Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice rose to fame with his hit single "Ice Ice Baby" and album To the Extreme, becoming the second white rapper to top the charts. Despite lacking street credibility, he claimed a violent gangster past to bolster his image. The album spent 16 weeks at number one and sold over seven million copies, but his subsequent releases, like Mind Blowin' in 1994 and attempts to reinvent his style in albums like Hard to Swallow (1998) and Bipolar (2001), failed to capture the public's interest, leading to a decline in his career.