UVanilla Ice (igama langempela uRobert Matthew Van Winkle) ungumrepha nomculi waseMelika. Wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 31, 1967 eSouth Dallas, eTexas.
Wakhuliswa ngumama wakhe uCamille Beth (Dickerson). Ubaba wakhe wahamba eneminyaka engu-4 futhi kusukela lapho usenobaba abaningi. Ngasohlangothini lukanina, wayenokhokho baseJalimane nesiNgisi.
Intsha kaRobert Matthew Van Winkle
Ebusheni bakhe, uRobert wayengumfundi ompofu owayethola amamaki ampofu futhi evame ukweqa isikole. Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, lapho umfana esebangeni le-10, wayeka isikole. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, uMatthew wayeziphilisa ngokuwasha izimoto.
Wabona amasiko nemidanso yontanga yakhe futhi kamuva wabhalisela i-nightclub yendawo njengomculi we-rap. Naye wayekwi-rap nokudansa futhi, vele, izethameli zamthanda ngokushesha.
Kamuva waqanjwa ngokuthi iVanilla Ice ngenxa yokuthi wayemhlophe.
I-Vanilla Ice Impumelelo
Ngo-1989, uMatthew wasayina ku-SBK Records futhi wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, ethi, Hooked, eyayiqukethe i-Play That Funky Music eyodwa.
I-single ayizange ibe yimpumelelo enkulu futhi i-albhamu ethi Hooked ithole ukuthengiswa okubi. Kamuva, ngo-1990, u-DJ wendawo wanquma ukudlala ingoma ethi Ice Ice Baby.
Ngokungafani ne-Play That Funky Music, i-Ice Ice Baby ibe yimpumelelo enkulu, njengoba iziteshi zomsakazo yonke indawo zithola izicelo zokudlala ingoma emoyeni. UMatthew uphinde wakhipha i-albhamu ethi Hooked, ehlanganisa neculo elithi Ice Ice Baby.
Kamuva, ngo-1991, uVanilla Ice wanquma ukungena ebhizinisini lefilimu. Wenze iTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Emerald Potion (1991) wabe eseba nefilimu yakhe yokuqala ethi Ice Cold (1991).
URobert wagijima i-motocross ngaphansi kwegama lakhe langempela iminyaka emibili futhi wayeka ngokuphelele emhlabeni womculo. Ngo-1994, wakhipha enye i-albhamu, Mind Blowin', eyethula isithombe esisha sika-Ice.
Kodwa-ke, impilo emnandi ayizange ihlale isikhathi eside, njengoba amarekhodi e-SBK aqothuka. UMatthew ucishe washona ngenxa yezidakamizwa, wasizwa ngomunye wabangani bakhe ukuthi alulame. Kamuva washada futhi waba nezingane ezimbili.
Eminyakeni emine eyalandela, u-Vanilla Ice wagxila ekuphileni komkhaya, nakuba ayesekhona ohlelweni. U-Ice wabe esebuya ngo-1998 ne-albhamu yakhe elandelayo, i-Hard To Swallow, ukukhululwa kwakhe kokuqala kwe-nu metal, ekhiqizwe nguRoss Robinson. I-albhamu yayikude nomsebenzi wakhe wangaphambili.
Kwakukhona ngisho nenguqulo ye-rap yensimbi ye-Ice Ice Baby ebizwa ngokuthi i-Too Cold. I-albhamu idayiswe amakhophi angu-100 XNUMX futhi yamukelwa kahle "abalandeli", okwenza u-Ice abe umuntu ohlonishwayo futhi.
Ilandelwe yi-Bi-Polar, Platinum Underground ne-WTF ehlanganise umculo we-nu metal, we-rap rock nowe-hip hop nezinye izinhlobo okubalwa kuzo i-country ne-reggae.
Ngo-2011, waqopha ingoma yokuqala ethi Under Pressure ne-Ice Ice Baby, inhlanganisela yezingoma ezimbili. Uphinde walingisa emdlalweni wamahlaya ka-Adam Sandler othi Bye Bye Dad (2012). Emhlanganweni we-2011 Juggalos, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi u-Vanilla Ice usayine ku-Psychopathic Records.
Kanye ne-Beastie Boys, i-3rd Bass ne-House of Pain, u-Ice wayengomunye wabaculi be-rapper abamhlophe bokuqala ukuthola impumelelo ebalulekile. U-Chuck D. wake wathi uMathewu waba "nempumelelo" enkulu: "Wadabula phakathi neNingizimu, esifundeni esiseningizimu yeTexas, waba yinto efana nesiko le-hip-hop lendawo."
Ngo-1991, iqembu i-3rd Bass lakhipha ingoma eyodwa ethi Pop Goes the Weasel, emazwini ezingoma ethi Ice iqhathaniswa neka-Elvis Presley.
Isitayela nomthelela
Kusukela ngasekupheleni kwawo-2000s, amakhonsathi abukhoma ka-Ice afaka ingxube yezinto ezintsha, ze-rock kanye nezobuchwepheshe, kanye ne-hip-hop yesikole sakudala. U-Ice udlale ngesigubhu esibukhoma kanye no-DJ, futhi ngezikhathi ezithile wayefutha izethameli zakhe ngamanzi asemabhodleleni.
Imidlalo yeqhwa ngokuvamile yayibonisa ibhaluni elibi elibi eliphefumulayo, umdansi ogqoke imaski ehlekisayo, kanye ne-confetti ephonswe ezithamelini.
Echaza ngokudlala kwakhe lo mculi uthe: “Inamandla amakhulu, ukutshuza esiteji, i-pyrotechnics. Kuyiphathi ephambene."
U-Ice uthe isitayela sakhe somculo sithonywe umculo ongaphansi kunomculo ojwayelekile. Ubuye wazibona enomthelela kubaculi be-hip hop ne-funk abafana noFunkadelic, Rick James, Roger Troutman, Egypt Lover kanye nePhalamende.
U-Robert ungumlandeli omkhulu we-reggae yama-1950s kanye nama-1960s. kanye nomsebenzi kaBob Marley, futhi wathi uthanda iRage Against the Machine, Slipknot kanye neSystemof a Down.
UMatthew wayedlala izigubhu namakhibhodi ngezikhathi ezithile. URobert ubhekise emculweni wakhe ojwayelekile ngokuthi "umshoshaphansi" kunokuba awusho ngomshoshaphansi njengoba ezama ukwenza izigqi ezidansayo futhi enqamula inhlamba ukuze izingoma zifinyelele izethameli eziningi.
I-Vanilla Ice Legal Trouble
Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuNcwaba, 1988, uMatthew waboshwa eSouth Dallas ngenxa yomjaho wokuhudula ongekho emthethweni. NgoJuni 3, 1991, waboshwa eLos Angeles ngokusongela indoda engenakhaya ngesibhamu, uJames N. Gregory.
UGregory wasondela emotweni kaRobert ngaphandle kwesuphamakethe futhi wazama ukumdayisela iketanga lesiliva. URobert nonogada bakhe babekwe amacala amathathu ahlanganisa ukusebenzisa izibhamu.
Impilo yomuntu siqu yeciko
Ngo-1991, uRobert wathandana noMadonna izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili. Ngo-1997, washada noLaura Giaritta, banamadodakazi amabili: uDusti Rain (owazalwa ngo-1997) noKeelee Breeze (owazalwa ngo-2000).
