""Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" -- if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold." It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg." "Vanilla Ice -- that's cold.""

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Source: Catching Up With... Vanilla Ice. Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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Vanilla Ice is a rapper and television personality known for his hit 'Ice Ice Baby' and his influence on hip-hop culture in the 1990s.

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