Multiple artists have dropped out of the Donald Trump-backed “Freedom 250” festival this summer. But Vanilla Ice is sticking to his guns and plans to keep his gig at the D.C. event.
According to Vanilla Ice, “music is not political” — and he said he would perform for Russian president Vladimir Putin if given the chance.
“I don’t even vote, so I don’t even care,” the rapper in an interview with TMZ posted Friday. Vanilla Ice said that if former President Joe Biden called up asked him to perform, “I’d go play. It’s not a big thing. You you play for your fans. You know, we don’t get a chance to pick our fans. They pick us. And I’ll go play for Putin and I’ll play in Iran if you want. It don’t matter.”
Vanilla Ice is currently one of just two acts to have confirmed they were still playing the Freedom 250 festival, alongside Fab Morvan of 1980s duo Milli Vanilli.
Five 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&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.
