Retirement Planning Lessons for Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice's retirement plan.

Back when "Ice Ice Baby" soared to the top of the charts in 1989, rapper Vanilla Ice probably thought he'd be able to retire early on the fruits of his musical success. His major label debut, To The Extreme (which featured four songs with either "Vanilla" or "Ice" in the title), was certified 7x platinum in 1991. The album moved more than 11 million units worldwide, far greater than the total of any single album released thus far by the world's most...