Robert James “Bob” Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations. Kid Rock released several studio albums that mostly went unnoticed before his 1998 record Devil Without a Cause, released with Atlantic Records, sold 11 million albums behind the hits, “Bawitdaba”, “Cowboy”, and “Only God Knows Why”. In 2000, he released The History of Rock, a compilation of remixed and remastered versions of songs from previous albums as well as the hit single, “American Bad Ass” and the previously unreleased “Abortion”.

Kid Rock

6/14/93: Son, Robert James Ritchie, Jr., born.

Older brother of Jill Ritchie.
Ex-girlfriend Kelley Russell is the subject of his biographical song, “Black Chick, White Guy”.
Close friend of NHL superstars Chris Chelios and Sergei Fedorov, and “Reverend Run” of Run-D.M.C..
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.
Ex-stepfather of Pamela Anderson’s sons Brandon and Dylan.
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’s “Live Bullet” album.
Is good friends with rapper Eminem. Both battle-rapped against each other while coming up in Detroit.
Is featured on Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise’s album entitled “Time To Discover” back in 2000 in several songs.
Ex-brother-in-law of Gerry Anderson.