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PEOPLE, Page 105Flavor of the Month
By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT/Reported by Wendy Cole
They faked their singing; he faked his life. That's the way
it adds up for VANILLA ICE, the rap artist who is the latest
recruit for the newly created Milli Vanilli School of
Falsehoods. Vanilla Ice painted a colorful life for himself,
claiming he grew up street-tough in Miami, went to the same
school as rapper Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew and won three
national motocross championships. But student journalists of
Miami's Palmetto High, his supposed alma mater, dug up the
truth. Seems that Vanilla is actually Robert Van Winkle, the
product of a white, middle-class Dallas suburb who never went
to high school in Miami or won a single national motocross
championship. Sure, lots of show-biz bios are embellished, but
Ice insisted that his rough background contributed to his rap
artistry. Does suburban life work just as well?