Florida rapper Vanilla Ice’s 1991 film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze” returns to theaters March 13-19, 2026, for 35th anniversary.
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- Vanilla Ice gained international fame in the 1990s for his hit “Ice Ice Baby” and for appearing in that decade’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” live-action films.
- Vanilla Ice appeared on Fox News with Steve Doocy to talk about the re-release of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II” and showcase his Florida home.
- Vanilla Ice is planning to open a new brewery and restaurant in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.
- Vanilla Ice performs on stage and wrote “Ninja Rap” for the 1991 “Ninja Turtles” movie. There’s a breakout ninja turtle dance in the film.
One of the most famous rappers in the world calls Florida home.
Vanilla Ice, the iconic rapper who gained international fame in the 1990s for “Ice Ice Baby,” has many ties to the Sunshine State.
He’s back in theaters with his cult classic movie, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.” The 1991 family film returns to 2,000 theaters nationwide Friday through Thursday, March 13-19, 2026, via Fathom Entertainment. Though the event marks the 35th anniversary of the original live-action “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film series, Vanilla Ice considers himself “forever a teenager,” or so he mentioned in an Instagram post to promote the film.
His appearance in the live-action movie about four teenaged turtles with mad martial arts skills and a Sensei rat named Splinter followed his global hit “Ice Ice Baby.” In “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze,” Vanilla Ice performs on stage as a rapper and wrote the song, “Ninja Rap,” for the movie. There’s even a breakout ninja turtle dance.
The rapper, whose real name is Rob Van Winkle, lives in Palm Beach County, Florida, and over the years, he’s renovated homes here for his popular HGTV and DIY Network show, “The Vanilla Ice Project.”
Currently touring with other stars from the 1990s, Vanilla Ice is also planning to open a new brewery and restaurant in Lake Worth Beach.
–Vanilla Ice gained international fame in the 1990s for his hit “Ice Ice Baby” and for appearing in that decade’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” live-action films.
On March 11, 2026, he appeared on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” with Steve Doocy to talk about the re-release of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II” and showcase his Florida home, which was featured on season 2 of his HGTV show.
Below is the video and a transcript of the interview, which has been edited for length, courtesy of Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends.”
Vanilla Ice lives in Florida. See his home, classic car collection in Fox News video
Steve Doocy, Fox News host: “Welcome to Palm Beach. This mansion belongs to the fastest-selling hip-hop artist of all time. You’ve heard his records a million times.”
Doocy introduces Vanilla Ice as Rob Van Winkle.
Vanilla Ice: “Much better than my real name. That’s cooler, right?”
Doocy admires the home, particularly the big window. Van Winkle mentions he built the house during “The Vanilla Ice Project” on the HGTV Network. They browse the “trophy room.”
Doocy: “Because your song, ‘Ice Ice Baby,’ was at the top of the charts just a couple of weeks ago, thanks to the Olympics.
Vanilla Ice: “I can’t believe it. It actually went No. 1 36 years later. I thought it was fake. My friends were calling me up. … And I’m like, did you guys print this up with AI or something, you know? And then more kept coming in, and I’m like, oh my God, it’s real?”
“It went, you know, gold, which is 500,000 and a million, and it went on and on. And it’s over a billion records now.”
Doocy: “A billion.”
Vanilla Ice: “A billion. And it’s crazy. I mean, and now after going number one 36 years later, I guess I’m the oldest teenager in town.”
Doocy: “So if you sold over a billion songs, obviously that set you for life, right?”
Vanilla Ice: “You would think so. You know, I mean, it does me well. It does great. But, you know, I’m not a guy that sits still. And I’ve actually done better with my TV show even, you know, the nine seasons, over 100 million viewers, and the ‘Vanilla Ice Project,’ and the construction, and, you know, it’s all artistry. So I love showcasing all that as well.
“But I didn’t think 36 years later my song would go No. 1 again. So I’ve been building real estate.”
Doocy: “No kidding. That is a beautiful, beautiful house.”
“And as the story goes, you were doing that house right there −”
Vanilla Ice: “Yes.”
Doocy: “−on your TV show, and you went over to the neighbor’s house. That one?”
Vanilla Ice: “Yes.”
Doocy: “Knocked on the door?”
Vanilla Ice: “He was mowing the grass. And I said, ‘I want to make an offer on your house.’ And he goes, ‘no, we just moved in. We put a new roof and air conditioner in.’ And I said, ‘I’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse.’ He said, ‘that’s OK.'”
“As soon as I drove out and around, he chased me down. He said, ‘my wife wants to talk to you.’ I went in and said, ‘I’ll give you a hundred grand more than the house is worth. You do the appraisal.’ And she shook my hand and we walked out and I flattened it about a week later with a bulldozer and built that.”
Doocy mentions the rapper’s building a family compound, three houses and a pickleball court. There’s also space for his personal helicopter and his impressive car collection.
Vanilla Ice: “Yes. So I normally keep the helicopter in here, but my car collection got a little crazy. So I’ve got Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s first race car when he was 21 back there. … The blue one. I’ve got Dean Martin’s car, which the Rat Pack has been in. Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Monroe, even Elvis Presley. He loaned it to him. He parked it on the golf course out there in Vegas for a week and forgot about it because you could legally drive drunk back then. And in ’56, they went back and found it, the groundskeeper, and they said he forgot where he left it.
“And Dean went and picked it up, and it’s still in great condition. Dick Vermeule’s car, 48 Hours’ car, Nick Nolte’s car. This is my celebrity garage.”
Doocy: “So how did you go from being a hip-hop artist to a guy who builds houses like that?”
Vanilla Ice: “You know what it is? You find a passion, and you don’t plan it. You don’t plan it.
“You just say, you know what, this is fun, and you enjoy doing it, so you absorb it. And you know, my house got tore up in Hurricane Andrew on Star Island, and I just finished paying these designers a lot of money. So instead of doing it all again, I said, well, I kind of followed them around and learned from them.
“And then I went to design school and learned how to do it, and I sold that to Brayman. And they bought that house from me, and they said, it’s great. We’re not going to change anything.”
Doocy: “Yes.”
Vanilla Ice: “And I got rewarded, like, you know, this is an amazing thing that they actually like what I did. So it just went on and on, and I built, you know, 50, 60 houses.”
Doocy: “See, a lot of people probably thought you made all your money with the records, but that’s not the case. And now you do all this stuff, and this house was in season two.”
Vanilla Ice: “Yep.”
Doocy: “And this right here is a very famous firehouse pole.”
Vanilla Ice: “Fire pole. This pays homage to the 343 fallen firefighters. So this was given to me by General Spacey, Brad Spacey, from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
“I did a couple favors for them. They gave me this in return, and they gave me that plaque over there, and this came from a firehouse in New York City.”
Doocy: “And right there in the middle of the pool, I see the Cupid, because you are all about love.”
Vanilla Ice: “Love is everything in life to me. That is my religion. I live off love.
“I know it’s real, and you don’t have to die to find out. It’s just here in front of you, and the more love we have in this world, the better the world is.”
Doocy: “This is the theater, the Ice Palace − and I see this poster over here, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.’ This is coming back to the theaters, right?”
Vanilla Ice: “It is. So, March 13th through the 19th (2026), it’s in over 2,000 theaters nationwide, and I’m going to have my popcorn, and I’m going to be with my kids and be a teenager.”
Doocy: “And you’ve also got a brewery you’re opening?”
Vanilla Ice: “I got a brewery, the Vanilla Ice Brewery, downtown (Lake Worth Beach, Florida), four stories. … Vanilla Ice Brewery opening soon.”
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