Biography
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born
October 31,
1968 in
Miami Lakes,
Florida), better known as Vanilla Ice, is an American
rapper, known today for the single "Ice Ice Baby" that topped the charts beginning in the early 1990s (see
1990 in music). At that time, he was also one of the very few successful white rappers. Van Winkle's first foray into the music industry is the little-known album
Hooked,...
