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17, 1971, in Romeo, Michigan, Rock joined a break dance crew as a youngster and went onto be one of his areas top DJs. (Club goers dubbed him with the moniker "Kid Rock" after they had enjoyed watching "that white kid rock.") In addition to DJing, Rock started rapping and joined a local hip hop group, where he caught the attention of Jive Records, and was offered a recording contract. Throughout the early 90s, Rock would come out with a series of albums with little critical or commercial appeal. His fortunes changed in 1997 when he was picked up by Atlantic Records and he capitalized on the growing popularity of rap/metal, with the album Devil Without A Cause. It sold 11 million albums behind the hits, "Bawitdaba", "Cowboy", and "Only God Knows Why". In 2000, he released The History of Rock which was a compilation of remixed and mastered versions of songs from old albums as well as the hit "American Bad Ass". In 2001, he released Cocky. After a slow start, his country crossover hit "Picture" with Sheryl Crow breathed fresh life into the album and it went gold as a single and pushed the album's sales to more than 4 million copies. With Rock's willingness to experiment and his great musical range, he had become the kind of success story he had always dreamed of becoming.



Kid Rock's 2003 self-titled release failed to chart a major hit. It was followed by Live Trucker in 2006, which was a live greatest hits album. In 2008, Kid Rock toured the U.S. and Europe promoting his latest release, Rock N Roll Jesus, backed in particular by the album's third single, "All Summer Long". It peaked at Number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number 4 on The Hot Country 100. It was his first worldwide smash hit charting number one in eight countries across Europe. Rock has certainly come a long way from his days DJing, and though he was a favorite target of the tabloids during his tumultuous marriage to Pamela Anderson, he has remained foremost in his fan's minds.