Artist Name: Vanilla Ice

Real Name: Robert Van Winkle

Nickname:
Ice Man
Ice

Birth Date: October 31st, 1968

Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Birth Place: Miami Lakes, Florida

Genre(s): Rap, Pop

Nationality: American


Education: R. L. Turner High School in Carrollton, Texas

Debut Album: To The Extreme (1990)

Breakthrough Single: "Ice Ice Baby". (1990)

Did You Know:
one of the very few successful Caucasian rappers.
arrested in January 2001 for assaulting his wife
two children, Dusti Raine and Keelee Breeze
sampled the Queen and David Bowie collaboration "Under Pressure" without permission (for Ice Ice Baby single)