Everyone has heard a Vanilla Ice song, and it’s probably the same one. Even if you don’t know who Vanilla Ice is by name, you would know by recognizing his enormous 90s hit, “Ice Ice Baby.” Vanilla Ice was so popular in the early 90s, his song “Ice Ice Baby” was the first hip hop song to ever top the Billboard charts. Some say that after the Beastie Boys and House of Pain, Vanilla Ice was just the third white rapper to achieve this level of mainstream success.
With all that said, how did Vanilla Ice go from chart-topping success to being an underground music star who performs at Gathering of the Juggalos?
Truth be told, Vanilla Ice always considered himself edgier and more of the underground music breed than his label and fans ever did. In fact, Vanilla Ice’s history will show you that he started getting into hip hop and break dancing in the mid 80s long before it was popular. Vanilla Ice’s nickname, Vanilla, came from his underground music friends because he was the only non African-American member of their friend group.
So really, it’s almost ironic that the once underground music maven would find his way to the top of the billboard charts. But even as unpredictable as that turn of events is, it doesn’t come close to outdoing how seemingly random Vanilla Ice’s collaboration with Detroic horror rap outfit Insane Clown Posse and their festival, Gathering of the Juggalos, is.
For those who are unfamiliar with Insane Clown Posse or Gathering of the Juggalos, just know that both are about as far as one can travel from the top of the charts and still call it music. I don’t say that to mean that ICP and Gathering of the Juggalos aren’t successful – in fact, they’re both enormously lucrative – but rather to mean hat sonically, one will never see an ICP at #1 on the billboard charts or see genuine coverage of Gathering of the Juggalos on MTV, VH1, or any other music television network.
However, Vanilla Ice and ICP, and those who attend Gathering of the Juggalos all have one very important trait in common: misunderstanding.
As mentioned above, Vanilla Ice always felt that his music was misconstrued as more mainstream than he wanted it to be. Believe it or not, his record label actually fabricated a biography that they deemed more appealing to the mainstream.
The same misunderstanding is felt well by Juggalos, or fans of underground music group Insane Clown Posse at Gathering of the Juggalos. They don’t feel properly understood, and bond over this fact when ever in touch with one another. Knowing that, it makes much sense that Vanilla Ice would choose to collaborate with underground music group ICP at their festival, The Gathering of the Juggalos.
So look deeper before you judge, there’s many layers to ever underground music artist’s career!
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Vanilla Ice once topped the billboard charts but now collaborates with underground music groups like Insane Clown Posse and at underground music festivals like Gathering of the Juggalos. To learn more about Gathering of the Juggalos, please visit http://insaneclownposse.com.
With all that said, how did Vanilla Ice go from chart-topping success to being an underground music star who performs at Gathering of the Juggalos?
Truth be told, Vanilla Ice always considered himself edgier and more of the underground music breed than his label and fans ever did. In fact, Vanilla Ice’s history will show you that he started getting into hip hop and break dancing in the mid 80s long before it was popular. Vanilla Ice’s nickname, Vanilla, came from his underground music friends because he was the only non African-American member of their friend group.
So really, it’s almost ironic that the once underground music maven would find his way to the top of the billboard charts. But even as unpredictable as that turn of events is, it doesn’t come close to outdoing how seemingly random Vanilla Ice’s collaboration with Detroic horror rap outfit Insane Clown Posse and their festival, Gathering of the Juggalos, is.
For those who are unfamiliar with Insane Clown Posse or Gathering of the Juggalos, just know that both are about as far as one can travel from the top of the charts and still call it music. I don’t say that to mean that ICP and Gathering of the Juggalos aren’t successful – in fact, they’re both enormously lucrative – but rather to mean hat sonically, one will never see an ICP at #1 on the billboard charts or see genuine coverage of Gathering of the Juggalos on MTV, VH1, or any other music television network.
However, Vanilla Ice and ICP, and those who attend Gathering of the Juggalos all have one very important trait in common: misunderstanding.
As mentioned above, Vanilla Ice always felt that his music was misconstrued as more mainstream than he wanted it to be. Believe it or not, his record label actually fabricated a biography that they deemed more appealing to the mainstream.
The same misunderstanding is felt well by Juggalos, or fans of underground music group Insane Clown Posse at Gathering of the Juggalos. They don’t feel properly understood, and bond over this fact when ever in touch with one another. Knowing that, it makes much sense that Vanilla Ice would choose to collaborate with underground music group ICP at their festival, The Gathering of the Juggalos.
So look deeper before you judge, there’s many layers to ever underground music artist’s career!
Resource Box
Vanilla Ice once topped the billboard charts but now collaborates with underground music groups like Insane Clown Posse and at underground music festivals like Gathering of the Juggalos. To learn more about Gathering of the Juggalos, please visit http://insaneclownposse.com.
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