American rapper and home improvement television personality, Robert Matthew Van Winkle, best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice has an estimated net worth of $18 million. With his hit single “Ice Ice Baby” and its accompanying album, To the Extreme, Vanilla Ice became the second white rapper to top the charts. “Ice Ice Baby” became a number one hit late in 1990, thanks to the pulsating bass riff from David Bowie and Queen’s “Under Pressure.” To the Extreme also went to the top of the charts, spending 16 weeks at number one and selling over seven million copies. Ice began filming a feature film, Cool as Ice, in the spring of 1990, but by the time the film came out in the fall, his star had fallen dramatically. In 2009, Van Winkle began hosting The Vanilla Ice Project on DIY Network. His latest album WTF – Widsom, Tenacity & Focus is set to be released sometime in 2011. Vanilla Ice was born Robert Matthew Van Winkle was born in Dallas, Texas.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2010 |
Asset |
The value of Vanilla Ice’s home in Miami Beach |
$14,900,000 |
|
1990 |
Salary |
The value of Vanilla Ice’s home in Miami Beach |
$1,000,000 |
|
1990 |
Salary |
Salary in the film Cool As Ice |
$1,000,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated Earnings from To The Extreme Album Sales (15 Million Copies) |
$16,400,000 |
|
1989 |
Asset |
Amount for which he bought the publishing rights to “Under Pressure” in 1990 from Queen and David Bowie to settle the lawsuit over unauthorized sampling of the main bass line for his own hit song “Ice Ice Baby”. |
$4,000,000 |