Real name: Bob "Kid Rock" Ritchie
Born: January 17, 1971, grew up in Romeo, MI, a small rural town north of the Detroit metro area. Finding small-town life stiflingly dull, Ritchie immersed himself in rap music, learned to breakdance, and began making the talent-show rounds in Detroit. Inspired by the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill - white performers fusing rap and hard guitar rock - Kid Rock recorded his first demos in 1988, and eventually scored an opening slot at a Boogie Down Productions gig. That performance, in turn, led to a contract with Jive Records, which issued Kid Rock's debut album, Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast, in 1990. Produced by Kid Rock, Too Short, and D-Nice, the album was heavily derivative of Licensed to Ill. Rock briefly became notorious when a New York college radio station aired the album's profanity-laced ode to oral sex, "Yodelin' in the Valley," and was fined over $20,000 (a judgment later rescinded). However, despite a tour with Too $hort and Ice Cube, Jive didn't see much of a future for Kid Rock and dropped him from their roster.
Resume (discography):
Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast (1990),
The Polyfuze Method (1993,)
Fire It Up! (EP) (1994),
Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp (1996),
The Polyfuze Method Revisited (1997),
Devil Without a Cause (1998),
The History of Rock (2000),
Cocky (2001),
Kid Rock (2003),
Live Trucker (2006),
Rock N Roll Jesus (2007)
TBA (2009)
Love affairs:
Dated Playboy playmate and actress Pamela Anderson.
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.
Quotes:
If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But...If its real...you'll feel it.
I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy. I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do. Who would you trust to make your decisions, Donald Rumsfeld or the Dixie Chicks?
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