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A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.

Vanilla Ice

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Vanilla Ice
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 31
Actor
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Real Estate Entrepreneur
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Dallas
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Robert Matthew Van Winkle Rodriguez
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Ice came in when my friends would say cold as ice -- if you could rap and battle people you'd say Dude, that was ice cold. It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like Your cold, dawg. Vanilla Ice -- that's cold.
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