KID ROCK

This man worked his way from ordinary, . trying to rap, . white guy - Bob Ritchie to one of the cult figures of modern American alternative scene: bursting with its own pathos and kitsch, . dressed in fur and cowboy hat, . profanity, ladies' man Kid Rock,
. He was a pioneer in the field of merging together heavy guitar music and rap. But he was able to make their zest to an already dangerous mix, adding to this cocktail a bit of funk music and boundless prairies, and steppes of America - rustic. The result was so successful that his 1998 album 'Devil Whithout A Cause' is still kept in the best hundred Billboard.

Once again, twelve years ago, a DJ one of the many school radio stations in America, had the imprudence to scroll in the air composition of white rapper named Kid Rock. A young guy at that time had just released his debut album "Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast", and drive, of course, needed a promotion. However, this did not happen, because after the first "scroll" the songs on the radio state authorities imposed a ban on the public to listen to any of the things from this drive (in their opinion, it was the most obscene record ever made
. man), and the young singer was fined right on to 25 000 dollars
. History is silent, whether from Kid Rock so fantastic for beginners and the amount of money paid, whether it is with the law or not, but it is, however, and it does not matter. Importantly, the bad boy reputation was earned, that, in fact, to prove.

Actually, of course, his name is Bob Ritchie, Kid Rock and the nickname has emerged as an integral part of the scenic image, but according to all his friends, this guy does not look like Bob - he looked like Rock, and it sounds much cooler. Kid was born in 1971 in a small town and was the third and penultimate child in a family. Like all children of this couple. Rock was a real headache for his mom and dad: then set fire to something, then threw rotten apples at passing cars by the house, then smash a baseball bat mailbox neighbors. But do not think that all he got away with it - the family-it was a strict Catholic rules, so that the crime should always punished. In short, tired of this humdrum life, the guy ran away from home at the age of 17. He fled to New York where he began hanging out with black rappers, and feeling great freedom, became a racket. Nevertheless, music, business was bad: in the age of 18 he went to a small tour with Ice Cube. Yet, in spite of everything, black musicians have taken a guy like.

Being a good musician, be a famous musician - even better. But being a white rapper - she still rabotenka. We have to constantly hear the taunts and insults jokes by black colleagues, the rest of you generally look with contempt and distrust, and for some reason, always try to compare with the long vanished from the face of the earth Vanilla Aysom.

. But the guy did not give up and one day, looking casually at the office of a large company Atlantic Records, went out from there with a signed contact, which in the twinkling of an eye has cleared the way for him on MTV and the top of the charts
. Kid Rock with friends decided to wash the transaction and rolled in a bar in a suburb of Detroit, where he soon got drunk, and a future star began to molest some girl. This is not descended to him from the hands. The fight was fierce, but brief: the prudent landlord called the police and arrested scourers. It is true that on the morning of tycoons with Atlantic Records have made the necessary collateral, and tormented hangover Kid Rock was released. Since then, he almost never drinks.

Then a musician for nearly a year locked in the studio. The result has surpassed even the wildest expectations of its. Album "Devil Without a Cause" blew up America. In order to sell this CD with a circulation of 4.5 million copies, proving their worth as a musician and a star worldwide, Kid Rock on it took a long ten years. Modern crossover successfully embodied in the singles "Bawitdaba" and "Cowboy", suddenly fell to taste order zazhravshimsya Americans. Kid Rock went to reap the fruits of his popularity at Woodstock and then at the MTV Awards. But this majeure party was too boring, and Kid Rock was to arrange their own, and soon his soiree is legendary. Many well-known rappers gathered at his house and think postponing. "I think we tried every drug known to mankind, - says Kid Rock - we were smoking crack, sniffing, chopped. This went on for several years, but one day I suddenly got scared that I could die. I have never been so scared. I am glad that finally got rid of this ". Now he turned his attention to girls who literally pile up at the feet of the imposing, handsome in a hat. Because of this, he even parted with his longtime girlfriend, the famous porn actress Midori.

But now he can proudly say: "I do not care what they say about me music critics - good or bad I. What I have a cool musician, I have heard from the guys from Aerosmith, Run DMC, and Lynard Skynard, and that to me enough ".

At the show Kid Rock on his team as the IPU supports the growth of a small guy named Joe C, who was a musician purely by chance picked up one of his concerts. "I once saw in the first row of the little boy, who knew by heart and repeated the words of all songs. I then thought: "How are they allowed to go to a nightclub child?" And then he came again and again. In the end, at the next show I just put it in the hands of a microphone and asked to read some rap, well, well handled boy. We met backstage, I asked him: What's your name, boy? He replied: What I tell you boy, I was twenty-one year. And only then I noticed that the boy's problems with the growth. In general, it is a nice fellow, he is now in my team ".

But not all so smoothly with Kid Rock, as it seems. He one day become the new idol of America, but with Europe in his left big fiasco. Himself a musician complaining that he is unknown to anyone and no one learns on the streets. But he despairs. "You just have to wait a bit". And soon the statement in the company of bison as Metallica, Biohazard, Monster Magnet, and Cypress Hill on one of the major European festivals, Rock Am Ring Fest, confirmed his words. Returning home, Kid Rock enthusiastically bragged to everyone, even if James Hetfield tried to take his autograph. Now his popularity is so great, . it serves as a symbol of white pioneer, . that combined rap and metal, . and confirmation of this is his new song "American Badass", . which he, . oddly, . actively uses elements metallikovskoy "Sad But True",
. Soon after that, learning about the new album of cult rappers Run DMC, Kid Rock called them and offered to write something together. Thus was born the song on "The School Of Old", and Run DMC were in raptures.

Perhaps the excessive number of strong-words in the lyrics Kid Rock and confuse honest citizens, but this rap. Sorry, but unprintable lexicon - just as essential components of the genre, like the Adidas sneakers, expensive fur coats and enormous gold chains. "Everything I do - this is rock 'n' roll, and that its components," - says musician. Nobody has occurred to complain about the weak power of his concerts.

"My Name Is Kiiiiiiid Rock!!!" - He screams, and then the show begins.