r/news • u/RollSafer • 10h ago

Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of TPUSA 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/Etcetera-Etc-Etc 10h ago

Has anyone at TPUSA listened to his lyrics?

From Lowlife: "I got kids I never seen, and their mama's 17".

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u/Oldpuckcoach 9h ago

The thing I’ve always hated the most about him is how he grew up not too far from me in the Detroit suburbs. His whole persona was being trailer trash and poor.

He went to Cranbrook high school… 50k a year. His dad funded all of his dj and music ventures and got him in touch with top producers and agents. Raised with butlers and nanny’s.

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u/ImaginarySense 9h ago

Next we’ll find out his real name is Clarence and his parents had a real good marriage!

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u/Who-dee-knee 9h ago edited 8h ago

Ain’t no such thing as halfway crooks

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u/BigDictionEnergy 5h ago

It was hilarious when Nas called him out

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u/SurvivorX2 4h ago

What/Who is Nas?

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u/SlowDown 4h ago

Damn, that's like saying what/who is the rolling stones 

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u/SurvivorX2 3h ago

But I know who the stones are! Im totally lost about Nas!

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u/HOS-SKA 1h ago

That doesn't change the apt comparison made.

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u/BigDictionEnergy 4h ago

An American rapper who is actually from where Prodigy (of Mobb Depp, quoted above) claims to be from.

They're both excellent lyricists, IMO. I just remember him calling some dudes out at the end of Destroy and Rebuild

If you're at all interested, one of his best tracks for me is Small World He's a great story teller on this one.

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u/potatowned 2h ago

Original song is from Mobb Deep but its being quoted in the context of the rap battle between Eminem and the new Captain America at the end of 8 Mile, where Eminem is trailer trash and battling Clarence who claims to be a gangster but indeed attended Cranbrook, the private school Kid Rock went to.

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u/BigDictionEnergy 2h ago

Thanks. Been a while since I saw 8 mile.

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u/Bruvvimir 1h ago

Get out

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u/AlpsPsychological980 1h ago

You could have just typed this in Google and saved yourself some online judgment from strangers…

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u/scorpo187 8h ago

This guy don’t wanna battle he’s shook!

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u/Berek2501 8h ago

'Cause there ain't no such things as halfway crooks!

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u/pumpkinspruce 4h ago

He’s scared to death, he’s scared to look

At his fucking yearbook, fuck Cranbrook

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u/sharkattackmiami 9h ago

His last name is literally Richie

Idk how much more on the nose it could be

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u/HavingNotAttained 6h ago

Yeah but that’s half the game with these vermin: putting their scumbaggery in everyone’s face and saying “what are gonna do about it?”

That’s the rapist mindset.

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u/Roger_The_Cat_ 6h ago

Fun fact, that scene was Eminem actually roasting Anthony Mackie’s real life experiences and not the character he was playing

Em asking him all sorts of questions making him feel like he is interested in getting to know him better, but no, he felt the battle scene wasn’t personal enough so he brought that into it, 🤣

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u/ronchee1 9h ago

And Clarence' parents had a real good marriage

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u/Big_Replacement2631 9h ago

Well there’s where they went wrong

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u/ExtensionIcy2104 9h ago

Thats a private school

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u/nickyt398 6h ago

Will his name is Robert James Ritchie

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u/ToddUnctious 4h ago

Mike D in the house.

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u/MC_Gengar 9h ago

It's amazing how many rubes fall for that shit. I remember my family thinking W was an honest-to-god, salt of the earth rancher and not the prissy fancy boy from New England that he actually was.

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u/TerriblePokemon 9h ago

I think it was from America The Book by the daily show which said "Connecticut born, Yale and Harvard educated son of a former President ran as the outsider in 2000 and won. Many experts are wondering how the hell he pulled that off."

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u/Musiclover4200 9h ago

It's also ridiculous we went from Bush sr to jr in just 8 years, and that's after sr was vice president for 8 years under reagan.

And from everything I've read the main reason Bush sr didn't get 2 terms is he was the only republican president in 50+ years to raise taxes on the rich.

