Rapper Vanilla Ice is set to perform at a 2,500-capacity concert in Texas on Friday despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the state.
The singer, known for his popular 1990 song, "Ice Ice Baby," is throwing the throwback Fourth of July weekend celebration in Austin, with its theme rooted in nostalgia during the global pandemic. "I can’t wait to get back to this," the rapper wrote on Instagram on Sunday, with his post including video of a screaming crowd at a packed venue. "The 90s were the best.
We didn’t have coronavirus, or cell phones, or computers. We had 5.0‘s, blockbuster, Beavis and Butthead, Wayne’s World, Chris Tucker, and Jackie Chan.