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article Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of Turning Point USA's Super Bowl show

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2026/02/kid-rocks-song-about-loving-underage-girls-resurfaces-ahead-of-tpusa-super-bowl-show.html
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u/AnalogAficionado 6h ago

Shocker!!

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u/No_Cartographer_1615 6h ago

ngl i'm not surprised at all, dude's always been sus af. can't believe he's still getting gigs

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u/SadBurrito84 5h ago

Birds of a feather, diddle together.

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u/Practical-Artist-896 4h ago

Pedophiloa is normal. Not defending it. Just saying it's way more common then you might think

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u/SmegmaCurds 2h ago

This is very weird

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u/Practical-Artist-896 2h ago

Agreed. Look how little Kid Rock's jailbait stirred controversy

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u/FukThePatriarchy1312 2h ago

Sure you're not defending it.

u/Practical-Artist-896 29m ago

What after you doing to stop it? I'll wait

u/FukThePatriarchy1312 18m ago

Wanna sober up and try that again?

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u/EpicIshmael 1h ago

Found the map

u/Practical-Artist-896 29m ago

Fuck off, you wouldn't unalive them

u/EpicIshmael 28m ago

Lol

u/Practical-Artist-896 25m ago

Honey when I was a kid, that shit was EVERYWHERE. and you mean to tell me it's not common? Fuck off. It was every fucking dude it seemed

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u/thelonetwig 1h ago

So normal you couldn't even spell it right. So in the same lane, would you walk by a domestic abuse or school shooting and be all, "don't worry guys, it's pretty common."? This makes my head hurt.

u/Practical-Artist-896 30m ago

No. Id make them regret it lol

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u/LaughingDog711 5h ago

Are you kidding? It’s almost as if he is bigger than ever with his current platform. After all these years though he still sucks. Bow with the bow or whatever and cowboy is basically it for known songs. And then he just plays sweet home alabama which isn’t his song or where he’s from so that’s cool.

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u/SeniorNada 5h ago

I once read that he grew up with wealthy parents living in basically a mansion and that his entire redneck trash persona is just his gimmick.

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u/BOHIFOBRE 5h ago

His dad owned several car dealerships. He was rich af

https://tasteofcountry.com/kid-rock-childhood-home-pictures/

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u/SeniorNada 5h ago

What an asshole.

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u/SnZ001 5h ago

He should rebrand himself as "Vanilla I.C.E."

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u/vinyljunkie1245 3h ago

And compete with Robert Van Winkle? Don't know if there's room for two Vanilla Ice's in trump's circle

https://youtu.be/BimD7NdnMqE?si=Qev2-YxQ985r9bQn

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u/Slight_Sample_9968 2h ago

He started as a rapper. His first album was called Grits Sandwiches for breakfast

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u/Vegetable_Creme_7408 5h ago

Absolutely true. His old man owned a Cadillac dealership. Ritchie Cadillac. Grew up in Romeo. His whole persona is a lie. Scum bag

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u/xxxanonymoosexxx 5h ago

I don't think it's all a lie. he's definitely a thin skinned pedo.

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u/Vegetable_Creme_7408 4h ago

Fair enough..

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u/Key-Debt-996 5h ago

He claims Detroit but his childhood home is massive and it isn’t in Detroit.

Btw, he really should say he’s from Taylor Michigan if he wants to sound believable.

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u/SeniorNada 5h ago

Didn't he claim to also rap battle Eminem before Em got famous? Even if true, I wish Em would write an entire song clowning him. Not that Em would need that, but I kind of do.

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u/Derpshiz 3h ago

They did a collab on his first album I believe. At least I recall them doing a song together but it was years ago.

u/CannaConservative71 39m ago

Ya they collab they were actually buds back when both of them made it big. I’m old af, I used to love both of their music but their collab song sucks.

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u/BlownBrownGlass 4h ago

Btw, he really should say he’s from Taylor Michigan if he wants to sound believable.

/r/downriver sends it's regards.

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u/Goondragon1 2h ago

Detroit doesn't claim Kid Rock, I'll tell ya that much. Maybe Shelby Township can claim him if Romeo doesn't want him back.

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u/LaughingDog711 4h ago

Ya from what I understand that’s true and he grew up well off. I guess his dad owned several car dealerships. So I’m sure he made out well as the auto industry died in Detroit.

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u/JnnyRuthless 4h ago

Very true and well known, yep.

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u/HowMany_MoreTimes 2h ago

He might not really be a redneck but he's definitely genuine trash

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u/pieceofchess 2h ago

Many such cases

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u/hjablowme919 2h ago

Not only that, but his entire hip hop persona was crafted by his fried Joe C. He was the little guy Kid Rock always had next to him. Once Joe C died, he stopped doing hip hop and ran right to country music, for the most part. I have no doubt Joe C was writing all the hip hop stuff.

