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Vanilla Ice opened up about one of the darkest chapters of his life, revealing he wrote a suicide note at age 27 during a battle with drug addiction before ultimately quitting drugs for good and rebuilding his life.

In an episode of "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" that was released Thursday, the rapper looked back on how the sudden end of his meteoric rise to fame left him struggling with his identity. He described how drug use spiraled until he reached a breaking point, saying that experience ultimately prompted him to walk away from drugs, cut ties with unhealthy influences and start his life over in Miami.

Rapper Vanilla Ice performs onstage during the 9th Annual Tequila & Taco Music Festival at Ventura County Fairgrounds and Event Center on July 24, 2021 in Ventura, California. (Scott Dudelson / Getty Images)

"Basically, that whole wave I was riding — 'Ice Ice Baby,' 'Ninja Turtles,' 'Cool as Ice,' movies, everything — and then all of a sudden I hit the shore. The wave just crashed," he said.

"I almost joined the 27 Club, and it was right there. Twenty-seven years old. I couldn't figure out what I was doing. I never got to be a kid. I had to be a responsible adult, and I wanted to just enjoy being twenty-something. I never got to enjoy that."

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The singer, known for his 1990 hip-hop hit "Ice Ice Baby," said his friends read his suicide note and came to his aid. After that, he elected to cut "the party guys" out of his life, changing his phone number and moving to Florida.

He reflected on the difficulties facing people in their late twenties.

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"Whether you're famous or not, 27 is a hard age because your twenties are over. You've got the adult thing coming. Being an adult sucks. You've got to accept responsibility and be a lousy adult and wake up, drink coffee and deal with kids," he said.

Vanilla Ice speaks on an episode of the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, set to premiere on July 9. (Fox New Digital)

"You have it really good until you get right there, and that's where the transition happens. The pressure... These kids in their twenties, especially today, they have to process way too many thoughts in their heads. They don't know where their future is going. They try to plan it and figure it out, and they can't."

Although he quit drugs and left that chapter behind, Vanilla Ice said it took years before he fully came to terms with the success that had once nearly consumed him. He recalled that a conversation with evangelist Tammy Faye Messner while filming the reality television series "The Surreal Life" changed his perspective.

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The rapper admitted he didn't like performing "Ice Ice Baby" because the period of his life when it became a phenomenon "almost killed" him.

"I just didn't want to be that person. It wasn't me," he said. But words of wisdom he attributed to Messner and actor Erik Estrada caused him to reconsider.

"[They] both said, 'Listen, you are who you are because of who you were... Accept it. You can't go back and change it. You have to be yourself now. That makes you who you are today.'"

The conversation prompted him to embrace "Ice Ice Baby" as part of his story rather than something to run from. He said he realized fans had attached their own memories to the song, and he didn't want to take that away from them.

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Vanilla Ice also credited his mother with helping him find a healthier outlook after his struggles. He recounted asking her how he was supposed to be happy when he felt miserable.

"She said, 'Exactly. You need to put your dancing shoes on.' And I don't mean literally get up and start dancing. I mean get out there. Whatever problems you've got, dance your way through them because you cannot dance if you're miserable."