Kid Rock

 Born Robert (Bob) Ritchie c. 1972 in Romeo, MI; son of Bill and Susan Ritchie; two siblings: older brother Billy and older sister Carol; children: son Robert Ritchie, Jr. (known as Junior). Addresses: Record company Atlantic Records at 9229 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069; 1290 Ave. of the Americas, New York City, NY 10104, website: http://www.atlanticrecords.com. Website--Kid Rock Official Website: http://www.kidrock.com.Part old school rap, part metal rock, and likened to rap artist Eminem for both his often profane lyrics and his roots near Detroit, Michigan, Kid Rock proved that he stood apart from the hip-hop crowd with his wild and diverse music. Rock was born in Robert Ritchie has more musical affinities with other metal bands like Rage Against the Machine or Limp Bizkit. For example, as described by Mark Seliger in Rolling Stone magazine, the song "Bawitdaba" from 1998's Devil Without a Cause, "mixes songs of 'up jump the boogie' along with guitar abrasiveness, resulting as a White Zombie [rock metal band] cover of a Grandmaster Flash [funk group] song." The Atlantic Records website said that Kid Rock "unleashes the full-on motherlode": "A rambunctious cocktail mix of blue-eyed hip hop Freestyle Rap, spaced-out Funk, jazz and blues, as well as psychedelic and psychedelic music like blues and jazz, and even the kitchen sink." The rap/rock singer boasted that he was going platinum on Devil Without a Cause's lead track. This was a statement that the record company's executives tried to persuade him to alter. In addition, the popularity of Devil Without a Cause eventually surpassing this expectation, becoming triple platinum after his crowd-pleasing concert at the music festival Woodstock and also joining Limp Bizkit for a worldwide tour in 1999. Prior to the album's popularity