The Vanilla Ice Project is an American reality television series on the DIY Network. It is hosted by handyman and rapper Rob Van Winkle a.k.a. Vanilla Ice who has experience with home improvement and flipping since the 1990s buying houses in his early twenties and getting more into home improvement starting in 1998. Season 2 of The Vanilla Ice Project premiered on January 21, 2012 and features a new house and more up-to-date and state-of-the-art improvements.