Vanilla Ice exploded onto the rap music scene in 1990 with the smash single "Ice Ice Baby". Despite his suburban up-bringing, Vanilla Ice tried to pass himself off as a "kid from the streets" to appeal towards the loyal rap audience. As it turned out, he acheived most of his success from the mainstream pop audience, and it was not long before his career hit a dead end, with most people veiwing him as a fraud.
Cool as Ice (1991): 1,000,000

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991] Current girlfriend owns a Miami surf-shop. The shop is called "To The Extreme", named after Vanilla Ice's first album. Owns 20 Yamaha sport bikes, 15 jetskis and a speedboat. Was sued by Queen and David Bowie for using a part of the popular song Under Pressure in his song Ice Ice Baby. [1990] Dropped out of R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton, Texas. His 1991 hit "Ice Ice Baby" is the first rap single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Shares a birthday with Adam Horowitz, better known as Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys. A former Florida state motocross champion. Daughter Dusti Rain, born in 1998 Daughter KeeLee Breeze, born 2000 In 1998, he played a free concert in Birmingham, Alabama to promote a thrash metal version of "Ice Ice Baby". During the show he threw copies of his album into the audience and the audience responded by throwing them back.