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Kid Rock

Self-proclaimed "King of White Trash" took his rap-meets-rock-meets-country hybrid to the top of the charts.

Biography

One of the unlikeliest success stories in rock at the turn of the millennium, Detroit rap-rocker Kid Rock shot to superstardom with 1998's Devil Without a Cause. What made it so shocking was that Rock had recorded his first demo a full decade before, been booted off major-label Jive following his Beastie Boys-ish 1990 debut, and toiled for most of the decade in obscurity, releasing albums to a small fan base while earning his fair share of ridicule around his home state. Nevertheless, Rock persevered, and by the time rap-metal had begun to attract a substantial audience, he had perfected his outlandish, over the top white-trash persona. ~ Steve Huey

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