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I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!

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Vanilla Ice
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 31
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Dallas
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Robert Matthew Van Winkle Rodriguez
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