Amber Rose did a parody of Vanilla Ice‘s hit hip-hop classic at the Republican National Convention — and if you’re wondering if the man himself is bent outta shape about … well, we have an answer.
Vanilla tells TMZ … he does indeed have ownership rights to “Ice Ice Baby” — the track that Amber and rapper Forgiato Blow spoofed to promo their support of Donald Trump at the convention this week — and VI notes he didn’t approve the track to be used for GOP purposes.
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He goes on to tell us that the publishing company that also holds rights to the song didn’t clear it either — which is why it got yanked off of YouTube … but in terms of whether Vanilla is actually upset about it … it doesn’t really sound like he is.
As he explains … he ain’t really all that political — noting he doesn’t vote and never has — and goes on to say he’s got friends on both sides of the aisle … so he walks the line.
Vanilla Ice also tells us he’ll perform for anyone willing to cut him a check … saying if Joe Biden‘s family wanted to book for him a gig, he’d be there in a heartbeat. In the same breath, Vanilla says he got a kick out of the fact ‘IIB’ got played to hype up DT.
As it turns out … Vanilla says DT is actually a pal of his — telling us he’s been his neighbor in Palm Beach for years, noting he knows the family and thinks they’re wonderful people.
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Vanilla says he just does his thing and stays in the ’90s … and that’s exactly where he wants to be. Of course, Amber herself is on a different wavelength these days — she’s gone full MAGA and is proud of it.
As we all saw … she delivered a speech at the RNC, and seemed to be well-received among the Trumpers/Republicans.
When it comes to Vanilla’s POV on all that though … sounds like he’s keeping that outta his mouth.