Vanilla Ice is the stage name of American rapper, actor, and television personality Robert Matthew Van Winkle, who was born on October 31, 1967. He is known professionally as Vanilla Ice.
Ice was born in South Dallas and raised in Texas and South Florida. He released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 on Ichiban Records before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group.
SBK Records released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title To the Extreme. This album became the fastest-selling hip hop album of all time and contained Ice’s most well-known hits: “Ice Ice Baby” and a cover of “Play That Funk
The song “Ice Ice Baby” was the first hip-hop single to reach number one on the Billboard charts. It is widely recognized as the song that contributed to the expansion of hip-hop’s audience by making it more accessible to the general public.
Vanilla Ice Children: KeeLee Breeze Van Winkle, Dusti Rain Van Winkle, Priscilla Love VanWinkle
At the moment, Ice is a father to three young women, the products of three separate partnerships. Dusti Rain Van Winkle and Kee Lee Breeze Van Winkle are their names, and they are the children of their first marriage.
In the year 2018, he and his new wife were delighted with the arrival of their third child, a daughter they named Priscilla Love Van Winkle. He has not provided any information regarding his family history or his early life up to this point.