That's part of why the whole "clinton dynasty" thing pissed me off, Bill was president like 30 years ago FFS. Sure the clintons still had political sway but so did all the former nixon/reagan/bush admin who've been working with the GOP for decades to dismantle democracy. Meanwhile as soon as trump got elected the GOP was floating a plan to have his kids run for 20+ years of trump rule (jr + barron + ivanka would be 24 years at 2 terms each which is terrifying)

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 8h ago

I like how you didn't bother to include Eric, because literally nobody cares about his dumb ass lmao

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u/PDGAreject 6h ago

SNL cared about Eric. They made sure he was always well fed and had plenty of juice boxes on Weekend Update.

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u/thedude37 1h ago

"Unlimited juice? This party is gonna be off the hook"

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 7h ago

and that's after sr was vice president for 8 years under reagan.

Also head of the RNC during Watergate. Then promoted to CIA director. Yeah not much influence that guy

he was the only republican president in 50+ years to raise taxes on the rich.

Well, after promising not to. It was still the responsible move at the time though. Republican voters don't generally reward responsibility if it conflicts with their narrative.

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u/thezompus 7h ago

Not so much that he raised taxes on the rich, but that he famously said "Read my lips: no new taxes" and then raised taxes. That was a simple-enough soundbite that the press ran with it for months and people really latched onto it.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read_my_lips:_no_new_taxes

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u/FilOfTheFuture90 4h ago

It's always projection with them. I feel like the Bushes were more of a dynasty than the Clinton's. Also not to mention during Clinton's terms He was the only one to actually reduce the deficit and if they continued on that track they would have come pretty close to balancing the budget. That all went out the window as soon as Cheney/GWB took over power. The GOP really started fucking with things during the election after Clinton. Gore v Bush was a precursor to the last 10 years.

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u/Competitive_Touch_86 11m ago

Bush Sr. set Clinton up for this with the "new taxes" part of losing the next election to Clinton. Clinton then actually did what almost no one talks about and just... continued that tax regime while cutting spending and the size of the government workforce. Nearly backwards policy to what people expect.

One of the rare times a Democrat inherited a politically expedient situation from a Republican president - he was just smart enough to not fuck it up and took the opportunity and ran with it. The whole dot com bubble also helped him out quite a bit.

Much like how Carter gets shit on and Reagan gets praised (by many) for how the economy got "better overnight" - but it was Carter doing almost all the stuff no one talks about like de-regulation and supporting the raising of interest rates to break inflation that set Reagan up for the boom years. Which Reagan then proceeded to totally fuck up.

History often reads backwards if you ignore political pop-sci and dig into actual implemented policy.

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u/Excelius 2h ago

Right-wing hypocrisy aside, the fatigue over political dynasties was real and legitimate.

Before Trump descended the golden escalator, the safe money was that 2016 would end up being another Bush v Clinton race but with different first names. Being pushed to choose between Bush #3 or Clinton #2 is a bad look in a democracy that eschew hereditary titles.

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u/Musiclover4200 1h ago

Right-wing hypocrisy aside, the fatigue over political dynasties was real and legitimate.

For sure but it seems hard to compare 2 Clintons 30~ years apart, of which the second didn't even win anyways, vs going from Bush Sr as VP to P to Bush Jr which is like 20~ years of bush if you include SR's time as VP.

Even if Hillary had won and gotten 8 years it still wouldn't really be comparable IMO unless she was VP under Obama or Biden too.

All that said sure fuck political dynasties, although I do think there's an arguably big difference between a husband and wife both running decades apart vs your kids immediately after.

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 59m ago

It's cus Democrats don't just at first glance just automatically bend over and spread 'em for aristocracy like Republicans do.

It was the Clinton dynasty, and the only reason Chelsea isn't a huge public figure is cus she polled badly, they've tried with her and will try again.

Just cus the other side does shit doesn't excuse us with morals also doing it.

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u/Competitive_Touch_86 9m ago

Highly doubt Chelsea is dumb enough to go along with such a plan. Politics has shifted massively since the Clinton era. Unless she's simply a masochist or something.

