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Vanilla Ice Defends His Decision to Stay on the Freedom 250 Concert Lineup: ‘You Can’t Pick Your Fans, They Pick You’

In Vanilla Ice’s world, music and politics have nothing to do with each other.

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If we put Rage Against the Machine at one end of the “music is political” horseshoe and Kid Rock at the other, then Vanilla Ice would probably sit dead center. By his own admission, the 90s rapper (real name Robert Van Winkle) doesn’t believe music and politics should mix. For him, he’s there to provide entertainment, pure and simple.

That’s why he’s still on the lineup for the divisive Freedom 250 concert event, even after many artists have backed out. Initially, the concert series was billed as a non-partisan event to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. But after it was revealed that President Trump was heavily involved in backing the event, several artists withdrew from the lineup.

Morris Day & The Time, Young MC, Brett Michaels, The Commodores, and Martina McBride all dropped out when the news broke. Specifically, they claimed they were misled by the booking and were made to believe the event had no political........

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