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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.

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Vanilla Ice
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 31
Actor
Film Actor
Rapper
Real Estate Entrepreneur
Record Producer
Singer
Songwriter
Dallas
Texas
Robert Matthew Van Winkle Rodriguez
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