Hip-hop’s pioneering female crew are ready to party like it’s the 1990s at Rock the Park this summer.

So is Vanilla Ice, who joins the women of Salt-N-Pepa in headlining an I Love the ’90s tour stop during Rock the Park 2017 at Harris Park, the festival announced Tuesday.

The multi-artist tour brings back some of the most popular acts from the 1990s for one night of nostalgia. Young MC and Color Me Badd are among the others on the July 14 bill.

Rock the Park runs July 12-15, with the other nights set for country and rock acts that are still be announced.

Grammy-winning Salt-N-Pepa consists of Cheryl (Salt) James and Sandy (Pepa) Denton and Deidre (Dee Dee) Roper a.k.a. DJ Spinderella.

Billed as the first-ever female hip-hop crew, Salt-N-Pepa has such hits asPush It, Tramp, Shake Your Thang, Shoop and Whatta Man.

Shoop recently wound up on theDeadpoolsoundtrack — and the film’s star Ryan Reynolds is glad his first choice for Deadpool’s signature song was too expensive for the movie, because Shoop turned out to be much better.

Reynolds always envisioned Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl would be his character’s jam, but he had to rethink his musical direction when producers informed him they couldn’t afford to use the song.

Instead, he opted for Salt-N-Pepa’s Shoop.

Reynolds tells Entertainment Weekly: “We got Shoop instead because it was less expensive, but also it was so much better for the movie.”

Rock the Park added a hip-hop night for the first time in 2016.

“After last year’s huge success with Flo Rida and Nelly, with over 9,000 people in (Harris Park), we wanted to keep the party going into 2017. With that, we feel that we have an amazing night ahead of us with eight great acts playing all the (1990s’) hits on one main stage,” said Brad Jones, president of the Jones Entertainment Group, which helms Rock the Park.

In other major outdoor concert news Tuesday, the Orillia-area Boots and Hearts 2017 added a headliner, Brantley Gilbert, along with Brett Eldredge and Dan + Shay to its Aug. 10-13 lineup. These country stars join previously announced headliners Keith Urban and Luke Bryan. Boots and Hearts is set for Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte.

Meanwhile, the Celtic rock warriors with Alvinston-area ties known as the Mudmen play a Victory Legion hall’s fundraiser for homeless veterans on March 11.

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IF YOU GO

What: Selected details about recent concert announcements, including major fest details unveiled Tuesday. Prices plus applicable charges.

Mudmen: March 11, doors open at 7 p.m. Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 317 (Victory Legion), 311 Oakland Ave., London. $15 advance, $20 at door. Visit mudmen.ca or call 519-455-2331.

Rock the Park 2017: July 14, gates at 4:30 p.m. Salt-N-Pepa, Vanilla Ice, Naughty By Nature, Rob Base, Color Me Badd, All 4 One, C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams and Young MC. Harris Park. Tickets, $49, $99, plus applicable charges, go on public sale Saturday. Visit rockthepark.ca or call 519-672-1967.

Boots and Hearts: Aug. 10-13. Burl's Creek Event Grounds, Oro-Medonte. $250, $600. For other ticket prices and information, visit bootsandhearts.com

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