We check out the meteoric rise and fall of one of many largest one-hit-wonders of the Nineteen Nineties, Vanilla Ice.
Ice Ice Child. Go Ninja Go Ninja Go. If a man was in all places in 1990 and 1991, it was Vanilla Ice. A white rapper from Dallas, Texas – whose actual identify is Rob Van Winkle, the much-mocked however extraordinarily fashionable rapper scored a multi-platinum debut along with his album To The Excessive, which bought seven million copies and, on the time, was the fastest-selling hip-hop album of all time. His signature monitor, “Ice Ice Child”, which sampled Queen’s “Underneath Strain”, was the highest-charting rap single ever, as was his cowl of “Play That Funky Music”.
Vanilla Ice was so fashionable amongst teenagers that he confirmed up as himself in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, the place he sang “Ninja Rap” (Go Ninja Go). However, simply as rapidly as he rose, Vanilla Ice fell, along with his performing debut, Cool As Ice, extensively mocked as one of many worst movies of all time when it got here out in 1991, simply after his profession had peaked. By the 12 months’s finish, he was a has-been. So, how does somebody rise and fall so rapidly? On this episode of WTF Occurred to this Superstar, we dig into Vanilla Ice’s epic rise and fall, paying tribute to the truth that regardless of his short-lived fame, he caught round for much longer within the public consciousness than numerous his contemporaries, because of his fixed willingness to poke enjoyable at himself, and his fame for being a pleasant man. So “cease, collaborate and hear” to this particular episode, written by Brad Hamerly and edited, produced, and narrated by Taylor James Johnson.
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