{"id":348421,"date":"2026-06-02T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/vanilla-ice-on-why-he-still-plans-to-perform-at-freedom-250-concert\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T00:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:00:05","slug":"vanilla-ice-on-why-he-still-plans-to-perform-at-freedom-250-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/vanilla-ice-on-why-he-still-plans-to-perform-at-freedom-250-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla Ice on why he still plans to perform at Freedom 250 concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vZ8W42dCVQk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Vanilla Ice on why he still plans to perform at Freedom 250 concert\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZ8W42dCVQk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Rapper Vanilla Ice tells CNN&#8217;s Brianna Keilar about his decision to perform at the Great American State Fair after several performing artists pulled out of the event&#8217;s concert series, saying they were misled about its political associations. 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