A "batboy" for the Oakland A's as a preteen, which pop-rap artist scored a smash hit in 1990 and then blew through his $30 million earnings so fast that he landed in bankruptcy court in 1996?

Hammer's extravagance and unrestrained spending is the stuff of tabloid legend. It began with the purchase of a $1 million mansion—not unreasonable, given the $30 million in his bank account, right? But then he spent $30 million renovating the house. And hired a staff of 200. And then came the racehorses... 19 of them. Six years later, he was reportedly $13 million in debt.

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