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WELL, by now, girl, you know it isn't true. Milli Vanilli never sang a note. And allegedly "ghetto-raised" Vanilla Ice is about as street tough as a cream puff. Instead of the street-wise rapper he purports to be, "Ice" is actually the product of a white middle class Dallas suburb, according to Time. His real name: Robert Van Winkle...

Author: By Marc E. Warner, | Title: Lies, Lies Baby | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

...Milli Vanilli's faked talent, Vanilla Ice's faked life--all around, it's lies, lies, baby...

Author: By Marc E. Warner, | Title: Lies, Lies Baby | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

Worst Synching Feeling Milli Vanilli, who won a 1989 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, had to admit not only that they didn't sing live onstage but also that it wasn't their own voices on their albums. Goodbye Grammy. As for their earlier boast that they were better than Bob Dylan and the Beatles? Well, sure -- as dancers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Most of Show Business | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

...synching is another form of hypocrisy, and the revelations about the pop group Milli Vanilli seemed to be merely part of a trend. Lip-synching, in fact, is a new American art form. Herewith, the Leading Lip Synchers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Of '90's: Well, Hello to '90s Humility | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

...boys, something out of an MTV Oliver Twist -- "a pact with the devil," Pilatus explained. He and Morvan were living a marginal life in a Munich housing project when, in 1988, Farian offered each of them $4,000 (plus subsequent royalties) to be seen but not heard as Milli Vanilli. "We just hope ((our fans)) understand that we were young, that we just wanted to live life the American way," said Pilatus. Some fans don't seem all that sympathetic. Two have filed lawsuits on behalf of deceived record buyers. The boys say Arista president Clive Davis knew they didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fans, You Know It's True | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

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