 19, 2016
Vanilla Ice
With Tone-Loc, 2 Live Crew, Young MC, Christy Ray and Tyler Sloan
The Bomb Factory, Dallas
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016
Throwback concerts are a mixed business. More often than not, they can be gimmicky affairs, sad cash grabs propped up by audience participation and samplings of others artists' mu
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Westword (USA)
October 6, 2014
After the opening band finished a set of country rock, the DJ played early nineties hits: Tag Team's Whoomp There It is, MC Hammer's Can't Touch This and House of Pain's Jump Around.
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Dallas Observer (USA)
September 13, 2013
The Farmers Branch native's music may not be on top of most people's Spotify playlists these days, but there are clearly more than enough people who still embrace Mr.
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Dallas Observer (USA)
May 24, 2010
Vanilla Ice
May 21, 2010
Trees
Better than: watching Are You Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader? reruns while loaded up on whippets.
Friday night, all the popular kids you wished you knew in high school but who never left whatever crappy suburb you're from found a babysitter, got dressed up for their bimonthly big n
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Dallas Observer (USA)
September 21, 2009
Vanilla Ice
Trees
September 19, 2009
Better than: Cool As Ice, the movie. (It was called that right? Right.)
Well, he sure took his time in getting out on stage. In fact, it wasn't until almost 1 a.m. when, mercifully, Vanilla Ice finally showed his face to the too-large-to-be-believed crowd at Trees on Satur
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