Key facts
- Vanilla Ice hopes to perform at a Trump rally in Washington.
- The rally is scheduled to mark America's 250th birthday.
- The event was announced after other artists withdrew from a planned concert.
Rapper Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robert Van Winkle, said on Thursday that he hopes to perform at an upcoming rally in Washington D.C. announced by President Trump. This event is one of several planned to commemorate America's 250th birthday. The announcement of Trump's rally came after several artists withdrew their participation from a different planned concert, the 'Great American State Fair.'