Better known by his stage name of Vanilla Ice, South Florida raised Robert Matthew Van Winkle burst into popular culture with his 1990 super hit Ice Ice Baby, the first hip hoop single to top the Billboard charts. Over the years, his career has evolved, most recently into television as the host of a DIY show The Vanilla Ice Project. He is still best remembered, however, for Ice Ice Baby and its ever classic line, “word to your mother.”
Other Vanilla Ice Resources:
- Vanilla Ice Website
- Twitter Account
- Wikipedia
- Facebook Page
- Vanilla Ice Project TV Show
- News re Arrest for Burglary
- News re Dismissal (for Burglary)
What is the relationship of this to commercial real estate in Miami? Truth is, there isn’t much of one, other than the attention Vanilla Ice brought to South Florida and in turn to the prospect of doing business here, all of which is good for commercial real estate. A case could be made that Vanilla Ice was small part of a chain of exposure, both positive and negative, but exposure nonetheless, that put Miami “on the map” and thus served as a foundation for future explosive growth. If there is one thing that is universally good for commercial real estate, it is explosive growth.
Word to your broker. Dah dah dah da da da da.