Vanilla Ice

Though pilloried without mercy by critics and music fans alike throughout his career, rapper Vanilla Ice was the first hip-hop artist to score a No. 1 record with his debut album, To the Extreme (1990), which featured his hugely successful signature song, "Ice Ice Baby." The record made him one of the biggest pop music acts in the business for about a year before a tidal wave of negative publicity and critical backlash destroyed his …