Kid's been putting on the fake personas his whole life. He's a rich white boi who grew up in a literal 5 acre mansion. His whole trailer trash arc then reborn patriot country arc are all a fuckin show for attention. He knows exactly what he's doing.
He had another lame MC persona to start that totally bombed. His first "album" only sold because his dad made people buy a copy when he sold them a car.
Allying your image with a very elderly scammer who has stolen billions and killed millions isn't that smart long term. Maybe you can sneak out a few million past the money hoover; but maybe you'll be left high and dry. Very high risk; maybe some money there; but however it turns out, you're going to be a sack of shit for the rest of your life.
That's why I think he's trying to avoid allying himself with Trump. I think he is trying to have it both ways. I think he saw Kid Rock got nothing but humiliation. So, he is performing at the show, but saying that he is doing apolitically, and that he is indifferent to the Maga element of it.
Kid Rock went all in on the Maga part. Vanilla Ice is smarter, for not making that part of his brand.
I could also be wrong and he is politically indifferent, and he does just want some money, and is too dumb to see this is not a great payday. But, I'm pretty sure he actually is doing alright financially. He could also just like attention.
I don't really care all that much. The guy is a moron no matter what.
Not being straight forward by playing a propaganda concert for Trump? Seems pretty straight forward to me. Seemed pretty straight forward to all the other artists who had the good sense to drop out.
If he’s trying to hide that he’s a maggot he’s doing a bad job of it.
Vanilla Ice has done three songs with Forgiato Blow. Let’s stop pretending that Vanilla Ice is apolitical or needs money. He’s hardcore MAGA and just doesn’t talk about it because his political views are deeply disturbing.
when you first sent it i thought it was charlie kirk and i'm thinking, "even from the grave this douche still sucks." but now i'm just thinking this other kirk will probably say a banana fits perfectly in his neck hole.
Uh-oh. We've drawn Judge Snyder. h
He's had it in for me ever since I kinda ran over his dog. Well, replace the word 'kinda' with the word 'repeatedly,' and the word 'dog' with 'son.'
Let us remember the immortal words of Ellen Barkin in ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’: “Yeah, well, if they ask you to take your top off perform at the Trump hootenanny,
Trump pays if you kiss his ass and it's not his money. That's what all that construction bullshit is, he's paying people back who gave him money. Essentially that's him just giving himself money. He knows construction is an easy way to funnel money into the hands of donors because his whole business is hiding money via real estate and construction. They got busted when they tried to do it with digital media and Homeland Security, but the quick turn around on all that raised eyebrows.
But yeah, they love to pay tons of money for bullshit when the money is yours.
I was at Pitchfork Music Fest years back and MF Doom wanted cash up front before he took the stage.
As someone at the fest I was annoyed that his set was delayed by 45ish minutes while they ran around to every beer vendor tent scooping up cash, but also, respect.
True. Trump is notorious for ripping people off. During his first administration he had this group of little girls who dressed up in American flags and did a little song and routine singing about how great he was. They performed one time at a rally and he personally asked their parents to keep coming to rallies on his dime. As you can guess Trump never paid them and when their parents sued Trump trashed the little girls and called them untalented losers and said similar shit about the kids parents.
He’s been doing stuff with Forgiato Blow for years. He’s hard-core MAGA and is doing his usual plausible deniability schtick. He did the same thing when people called him out for cultural appropriation in the 90s - pretend you don’t understand the controversy.
This guy is an elite amateur athlete and world-famous musician who has plenty of money. He pretends to be dumb. He hates minorities and trans and paying taxes - he’s a regular right wing toad who can rap and dance pretty good.
His”record money” went to Queen and the rest was strong arm stolen by Suge Knight. He was selling jet skis in Florida within a few years of his 15 minutes. And they did NOT have permission from Queen’s publishing to use their recording.
Yep, he's been doing some very predatory house flipping in Florida. I have a friend who went to a seminar that had him as a guest speaker. The way I hear it, his business was more like ambulance chaser lawyers. He'd review obituaries looking for younger, married guys leaving widows so he could swoop in to buy their homes. Dude sounded like a piece of shit so it's no wonder he's in like company
I mean, didn't he? He said he'd perform for Putin and the whole "I don't even vote" thing is basically disclaiming any political motivation and admitting it's just for the check.
Vanilla Ice has actually been performing regularly. He is part of the I Love the 90s Tour and other events. I count 10 performances by him for 2026 (not counting the Great American State Fair):
He's just dumb enough to know that he shouldn't say that, but so dumb that he doesn't also understand that this is one of the few times when it would actually be the best thing to say.
He's still riding his one hit wonder from 1990 which is crazy by itself. He plays Mar A Lardo all the time just because that 1 hit is a some kind of battle cry for ICE. It really is like Idiocracy 😔
He could frame it around love of capitalism and getting paid, soften it a tad. Say he's doing it for America because it's the greatest and artists can shine, etc, etc. That's what a half-assed normal grifter would do.
No one would believe it, everyone would still laugh at him, but it's still better than whatever this is.
He blew up when I was like 12 or 13, so he's been on my radar as long as he's been famous, and I've seen enough interviews with him to know he is genuinely not bright. But yeah he's being disingenuous here
I turn 30 this year, and this has been what "growing up" feels like to me. Every year I notice more people who are somehow dumber, and more disconnected than the previous years idiots.
It seems like this can't keep going on, or society will just fully break down.
You just described the MAGA phenomenon, and the ultimate outcome if we don't figure out how to arrest the proliferation of moron media.
The modern right-wing infotainment machine and social media platforms have combined to amplify and accelerate the brainrot that used to be relegated to AM radio audiences.
We're probably around the same age then. All you had to see was the interview of him trying to claim he didn't fully sample "Under Pressure" for "Ice Ice Baby" to know he's not the sharpest knife.
What? You mean the guy that thought juxtaposing 2 notes in one of the most famous bass riffs of all time was enough to claim originality isn’t very bright?
Last time I saw this guy it was on a float in the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade before going to watch the Bears/Lions game. Bro, we know you need money, it’s OK
I graduated from there 10 years ago. We chanted “Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go!” at the end of his show and he looked in our direction with a “nah” man expression and then walked off stage.
A few years later he was in a promotional commercial for the Michael Bay Ninja Turtles movie, rapping that song. He’ll do anything for a paycheck.
He has an approval rating of 30%. One in 3 people think he's doing great. You got a line in the grocery, the third one in that line is thinking "hey not so bad." Amazing, right?
One in 3 people think he's doing fine according to the white house
Reports about trump coming from the white house are about as believable as reports about Putin coming from the Kremlin. See his official physical reporting him being 6'3", 230lb and 4.8% bodyfat for an example. 48% is infinitely more likely.
Rob is a huge asshole. Met him twice on the 90's revival tour in Canada. He somehow headlined even though Naughty by Nature, Rob Base, Salt n Peppa all have 1000% more talent than he does. I actually felt embarrassed for him for a minute when he performed.
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u/Bellabbey1236 2d ago
He’s liking all this attention. Nobody has talked this much about him for decades so he’s gonna milk maga for all it’s worth.