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Vanilla Ice was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 3, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
April 20, 2010	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
February 10, 2026	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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British Reality series, The Farm

He appeared in the British reality TV series The Farm, something on this should be added.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.243.57 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 3 May 2005

Wrestler

According to the juggalo championship wrestling page, he wrestler with them, which I think is just funny, but should probably be included somewhere.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.35.35 (talk • contribs) 08:29, 7 July 2006

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Someone should edit the part about the balcony incident.

from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/02/16/DI2006021601769.html?nav=nsc:

"Did you or did you not get dangled off the balcony by Suge Knight. Let's get the truth.

Vanilla Ice: No. I did not. It was kind of funny -- when they take a little bit of truth in the media. If it's not exciting, they polish it up a bit. I was on the balcony and had signed over a lot of contractual money to him and felt like I did the right thing. In a weird way, he was nice but firm with me. He took me to the balcony and talked to me... but it's funny how the story gets turned around... I'm wondering how that story got changed around."

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.211.208.19 (talk • contribs) 07:14, 11 August 2006

ninja turtle

I heard that he was made an honorary ninja turtle for the ninja rap in TMNTII, but the scource was a cracked article, if someone could look into this that would be great. this is the link to the article http://www.cracked.com/article_20317_the-7-most-wtf-post-fame-careers-famous-musicians.html

GA Reassessment

Vanilla Ice

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Result: Delisted. TompaDompa (talk) 20:32, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is an orange "more sources needed" banner at the top of the "Band members" section. Other sections, such as "Awards" and "Filmography" are also uncited. IMDB is used as a source in the article which should be removed, and Youtube/Amazon sources should be checked to ensure they are appropriate to use. There are uncited statements in the article. Z1720 (talk) 14:54, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delist. No major edits to the article since GAR was posted. Concerns remain. Z1720 (talk) 01:29, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

breaking down barriers

The intro paragraph currently has this sentence:

He is credited with breaking down racial barriers in rap and hip-hop for future white rappers, most notably Eminem.

There are two citations for this. The first does not at any point credit him with breaking down racial barriers for white rappers; the closest is a discussion of how white rock and roll musicians "wrested rock ‘n’ roll away from the music’s black founders in the ‘50s and ‘60s". The majority of the article is highly dismissive of Mr. Ice's musical talents. The second contains a quotation by Vanilla Ice giving himself credit for "carv[ing] a way" for white rappers.

These sources seem like thin evidence that Mr. Ice is widely credited as a pioneering trailblazer for white rappers.

I suggest revising or removing that sentence. ~2026-32497-85 (talk) 11:21, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]