If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
Vanilla IceI have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
Vanilla IceAll my friends were black and Mexican. I was the only white kid in our group and had to work hard to be accepted. Year after year, we'd breakdance and we all became close and they labeled me "Vanilla" - like "Hey, Vanilla" and they knew I hated it, so of course they kept calling me it.
Vanilla IceI turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?
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