Vanilla Ice (dzina lenileni Robert Matthew Van Winkle) ndi rapper waku America komanso woyimba. Anabadwa pa October 31, 1967 ku South Dallas, Texas.
Analeredwa ndi amayi ake Camille Beth (Dickerson). Bambo ake adachoka ali ndi zaka 4 ndipo kuyambira pamenepo ali ndi abambo ambiri opeza. Kumbali ya amayi ake, anali ndi makolo achijeremani ndi Chingerezi.
Achinyamata a Robert Matthew Van Winkle
M’unyamata wake, Robert anali wophunzira wosauka yemwe sanapeze magiredi otsika ndipo kaŵirikaŵiri anali kujoŵa sukulu. Ali ndi zaka 18, mnyamatayo ali m’giredi 10, anasiya sukulu. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 1980, Matthew ankapeza ndalama zotsuka magalimoto.
Anaona chikhalidwe ndi magule a anzake ena ndipo pambuyo pake analembetsa ku kalabu yausiku komweko monga woimba wa rap. Iye anali yekha mu rap ndi kuvina ndipo, ndithudi, omvera mwamsanga anayamba kumukonda.
Pambuyo pake adatchedwa Vanilla Ice chifukwa anali woyera.
Vanilla Ice Kupambana
Mu 1989, Matthew adasaina ku SBK Records ndikutulutsa chimbale chake choyamba, Hooked, chomwe chidali ndi Play That Funky Music imodzi.
Nyimboyi sinali yopambana kwambiri ndipo album Hooked inalandira malonda osauka. Pambuyo pake, mu 1990, DJ wina wakomweko adaganiza zoyimba nyimbo ya Ice Ice Baby.
Mosiyana ndi Play That Funky Music, Ice Ice Baby inali yopambana kwambiri, pomwe mawayilesi kulikonse amapeza zopempha kuti aziyimba nyimboyi pamlengalenga. Matthew adatulutsanso chimbale cha Hooked, chomwe chinali ndi nyimbo ya Ice Ice Baby.
Pambuyo pake, mu 1991, Vanilla Ice anaganiza zoyamba bizinesi ya mafilimu. Adapanga Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Chinsinsi cha Emerald Potion (1991) kenako filimu yake yoyamba Ice Cold (1991).
Robert adathamangira motocross pansi pa dzina lake lenileni kwa zaka ziwiri ndikupuma pantchito yadziko lanyimbo. Mu 1994, adatulutsa chimbale china, Mind Blowin', chomwe chidawonetsa chithunzi chatsopano cha Ice.
Komabe, moyo wotsekemera sunatenge nthawi yayitali, popeza zolemba za SBK zidasokonekera. Matthew anatsala pang’ono kufa chifukwa chomwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ndipo m’modzi mwa anzake anamuthandiza kuti achire. Kenako anakwatira n’kukhala ndi ana awiri.
Kwa zaka zinayi zotsatira, Vanilla Ice ankaganizira kwambiri za moyo wa banja, ngakhale kuti anali adakali pawonetsero. Ice ndiye adabweranso mu 1998 ndi chimbale chake chotsatira, Hard To Swallow, kutulutsa kwake koyamba kwachitsulo, kopangidwa ndi Ross Robinson. Albumyi inali kutali ndi ntchito yake yakale.
Panali ngakhale mtundu wachitsulo wa rap wa Ice Ice Baby wotchedwa Too Cold. Albumyi inagulitsa makope a 100 ndipo inalandiridwa bwino ndi "mafani", kupanga Ice kukhala munthu wolemekezeka kachiwiri.
Idatsatiridwa ndi Bi-Polar, Platinum Underground ndi WTF yomwe idaphatikiza nyimbo za nu metal, rap rock ndi hip hop ndi mitundu ina kuphatikiza dziko ndi reggae.
Mu 2011, adalemba nyimbo yoyamba ya Under Pressure ndi Ice Ice Baby, kuphatikiza nyimbo ziwiri. Adachitanso nawo sewero la Adam Sandler la Bye Bye Dad (2012). Pamsonkhano wa Juggalos wa 2011, adalengezedwa kuti Vanilla Ice adasaina ku Psychopathic Records.
Pamodzi ndi a Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass ndi House of Pain, Ice anali m'modzi mwa oimba achizungu oyambirira kuti apindule kwambiri. Chuck D. nthawi ina ananena kuti Mateyu anali ndi "kupambana" kwakukulu: "Iye anadutsa pakati pa South, m'chigawo chakum'mwera kwa Texas, kukhala chinachake chonga chikhalidwe cha hip-hop."
Mu 1991, gulu la 3rd Bass linatulutsa nyimbo imodzi yotchedwa Pop Goes the Weasel, m'mawu a nyimbo za Ice poyerekeza ndi Elvis Presley.
Kalembedwe ndi chikoka
Kuyambira chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, zisudzo za Ice zinali ndi zosakaniza zatsopano, za rock ndi tech-influenced, komanso hip-hop yakale. Ice adachita ndi woyimba ng'oma komanso DJ, ndipo nthawi zina amawaza omvera ake ndi madzi am'mabotolo.
Masewero a ayezi kaŵirikaŵiri anali kusonyeza chibaluni chofewa chofewa, wovina atavala chigoba chochititsa chidwi, ndi confetti akuponyedwa pagulu.
Pofotokoza zomwe anachita, woimbayo adati: "Ndi mphamvu zambiri, kuvina pasiteji, pyrotechnics. Ndi phwando lopenga."
Ice wanena kuti kalembedwe kake kanyimbo kanatengera nyimbo zapansi panthaka osati nyimbo zodziwika bwino. Anadzionanso kuti ali ndi mphamvu pa ojambula a hip hop ndi funk monga Funkadelic, Rick James, Roger Troutman, Wokonda wa ku Egypt ndi Nyumba Yamalamulo.
Robert ndiwokonda kwambiri ma 1950s ndi 1960s reggae. ndi ntchito ya Bob Marley, ndipo adanena kuti amakonda Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot ndi Systemof a Down.
Matthew nthawi zina ankaimba ng'oma ndi kiyibodi. Robert anatchula nyimbo zake zachisawawa monga "zobisala" osati mobisa pamene amayesa kupanga zida zovina ndikudula mawu otukwana kuti nyimbozo zifikire anthu ambiri.
Vanilla Ice Legal Vuto
Pa Ogasiti 8, 1988, a Matthew adamangidwa ku South Dallas chifukwa cha mpikisano wokokerana mosaloledwa. Pa June 3, 1991, anamangidwa ku Los Angeles chifukwa choopseza munthu wopanda pokhala ndi mfuti, James N. Gregory.
Gregory anayandikira galimoto ya Robert kunja kwa supermarket ndikuyesera kumugulitsa tcheni chasiliva. Robert ndi mlonda wake anaimbidwa milandu itatu yokhudza kugwiritsa ntchito mfuti.
Moyo wamunthu wa Artist
Mu 1991, Robert adacheza ndi Madonna kwa miyezi isanu ndi itatu. Mu 1997, adakwatira Laura Giaritta, ali ndi ana aakazi awiri: Dusti Rain (wobadwa mu 1997) ndi Keelee Breeze (wobadwa mu 2000).
