Editing Vanilla Ice (section)

=== Feuds ===
In 1991, 3rd Bass released a single called "[[Pop Goes the Weasel (3rd Bass song)|Pop Goes the Weasel]]", and in the lyrics comparing Ice unfavorably to [[Elvis Presley]]. The song's music video featured [[Henry Rollins]] as Ice, who is depicted as being assaulted by 3rd Bass. Ice responded to "Pop Goes the Weasel" with his 1992 song "The Wrath".<ref>{{cite book|last=Hess|first=Mickey|title=Is Hip Hop Dead?|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-99461-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ishiphopdeadpast00hess_0/page/117 117–118]|chapter=White Rappers|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/ishiphopdeadpast00hess_0/page/117}}</ref> [[Del tha Funkee Homosapien]] referred to Ice in the lyrics of "Pissin' on Your Steps", which appeared on his 1991 debut album ''[[I Wish My Brother George Was Here]]''. Similar to 'Pop Goes the Weasel', the song negatively makes a connection between Ice and Elvis, while saying Ice alongside MC Hammer are mocking hip hop by being commercial.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Perkins|first1=William Eric|title=Droppin' Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture|year=1996|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=1-56639-362-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/droppinsciencecr0000unse/page/37 37]|chapter=The rap attack|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/droppinsciencecr0000unse/page/37}}</ref> Vanilla Ice answered back to most of his critics in the song "Hit 'em Hard".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lyrics007.com/Vanilla%20Ice%20Lyrics/Hit%27em%20hard%20Lyrics.html |title=Vanilla Ice - Hit'em hard Lyrics |publisher=Lyrics007.com |date=November 23, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122162447/http://www.lyrics007.com/Vanilla%20Ice%20Lyrics/Hit%27em%20hard%20Lyrics.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Eminem]] has often name-dropped Vanilla Ice in his songs. Starting during taped freestyles he did with rapper [[Proof (rapper)|Proof]] in 1992 where they performed against each other portraying Ice and MC Hammer, respectively. In his first single "[[Just Don't Give a Fuck]]", Eminem mentions Ice alongside [[Everlast (musician)|Everlast]], boasting in a playful manner that he is a better rapper. In "Role Model", Eminem says he ripped out Vanilla Ice's dreadlocks. Ice responded in a magazine interview with ''Vibe'' saying that Eminem "raps like a girl".<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 1999 |title=13 Ways Of Looking At A Whiteboy |journal=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |volume=7 |issue=5 |page=120 |issn=1070-4701 }}</ref> While neither Vanilla Ice nor Eminem look at their responses as an actual beef, Eminem did reply to Vanilla Ice's quote quote in his song "Marshall Mathers" which also featured a verbal attack on the Insane Clown Posse. Eminem mentioned Ice again in the song "[[Purple Pills]]" in 2001, which caused Vanilla Ice's only response in song. On his album ''[[Bi-Polar (Vanilla Ice album)|Bi-Polar]]'', Ice mentions Eminem in a positive light ("Hip Hop Rules") and in a negative light ("Exhale"), however, Ice stated that he has no bad feelings towards Eminem. In a 2002 interview, Vanilla Ice stated that he thought Eminem's references were flattering, going on to say "I give him credit, I think he's talented, I think he's a killer rapper, you know I don't compare myself to him because he's another white rapper, I don't compare myself to any other rapper period, I don't colorize hip hop, it's stupid, but for people who are doing that are just looking through the eyes of a racial standpoint, and it really shouldn't be looked at that way, you're looking at two musicians that are in a broad brand of hip hop, so you don't need to compare us two. Following me, any white rapper is going to have to hear 'oh, you think you're Vanilla Ice?', so I am sure he's heard that."<ref name="Jason Joseph">{{cite news |title=Throwback Interview: Vanilla Ice |url=http://www.shockblastmedia.com/2010/08/throwback-interview-vanilla-ice/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508093854/http://www.shockblastmedia.com/2010/08/throwback-interview-vanilla-ice/ |archive-date=May 8, 2012 |work=Shockblast Media|year=2002 |access-date=August 29, 2010 }}</ref> In April 2009, Ice appeared in the music video for Eminem's song "[[We Made You]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rapdirt.com/eminem-we-made-you-video/18620/ |title=Eminem 'We Made You' Video |publisher=rapdirt.com |date=April 7, 2009 |access-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-date=April 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416082614/http://rapdirt.com/eminem-we-made-you-video/18620/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2023, Ice told [[VladTV]] that Eminem would be "stupid" to not acknowledge his influence on him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Remy |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Vanilla Ice says Eminem would be idiot to deny his influence over him |url=https://southpawers.com/2023/11/28/vanilla-ice-eminem-new-interview/ |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=Southpawer |language=en-US}}</ref>