Vanilla Ice, one of the few artists who didn’t bail on Trump’s Great American State Fair, didn’t end up performing anyway due to weather.
About two hours before the rapper was scheduled to hit the stage of the Great American State for an “I Love the 90s” concert, organizers pulled the plug because of weather. Rains made some of Freedom 250’s events, including Vanilla Ice’s performance, unsafe, organizers said.
The “Ice Ice Baby” rapper had stuck with the Great American State Fair, put together by Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 organization, even as nearly every other performer backed out within days of the bill being announced. Artists expressed they were misled about the event being nonpartisan. Martina McBride, Young MC, The Commodores, Morris Day & The Time, Bret Michaels, C+C Music Factory, and Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli all exited. Flo Rida is still scheduled to perform on July 2nd.
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Vanilla Ice had defended sticking with the Great American State Fair, saying his performance wasn’t about politics but bringing people together through music. He also had big plans for the gig, telling The Atlantic he planned to be joined on stage by 15-foot Autobots from the Transformers franchise and all four Ninja Turtles.
The Great American State Fair, a 16-day event meant to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial celebration, commenced Wednesday at the national mall in Washington D.C. With so many cancellations, Trump and his team rearranged the opening day as more of a political rally.
All that’s not to mention many of the musicians were booked to play the Freedom 250 event by an agent coincidentally named Jeff Epstein.
