“All 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.”

“All 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 Ice