Huffington Post   |  Alex Leo   |   March 4, 2009 10:09 AM

Good ol’ Robbie Van Winkle – hailing from the hood in Carrolton, Texas. Yes, life was harsh in the northern suburbs of Dallas during the mid-eighties. A true gangland – full of upper-middle-class white kids with more money than brains and a penchant for recreational drugs and the urban beats of the more dangerous and hard-edged african-american areas to the far south (end of Dallas).

Well, good for you, Robbie – you got into the role, made a hip-hop-hit out of white-man’s rock-n-roll and sold your character to the masses (who, btw, sucked it up with great vigor). Fact or fiction – who cares? You may not really be an O.G. but the ACT sold records.