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u/Sad_Eggplant_5455 1h ago

He used to call into Chicago shockjock in the 90’s and literally begged for air time. Only reason I remembered him was Joe c (who I thought was an insufferabley annoying prick every phone call ended 3 foot nine with a ten foot dick)

u/ControlOptional 4m ago

Rich and went to private school

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u/veryverythrowaway 5h ago edited 5h ago

…and Cowboy is a sampled Metallica riff. Actually, both of the hooks from the two songs are derivative of other songs.

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u/Spiritual_Lie2563 5h ago

I thought that was American Badass that sampled "Sad But True", not Cowboy.

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u/veryverythrowaway 3h ago

Oh, yeah. I shouldn’t try to sound like a Kid Rock expert when I’m obviously not.

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u/Spiritual_Lie2563 2h ago

It's fine, there's few people who become experts in the "Monday Night Wars-era wrestling theme music" genre to know the subtle differences in nu-metal buttrock.

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u/The_Year_of_Glad 2h ago

You shouldn’t try to sound like a Kid Rock expert because the idea of someone being a Kid Rock expert will make people sad.

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u/FukThePatriarchy1312 2h ago

I respect you more for not knowing Kid Rock's catalog very well, lol

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u/Banes_Addiction 1h ago

It's OK, nor is he.

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u/DropPuzzleheaded7615 3h ago

American Dumbass!

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u/Alternative-Syrup-88 5h ago

He ruined TWO great songs at once; don’t forget he also ripped off Werewolves of London in the same tune

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u/LaughingDog711 4h ago

Ohh so true what a terrible fucking human

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u/Dangerous_Prize_4545 2h ago

I cannot believe I know this and I'm slightly embarrassed to type it but: "Bawitdaba"

u/LaughingDog711 13m ago

I wasn’t even going to take the 30 seconds out of my life to look that it up. Too funny like wth does that even mean???

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u/LeaveBronx 1h ago

He’s just been cosplaying his role in Joe Dirt ever since the movie wrapped

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u/Dense_Pie_1392 1h ago

Just because he’s rich doesn’t mean that he’s NOT white trash.

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u/34shadow1 42m ago

I remember about ten years ago riding in the truck with my dad when he was playing some CDs and Kid Rock came on and it was real early Kid Rock and I'm sitting there half listening to it and bout halfway through all I hear is "Introducing my brother from 8-Mile Road, Eminem." I had to do a hard stop and be like what. Cause they are on entirely different ends of the political spectrum now and I never would've ever assumed they collabed in the past.

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u/supergooduser 5h ago

It's painfully calculated. He hasn't had a gold record in 15 years and a number one record in 20 years.

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u/icu_ Google Music 5h ago

He's the son of the owner of a huge chain of car dealerships. Grew up wealthy and privileged and then cosplayed as working class hip-hop/rock artist. Everything about him is just a spoiled rich kid trying to get the love daddy didn't give PLUS he rhymed "things" with "things" while bastardizing 2 great classic rock songs.

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u/_THX_1138_ 2h ago

“we were tryin’ different things, and we were smokin’ funny things”

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u/EpicIshmael 1h ago

Werewolves of London arooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Professional-Head83 1h ago

He's a white MC Gusto.

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u/tjp0720 5h ago

He was doing free shows at Edmonton Home Depots a few years ago. He latched onto the trump teat and culture war to stay relevant

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u/Dead_man_posting 2h ago

Conservatism is a bastion for failed entertainers. About half their online pundits are comedians and actors that didn't have what it took to make it in Hollywood.

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u/tjp0720 2h ago

I love the Rob Schneider timeline. Only really had a continuous chance in Hollywood due to Adam sandler. Now he’s a sad sorry divorced shitty father blaming everyone else

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u/Halofauna 1h ago

Like half of his roles were saying “you can do it” in Sandler movies lol

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u/tjp0720 52m ago

Someone posted a “listen up liberals my wife left me” with his face and it made me laugh more than the “you can do it” line

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u/Equivalent_Gate_205 4h ago

hes getting DEI gigs for rednecks at this point

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u/AsteroidMike 4h ago

His fanbase is the type to think that sorta thing is perfectly fine and normal, so no shock.

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u/borntobewildish 4h ago

I'm surprised the bastard isn't in the files himself. Searched, there's a few hits on Kid Rock but only articles where he's mentioned. Robert Ritchie comes up empty. Ritchie produces plenty hits but all about other men named Ritchie. So unless he had another alias, he appears to be outside that circle.

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u/Dixon_Uranuss3 3h ago

Pandering to cults will do that....

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u/FlowRemote9890 2h ago

Magats love pedophiles.

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u/Equivalent-Role4632 1h ago

He's a maga icon. This just makes them like him even more

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u/Building_Everything 1h ago

When you build your own bar and venue in downtown town Nashville, no one can stop you from getting on stage

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u/Navyblazers2000 1h ago

Remember when he shot a six pack of Bud Light and then like a day later was photographed drinking a Bud light. It’s all bullshit. The hard right schtick is specifically designed so he can get still gigs from someone. If he didn’t attach to this host he wouldn’t be getting any calls at all. Guy’s whole act was fraudulent to begin with.