Anything Less Than The Best Is A

All My Friends Were Black And Mexican. I Was The Only White Kid In Our Group And Had To Work Hard To Be Accepted. Year After Year, We'd Breakdance And We All Became Close And They Labeled Me "vanilla" - Like "hey, Vanilla" And They Knew I Hated It, So Of Course They Kept Calling Me It.

"ice" Came In When My Friends Would Say "cold As Ice" -- If You Could Rap And Battle People You'd Say "dude, That Was Ice Cold." It Had Nothing To Do With Jewelry. Back Then, It Was Like "your Cold, Dawg." "vanilla Ice -- That's Cold."

I Didn't End Up Going Bankrupt... I Made Some Great Investments And I Held On To My Money, Which Also Enables Me To Have The Freedom To Do What I Want Now. But It's Not About Finances. No Matter What, It's About Keeping It Real.

I Used The Music Kind Of As Therapy, And It's Just Amazing That I Feel So Free After Doing That. I Feel Like I Had It Trapped Inside Of Me And Now I Feel Free. So It's Been A Very Good Therapy Session For Me As Well.

We Are Who We Are Because Of Who We Were