![]() "Well, we have a blast," he says of his upcoming shows. Despite his continued success, he's not fond of the new millennium. Ice channeled his fame into a successful run as reality TV star/ home renovator with The Vanilla Ice Project, which aired for nine seasons and is still filming. These days, he seems to know well that anyone who’s ever called him a has-been is probably a never-been. There was a time that the whirlwind left him spinning with depression, and in 1994 he attempted suicide by overdosing on drugs. Years before the word “vanilla” became an interchangeable descriptor for sexually bland, the rapper blew up the world with the still ubiquitous “Ice Ice Baby,” becoming an indisputable icon who danced (in harem pants) so Eminem could run. "So they’d disown me if, you know, I wasn’t a Cowboys fan." "So I grew up a lot out here in Florida, I always have roots there, my whole family is there in Dallas," he says. The day we speak, he's calling from Palm Beach - where he's lived for the past 30 years - as he calls it, "on daddy duty" on the drive home from picking up both his daughter from school and her Happy Meal. In his childhood, Van Winkle split his time between Miami and his hometown of Dallas. You know, I got a big ol' Texas tattoo on my leg." "I was born in Baylor Hospital and that's home. He may be a longtime Floridian now, but this is still a homecoming for Van Winkle. The event is an ode to nostalgia, with retro arcade games, a '90s costume contest and themed drink specials. On April 15, he’ll be playing with Young MC at Dallas' Statler Hotel, which will have a “property-wide ‘90s party,” meaning a party at every bar and restaurant in the hotel. The rapper, whose real name is Rob Van Winkle, is spreading the '90s-specific cheer with a nationwide party tour. Vanilla Ice, however, is perfectly at peace with his past. And then there are those far deeper, bitter regrets. Maybe a second chance to go back and not say that utterly stupid thing we said at the worst possible time - that awkward moment from your past that pops up in your mind to haunt you when you're about to fall asleep. ![]()
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