Kid Rock

Guide Note

Kid Rock is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and rock musician. Backed by the Twisted Brown Trucker band, Rock combines an eclectic mix of rap, country, rock, and blues.

Fast Facts

1. Name: Robert James Ritchie
2. Born: January 17, 1971
3. Birth place: Romeo, Michigan
4. Years Active: 1982 – Present
5. Record Label: Atlantic and Jive
6. Married actress Pamela Anderson on August 3, 2006
7. Divorced: November 27, 2006

• 1990: Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
• 1993: The Polyfuze Method
• 1994: Fire It Up!
• 1996: Early Morning Stoned Pimp
• 1997: The Polyfuze Method Revisited
• 1998: Devil Without a Cause
• 2000: The History of Rock
• 2001: Cocky
• 2003: Kid Rock
• 2007: Rock N Roll Jesus

• 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.

• 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.

"I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is." - Kid Rock

"I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause." - Kid Rock

"I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that." - Kid Rock

"I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop." - Kid Rock