Kid Rock - Biography

Last Editor: rosalindar7				Kid Rock Biography -   Name : Kid Rock Profession : Musician, singer-songwriter, actor Birth Details : January 17, 1971 (1971-01-17) (age 38) Romeo, Michigan, U.S. Birth Name : Robert James Ritchie Instrument(s) : Vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, Dobro, steel guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, harmonica, turntables Years active : 1990–present Label(s) : Atlantic, Jive, Top Dog, Continuum Records Associated acts : Eminem, Joe C., R. Kelly, Ludacris, Uncle Kracker, Paradime, Five star Carnie, The Beast Crew

Kid Rock Trivia -

6/14/93: Son, Robert James Ritchie, Jr., born. Brother of Jill Ritchie. Ex-girlfriend Kelley Russell is the subject of his biographical song, "Black Chick, White Guy". Close friend of NHL superstars Chris Chelios and Sergei Fedorov. Years before he gained fame, as a listener of the Howard Stern show, he sent in a song to Howard (a sort of song parody) that Howard ended up loving and playing over and over. When became famous years later Howard still remembered the song. Ex-stepfather of Pamela Anderson's sons Brandon and Dylan. Ranked #97 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. The cover art of his live album "Live Trucker" is an homage to the cover art of 'Bob Seger' (v)'s "Live Bullet" album. Is good friends with rapper Eminem. Both battle rapped against each other while coming up in Detroit. Is featured on Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise's album entitled "Time To Discover" back in 2000 in several songs. Is close friends with Reverend Run of RUN-DMC.

Kid Rock Detailed Biography -

Kid Rock (real name Robert James Ritchie, born January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan) is a performer who combines many genres of music together ranging from rapcore to even country. Early years Kid Rock derives his name from his early years of rapping in parking lots and bars, when, so Kid Rock says, people in the audience would remark, "Look at that white kid rock." He dropped "white," and his stage name was born. He began his hip-hop career at the age of 15. He became well-known in a Mount Clemens, Michigan housing project because of his unique style of rapping. He later moved to New York City, where he was said to have lived just below Queen Latifah. He got to know a lot of the area's rappers and landed a tour deal with Ice Cube and Too $hort when he was only 18 years old. One time in 1991, Kid Rock drew 700 people to The Majestic in Detroit. This show was talked about constantly in the local scene for almost three years. First Albums In 1989, his first album, on the Jive label, was Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast, produced by Too $hort, D Nice and others. This defined his outlandish attitude, although the album was not a success. When a college DJ played the song from his album "Yodelin' in the Valley," he was fined $25,000 by the FCC. The president of the university described the song as "the most indecent thing ever heard". After the release of his first album, Rock attended an autograph signing at Record Time in Roseville, Michigan to promote his CD. While there, a young musician got into an argument with him over his rise to fame. This young musician was 17-year-old Marshall Mathers III, who later became famous under the name of Eminem. The two formed a friendship that exists to this day, with each appearing on the others' first successful albums (Eminem doing the last verse of Fuck Off on Devil Without A Cause and Rock doing the cuts on Just Don't Give A Fuck from The Slim Shady LP). In 1993 The Polyfuze Method was released. In 1996, Early Morning Stoned Pimp dropped along with the EP, Fire it Up. Mainstream Success After a whole decade from his first demo, in 1998, he joined Atlantic Records and released his famous album Devil Without a Cause. This was his first real success with the album going 11x platinum in the US, almost becoming one of the top 50 top selling albums ever. The Detroit Red Wings, after their victory, chose the opening phrase from "Early Morning Stoned Pimp" as their victory chant. Further testament to Rock's popularity came in the unexpected form of singer Bette Midler doing a pastiche of his hit single Bawitdaba (in a scat style) on her television sitcom. New Millennium In 2000, Kid Rock released his album The History of Rock. He had acquired the rights to his indie-label recordings and remixed or re-recorded the best material for the album. The only new track was "American Bad Ass" which was his first single from the album. Later that year, he joined legendary rock band Phish onstage for several songs at a concert in Las Vegas. In 2001 he released his album Cocky which was marketed as the follow up to his 1998 success. It featured all new songs, but did not reach the same level of success due to many fans not appreciating his fusion of country music into many of the tracks. However, his most successful single on the album was in fact the most country influenced. Rock has gained country music acclaim for such notable performances as "Picture", a duet with Sheryl Crow; his performance of "Luckenbach, Texas" on the Waylon Jennings tribute album I've Always Been Crazy; and his appearance on Country Music Television's Crossroads episode with Hank Williams, Jr.. In 2002, Rock released a cover of ZZ Top's "Legs" exclusively for the album on WWE's SmackDown Records intitled Forceable Entry. The song is still used on WWE television to this day. In 2003, Kid Rock returned with a self-titled album which delved even more into country music. A cover of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love" marked the first single. His talent can be shown by the fact that on his albums he is credited for not only vocals but guitar (steel, rhythm, electric and acoustic), bass, percussion, mixing, mellotron, keyboard, backing vocals, slide guitar, scratching, programming, producer and even banjo. He is famous for his high-energy personality on and off stage. Kid Rock's music has evolved considerably over time which has caused him to lose and gain millions of fans. Recently, he has made cameo appearances in two of Gretchen Wilson's music videos for the songs "Redneck Woman" and "All Jacked Up". In recent news, Kid Rock released his first live album, compiled of songs from several different shows instead of just one, including the shows he did overseas. The album, which is titled "Live Trucker", was released on February 28, 2006. The album's cover pays tribute to Bob Seger by replicating the cover of his live album "Live Bullet" released in 1976. A new studio album from Kid Rock is also in the works. It is greatly assumed that there won't be any rap on it, because Kid Rock wants to make "a timeless, classic rock n' roll record." Rock will apparently be working with Rick Rubin on the album. The new album has no release date as of yet, but it is estimated that it will be out by the third quarter of 2006.