Vanilla Ice's Surprising Bond with Pablo Escobar: Boats, Adventures, and Unlikely Friendships
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Vanilla Ice revealed in an interview that he was friends with Pablo Escobar and the Cocaine Cowboys in the 90s, frequently hanging out at Escobar's home on Star Island in Miami Beach. Ice described their friendship as casual, with boat racing being their common interest. He admitted to not knowing who Escobar really was until questioned by the FBI, and expressed his admiration for Escobar's boat racing ventures. Escobar was later killed in 1993 by local authorities in Colombia.
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