Ice, Ice, Child – Vanilla Ice
Before Place of Agony and Eminem, white rappers were incredible until this man went along. Vanilla Ice raged to the highest-rated spot in 1990 with his hit “Ice, Ice, Child.” The melody vigorously tested Sovereign and David Bowie’s “Feeling the squeeze,” prompting copyright encroachment and an out-of-court settlement. After his brief yet stupendous plunge into rap music, Robert Van Winkle fiddled with jetskiing, motocross, and music television.