Vanilla Ice. Words that follow are “Ice, Ice Baby” and that’s pretty much all the acknowledgment you need to give the “rapper.” If it weren’t already bad enough for him to sample Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” (and not give credit or royalties to them because of a “single note”), the one hit wonder has stooped to even more ridiculous activity that was probably set out to make him more “gangsta.”
Apparently, Vanilla Ice performed a stunt that involved him jumping a ‘67 Cadillac through a “wall” of fire and into a lake. Oh, did we mention this was for his TV show called The Vanilla Ice Project where he renovates and flips houses in Palm Beach?
Yeah, we know. The stunt is completely unrelated to anything on his show. However, according to On The Red Carpet, Vanilla Ice and his team have been promoting the long-waited stunt on radio stations. We’re not sure why because we hear he had quite the difficult time getting permission to even film the event and numerous complaints from the fire and sheriff’s departments and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been made. Yet, it looks like they didn’t stop him because the show is set to air in September and we’ve actually got footage of the “epic” stunt below.
What actually happens in this video? Well, the wall of fire turned out to be more like a line of fire and the Cadillac – which appears to say things such as “Vanilla Ice” and “Ricky Bobby” on the side – sinks into the lake with the rapper inside. Oh, and there was confetti. After a few seconds of waiting, the rapper does crawl out of his seat belt and surfaces on top of the water but we definitely weren’t impressed. “That’s what I’m talking about! Where’s that Cadillac?” Uh… in the water, buddy. (Perhaps this is why he thought the “Ice, Ice Baby” sample sounded different.)