Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice Vanilla Ice, an American actor as well as a rapper and host of a television show, has an estimated net worth of 12 million dollars. Most famous for his hit song from 1990 "Ice Ice Baby" and his version of "Play That Funky Music" off his debut album "To the Extreme." "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip-hop single to reach number one on the Billboard charts.Vanilla Ice was born Robert Matthew Van Winkle on October 31, 1967 in Dallas, Texas. Van Winkle is the name of the man who his mom was married to at the time his birth. The man's mom divorced him when she was with Van Winkle was four. The father of his biological son was not known to him. Van Winkle's mother was a car salesman and he spent his childhood traveling between Dallas (where his stepfather was) as well as Miami (where his birthplace was). Van Winkle learned to breakdance at the age of 13 and began to get involved in the hip-hop scene at the beginning. Vanilla Ice was his nickname since he was the only boy in the world who could breakdance. The nickname didn't go over well with him, but it stuck. He soon began to participate in rap battles during events under the name MC Vanilla. In Texas, Van Winkle formed a breakdancing group called The Vanilla Ice Posse. He was just 16 when he composed "Ice Ice Baby."