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title: Vanilla Ice & Others Honoured by The Smithsonian
author: Chris Z
published: 2017-11-13
modified: 2017-11-13
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# Vanilla Ice & Others Honoured by The Smithsonian

Vanilla Ice’s classic 1990 single *Ice Ice Baby*has probably been attempted in every karaoke bar known to man. But what most people don’t know is that the massive hit was the first hip-hop single ever to top the Billboard charts.

Despite the rapper short-lived super-stardom, the song made a huge impact on pop culture and is now set to be honored by the world renowned, The Smithsonian museum.

It will be honored as part of nine-CD set, titled *Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap*. Although the entire 120-song playlist has yet to be divulged *Ice Ice Baby* is among the tracks featured.

Others include:

**6 ‘N The Mornin’* – Ice-T
 I Need Love* – LL Cool J
 *Doo Wop (That Thing)* – Lauryn Hill
 **That’s The Joint* – The Funky 4 + 1**Walk This Way* – Run-DMC
 *Rapper’s Delight* – Sugarhill Gang
 Fight The Power – Public Enemy

In addition to the CDs, the collection will include a 300-page book and iconic photos from the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which credits hip-hop the same way Smithsonian Folkways has highlighted folk, jazz, blues and music from around the globe.

*Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap* is slated to drop in 2018.

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