{"id":1021,"date":"2026-05-30T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:09:25","slug":"vanilla-ice-defends-plans-to-perform-at-trump-white-houses-freedom-250-ill-go-play-for-putin-and-ill-play-in-iran-if-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla Ice Defends Plans to Perform at Trump White House\u2019s \u2018Freedom 250\u2019: \u2018I\u2019ll Go Play for Putin and I\u2019ll Play in Iran if You Want\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tMultiple artists have dropped out of the Donald Trump-backed \u201cFreedom 250\u201d festival this summer. But Vanilla Ice is sticking to his guns and plans to keep his gig at the D.C. event.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1019\">Where to Watch Dmitry Bivol vs. Michael Eifert Boxing Live Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAccording to Vanilla Ice, \u201cmusic is not political\u201d \u2014 and he said he would perform for Russian president Vladimir Putin if given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t even vote, so I don\u2019t even care,\u201d the rapper in an interview with TMZ posted Friday. Vanilla Ice said that if former President Joe Biden called up asked him to perform, \u201cI\u2019d go play. It\u2019s not a big thing. You play for your fans. You know, we don\u2019t get a chance to pick our fans. They pick us. And I\u2019ll go play for Putin and I\u2019ll play in Iran if you want. It don\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVanilla Ice is currently one of just two acts to have confirmed they were still performing at the Freedom 250 festival, alongside Fab Morvan of the 1980s duo Milli Vanilli.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFive of the nine acts originally announced by Freedom 250 have officially announced they were dropping out: Bret Michaels, Young MC, Morris Day, Martina McBride and The Commodores. Meanwhile, Freedom Williams of C&amp;C Music Factory said he was considering potentially dropping out but that he was inclined to do the gig. So far only, of lineup of nine artists previously announced, only Flo Rida has not weighed in on the Freedom 250 festival.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVanilla Ice (real name: Robert Van Winkle) is a one-hit wonder whose single \u201cIce Ice Baby\u201d topped the charts nearly 36 years ago. He\u2019s currently scheduled to perform June 26\u00a0at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1017\">Shanghai Film Festival Unveils Golden Goblet Competition Selection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAbout performing at Freedom 250, Vanilla Ice said, \u201cI\u2019m here to party with America, man. Music is made to bring people together, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re here to do, man. We\u2019re just going to represent the \u201990s. I don\u2019t take anything too serious. I don\u2019t think anybody else should. I think that we should just dance. You know, it\u2019s life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and you got to get out and pursue it with dance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cYou know, it\u2019s all about not taking anything too serious, man,\u201d the rapped said in the interview. \u201cAnd everybody\u2019s opinionated and it seems like the world is like a snow globe today. It\u2019s all shaken up, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVanilla Ice continued: \u201cI\u2019m from the \u201980s and \u201990s. We didn\u2019t take all this mess so serious\u2026 We had fanny packs and ripped our back seats out and put in subwoofers. Come on, man. This is a celebration of America 250, the birthday of our country that we were born in. Come on. Enjoy the dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s just music,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat\u2019s the big deal, man? 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