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Vanilla Ice Project Back for Second Season

Ex-rapper's renovation show will run on DIY Network

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2012 2:59 PM CST

(Newser) – Stop, collaborate, and set your DVRs. Ice is back with a second season of "The Vanilla Ice Project," a show on the DIY Network that stars the 44-year-old rapper as he renovates a run-down mansion in Palm Beach County, Florida. Returning on the heels of a hit first season, the peculiar home improvement show will run 13 episodes beginning tomorrow, reports AP.

Vanilla Ice rocketed to fame and wealth in the 1990s with his smash single "Ice Ice Baby." His popularity subsequently plummeted, but not before he shrewdly bought up valuable homes in Miami Beach, Manhattan, Los Angeles, and Utah. "I literally made millions of dollars on them," Ice says. A TV producer spun Ice's real estate hobby into "The Vanilla Ice Project." Says Ice: "I'm showcasing a lot of modern, state-of-the-art home features that you can't even get until 2013."

This Nov. 22, 2011 photo provided by the DIY Network shows a home remodeled by singer Vanilla Ice in Wellington, Fla. (AP Photo/DIY Network)

Vanilla Ice arrives at the Vodafone MTV Australia Awards 2009 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour on March 27, 2009, in Sydney, Australia. (Getty Images)

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