Vanilla Ice (sunan gaske Robert Matthew Van Winkle) ɗan raye-rayen Amurka ne kuma mawaƙa. An haife shi Oktoba 31, 1967 a Kudancin Dallas, Texas.
Mahaifiyarsa Camille Beth (Dickerson) ta rene shi. Mahaifinsa ya tafi yana dan shekara 4 kuma tun a lokacin yana da uba dayawa. A bangaren mahaifiyarsa, yana da zuriyar Jamusanci da Ingilishi.
Matashin Robert Matthew Van Winkle
A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, Robert ɗalibi ne matalauci wanda ya sami ƙarancin maki kuma sau da yawa ya tsallake makaranta. Yana dan shekara 18, yaron yana aji 10, ya daina zuwa makaranta. A ƙarshen 1980s, Matthew ya yi motocin wanke rai.
Ya lura da al'adu da raye-rayen wasu takwarorinsa kuma daga baya ya shiga wani gidan rawa na dare a matsayin mawakin rap. Shi da kansa yana cikin rap da rawa kuma, ba shakka, masu sauraro da sauri suka kamu da son shi.
Daga baya aka yi masa lakabi da Vanilla Ice domin shi fari ne.
Nasarar Vanilla Ice
A cikin 1989, Matta ya rattaba hannu kan SBK Records kuma ya fitar da kundi na farko, Hooked, wanda ya ƙunshi Play That Funky Music guda ɗaya.
Waƙar ba ta yi nasara sosai ba kuma kundin Hooked ya sami tallace-tallace mara kyau. Daga baya, a cikin 1990, DJ na gida ya yanke shawarar kunna waƙar Ice Ice Baby.
Ba kamar Play That Funky Music ba, Ice Ice Baby ya kasance babban nasara, tare da tashoshin rediyo a ko'ina suna samun buƙatun kunna waƙar a iska. Matiyu ya sake fitar da kundin Hooked, wanda ya haɗa da waƙar Ice Ice Baby.
Daga baya, a cikin 1991, Vanilla Ice ya yanke shawarar shiga kasuwancin fim. Ya sanya Teenage Mutant Ninja Kunkuru 2: Sirrin Ruwan Emerald (1991) sannan kuma fim ɗinsa na farko na Ice Cold (1991).
Robert yayi tseren motocross a ƙarƙashin sunansa na ainihi na tsawon shekaru biyu kuma ya yi ritaya gaba ɗaya daga duniyar kiɗa. A cikin 1994, ya sake fitar da wani kundi mai suna Mind Blowin' wanda ya gabatar da sabon hoton Ice.
Duk da haka, rayuwa mai dadi ba ta daɗe ba, saboda bayanan SBK sun yi fatara. Matiyu ya kusa mutuwa sakamakon shaye-shayen miyagun kwayoyi, daya daga cikin abokansa ne ya taimaka masa ya murmure. Daga baya ya yi aure ya haifi ‘ya’ya biyu.
A cikin shekaru hudu masu zuwa, Vanilla Ice ya mai da hankali kan rayuwar iyali, kodayake har yanzu yana kan wasan kwaikwayon. Ice sannan ya dawo a cikin 1998 tare da kundi na gaba, Hard To Swallow, sakin ƙarfe na farko na nu, wanda Ross Robinson ya samar. Kundin ya yi nisa da aikinsa na farko.
Akwai ma wani nau'in rap na ƙarfe na Ice Ice Baby mai suna Too Cold. Kundin ya sayar da kwafi 100 kuma "masoya" sun karbe shi sosai, wanda hakan ya sa Ice ta zama mutum mai daraja kuma.
Sai kuma Bi-Polar, Platinum Underground da WTF wadanda suka hada nu karfe, rap rock da kidan hip hop da sauran nau'o'i da suka hada da kasa da reggae.
A cikin 2011, ya yi rikodin waƙa ta halarta ta farko a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba da Ice Ice Baby, haɗin waƙoƙi biyu. Ya kuma yi tauraro a cikin wasan ban dariya na Adam Sandler Bye Bye Dad (2012). A taron Juggalos na 2011, an ba da sanarwar cewa Vanilla Ice ta rattaba hannu kan Rikodin Psychopathic.
Tare da Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass da House of Pain, Ice na ɗaya daga cikin farar rapper na farko don cimma gagarumar nasara. Chuck D. ya taɓa cewa Matiyu yana da babban "nasara": "Ya shiga tsakiyar Kudancin, a yankin kudancin Texas, zuwa wani abu kamar al'adun hip-hop na gida."
A cikin 1991, ƙungiyar 3rd Bass ta fitar da Pop Goes the Weasel guda ɗaya, a cikin waƙoƙin waƙoƙin Ice an kwatanta da Elvis Presley.
Salo da tasiri
Tun daga ƙarshen 2000s, wasan kwaikwayon raye-raye na Ice sun ƙunshi sabbin abubuwa, dutsen da fasaha, da kuma hip-hop na tsohuwar makaranta. Ice ya yi wasa tare da mai kaɗa kai tsaye da DJ, kuma a wasu lokuta yana fesa masu sauraronsa da ruwan kwalba.
Wasannin kankara sau da yawa suna nuna balloon mai girbin girbi, ɗan rawa sanye da abin rufe fuska, da ƙwaƙƙwaran da aka jefa a cikin masu sauraro.
Da yake kwatanta wasan kwaikwayonsa, ɗan wasan ya ce: “Ƙarfi ne mai ƙarfi, nutsewar mataki, pyrotechnics. Halin hauka ne na biki."
Ice ya ce salon kidan nasa ya rinjayi kidan karkashin kasa maimakon na al'ada. Ya kuma dauki kansa a matsayin wani tasiri a kan hip hop da funk artists kamar Funkadelic, Rick James, Roger Troutman, Misira Lover da Majalisar.
Robert babban mai son reggae ne na shekarun 1950 da 1960. da aikin Bob Marley, kuma ya ce yana son Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot da Systemof a Down.
Matiyu lokaci-lokaci yana buga ganguna da madanni. Robert ya ambaci waƙarsa na yau da kullun a matsayin "fiye da ƙasa" maimakon ƙasa yayin da yake ƙoƙarin yin raye-raye masu raye-raye tare da yanke kalmomin rantsuwa domin waƙoƙin su isa ga masu sauraro.
Matsalar Shari'a ta Vanilla Ice
A ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1988, an kama Matthew a Kudancin Dallas saboda tseren tsere ba bisa ka'ida ba. A ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1991, an kama shi a Los Angeles saboda barazanar wani mutum marar gida da makami, James N. Gregory.
Gregory ya kusanci motar Robert a wajen babban kanti kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin sayar masa da sarƙar azurfa. An tuhumi Robert da mai tsaron lafiyarsa da laifuka uku da suka hada da amfani da bindigogi.
Rayuwar ɗan wasan kwaikwayo
A cikin 1991, Robert ya haɗu da Madonna tsawon watanni takwas. A cikin 1997, ya auri Laura Giaritta, suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu: Dusti Rain (an haife shi a 1997) da Keelee Breeze (an haife shi a 2000).
