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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...
Milli Vanilli's faked talent, Vanilla Ice's faked life--all around, it's lies, lies, baby...
...WHAT if "U Can't Touch This" reeks of Rick James' "Super Freak"? The song got parties pumping and people jumping. So what if Vanilla Ice never went to high school with 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell? "Ice Ice Baby" got everyone talking and every car stereo in the Square rocking...
...that same anglo in the ghettos of Miami, add a motocross national championship or three, some gang incidents, a common alma mater with Luke Skywalker of the Crew, and smooth it all out with the Vanilla Ice moniker--instant interest. But there's still got to be musical talent--someone's musical talent...
Fastest Rush to the Mainstream Rap music began as something def from the ghetto, got sanitized by b-boys like M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and quickly became a we're-so-hip cliche even on TV commercials. As they say, it's not comin' correct...