Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 226. Chapters: Vanilla Ice, Mike Huckabee, Phil Volk, Mark Hoppus, Sheryl Crow, Les Claypool, Bill Laswell, Penn Jillette, Rick James, Curtis Mayfield, Peter Cetera, Michael Bradford, Bob Birch, Gary Sinise, Justin Pearson, Aimee Mann, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Manring, Chris Hillman, Mark Sandman, Rik Fox, Tony Levin, Doug Pinnick, Chi Cheng (musician), Karl E. H. Seigfried, Dave Trumfio, Oteil Burbridge, Tom Willett, Christopher Maloney, Danny Lohner, Chris Feinstein, James Jamerson, Dywane Thomas, Jr., Rick Barrio Dill, Kool Keith, Tony Saunders (bassist), Jah Paul Jo, Andrew Weiss (guitarist), Don Dixon (musician), Duff Goldman, Felix Pappalardi, Even Steven Levee, Brad Warner, Ben Shepherd, Chip Douglas, Corrin Campbell, Anthony Jackson (musician), Seth Horan, Ethan Luck, Scott Sorry, Mike Herrera, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Mark Salling, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Gerald Casale, Steve Bailey, George Biondo, Sky Saxon, Scott Menville, Dwayne Murphy, Stuart Hamm, James Hutchinson (musician), Bryan Beller, Thavius Beck, Chuck Rainey, Leon Sylvers III, Victor Wooten, Pedro Yanowitz, Kirk Smith, Chad Alan, Larry Graham, Divinity Roxx, Marty O'Brien, Tommy Shannon, A.B. Quintanilla, Tony Sales, Maureen Herman, Tish Ciravolo, Brian Pho, Arthur Barrow, Ben Verellen, Derrick Murdock, Benny Kalama, Doug Rauch, Verdine White, Paz Lenchantin, Douglas Killmer, Chris Baio, Patrick Carney, Brian Karscig, Derrick Hodge, Aron Burton, Hunter Burgan, Riker Lynch, Devin Sarno, Viktor Krauss, John York (musician), Alex Maiolo, N.O. Joe, Jeff Caxide, Melvin Gibbs, Roy Mitchell-Cardenas, Greg Garbowsky, Paul C, Dave U. Hall, Matt Deis, Johnny Heartsman, Reed Mathis, Zach Myers, Sergio Vega (bassist), Jerry Jemmott, Louis Johnson (bassist), Afroman, Kyle Sokol, Jonathan Anastas, Luico Hopper, Alan Robert, D. D. Verni, Baron Browne, Art Greenhaw, Tom Wolk, Rachel Haden, Abby Travis, Harry Womack, Aram Bedrosian, Michael Henderson, Lester Williams (musician), Jim Diamond (music producer), Joe Osborn, Darryl Jones, Mark Klein (singer), Jeff Irwin, Todd Phillips (musician), Scott Reeder (bassist), Richard Finch (musician), Gabe Rosales. Excerpt: Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper. Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Van Winkle released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 through Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group which released a reformatted version of the album under the title To the Extreme. Van Winkle's single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts. Although Van Winkle was successful, he later regretted his business arrangements with SBK, which had paid him to adopt a more commercial appearance to appeal to a mass audience and published fabricated biographical information without his knowledge. After surviving a suicide attempt, Van Winkle was inspired to change his musical style and lifestyle. While later albums by Van Winkle haven't charted or featured much radio airplay because of their less mainstream, rock-oriented sound, Vanilla Ice has had a loyal underground following. In 2009, Van Winkle began hosting The Vanilla Ice Project on DIY Network. His latest album WTF - Wisdom, Tenacity & Focus was released in August 2011. Van Winkle is currently signed to Psychopathic Records. Robert Matthew Van Winkle was born in Dallas, Texas. Van Winkle never knew his biological father, and was given the family name of the man his mother was married to at the time of his birth. When Van Winkle was four, his mother divorced. Afterward, he grew up moving between Dallas and Miami, where his new stepfather worked at a car dealership. Hip hop had an impact on Van Winkle at an early age, saying "It's a very big passion of mine because I...