Vanilla Ice with Special Guests Rob Base & Tone Loc

The iconic Robert Van Winkle aka Vanilla Ice exploded on the Rap/Pop music scene in 1990/91 selling 10 million albums in 4 months and hitting number one on the Billboard charts with the number one single “Ice Ice Baby and number one album positions. His worldwide album sales are over 25 million and individual songs total over 160 million and are still selling.

Vanilla Ice won 2 MTV Awards, a People’s Choice Award, and was nominated for a Grammy. Vanilla Ice has starred or appeared in the movies Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles 2, Cool As Ice, The Helix Loaded, The New Guy, The Bros, Big Money Hustlas, That’s My Boy and Ridiculous Six and Sandy with Adam Sandler.

Rob Base hails from Harlem New York. He first began performing with various groups such as: Sure Shot Seven, Cosmic 3 MC’s, and Freedom Force. He and partner DJ EZ Rock, (whom he has known since the 4th grade) would eventually separate from the groups to form Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock. Their first single ‘DJ Interview’ came out on Mike and Dave’s label Star Maker’s Records in 1986. World to World Records would produce their second single ‘Make It Hot’ in 1987. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock’s music began to gain momentum and they would receive a distribution deal with Profile Records by 1988. In 1988, Profile Records released Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock’s debut album It Takes Two. The title track became a massive single.

In 2014, Rob joined the highly successful “I Love The 90’s” Tour and shared the stage with Salt N Pepa, TLC, Tone Loc and a host of other 90’s Legends. In 2018, Rob along with Salt N Pepa and All For One setup a first ever Hip Hop residency in Vegas. This residency would later include En Vouge and Kid N Play. In 2019, Rob toured with Mc Hammer on Hammer’s House Party Tour and on 2/22/22, he performed on the Jimmy Kimmel show. Rob is now currently producing films and has added Executive Producer to his arsenal.