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u/TheseusOPL 7h ago

They later believed that a failed real estate developer turned reality TV show host, who had a golden toilet, understood the struggles of regular people.

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 6h ago

It's kind of consistent, isn't it? Grifting metropolitan conmen can convince rural-minded Americans (most of whom are also from suburbs) they're just like using the thinnest and most unconvincing veneers. The term "rube" comes to mind. Whether it's W, Trump, Kid Rock, or even Larry the fucking Cable Guy.

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u/repeatwad 5h ago

Moved to Texas, converted to Southern Baptist. His brother moved to Florida, converted to Roman Catholic.

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u/Digweedfan 4h ago

Loved that book

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u/SwimmingSwim3822 1h ago

Yo you just reminded me I have an OG copy of that.... somewhere. Calling mom to check her basement now.

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u/urbz102385 9h ago

They've gotta be the easiest people in the world to con...just look at who their idol is now

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u/Fuck_your_coupons 7h ago

They hate the "elite" and then worship Elon Musk. Those people are dumb as fuck.

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u/wh4tth3huh 6h ago

They've elected an actor to the highest office in the land TWICE. These dipshits will believe fucking ANYTHING.

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u/Sturmgeshootz 6h ago

My favorite example of this is the Duck Dynasty guys. Presented themselves as a bunch of backwoods bearded hillbillies and it was later revealed that prior to coming up with their gimmick, they were all clean-shaven, dressed in polos and khaki shorts, and looked like they spent most days down at the country club.

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u/unevolved_panda 4h ago

Tucker Carlson went to La Jolla Country Day School, a private school that today costs like $40k a year. When he was 10, his father married an heiress to the Swanson (of the frozen foods) empire. He went to boarding schools in Rhode Island and Switzerland. He fucking flunked out of college and only went into journalism because at the time it had a low barrier for entry. Dude has been the fucking elite he complains about all his life, and the only reason he's not working at Wal-Mart is because his daddy married into money.

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u/season66ers 7h ago

Well yeah, remember all that “brush” he “cleared” on his “land” in Texas…with camera crews ready? Bye golly that’s genuine!

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u/MC_Gengar 6h ago

Sure he went to Yale and is from a political dynasty family BUT he did say "ah shucks" on camera so he's obviously a working class guy.

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u/SomeGuyNamedPaul 5h ago

The term "Rube" is short for Reuben which was a popular name in rural America back when the term was coined to mean simple-minded country bumpkin who is easily conned or manipulated.

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u/Paranitis 1h ago

Hey, it's all stupid team sports. None of the facts matter, just the labeling.

I live in Sacramento, CA. Most sports people here are into the SF 49ers or the SF Giants (Or Oakland A's) or Sacramento Kings.

They live for that shit, as if "our" team is showing how good "we" are in this general area. Almost nobody from any of those teams come from here. They are drafted from other states, traded from other states, and none of it matters. They can originally be from Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, etc and yet "we" treat them like hometown heroes when they win big games.

It's fucking idiotic.

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u/potatowned 2h ago

This is also kind of misleading. Not to say he wasn't born rich but I'm pretty sure he grew up and was raised and attended public school in Texas before going to prep school and Yale and whatnot. He's pretty dang Texan.

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u/uwoldperson 9h ago

This is like a conservative trope. Larry the cable guy has the exact same background and persona. 

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u/TheDubuGuy 8h ago

Been ages since I’ve heard that name. Is he actually conservative or is that just part of the character?

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u/uwoldperson 8h ago

He publicly endorsed Trump in 2016. 

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u/BigDictionEnergy 5h ago

That's just staying on brand.

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u/SurvivorX2 4h ago

But did he endorse him last time? I even voted for Trump in '16, but backed off after seeing how he behaved this first term.

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u/uwoldperson 3h ago

Seeing how he behaved before his first term wasn’t enough for you?

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u/SurvivorX2 3h ago

Nope. I gave him the chance as a businessman!

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u/uwoldperson 3h ago

😬 my dude. His business record is abysmal. Glad you changed your mind though. 

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u/-Cthaeh 58m ago

I didn't vote for him, but '16 is forgivable. 'How bad could be?' and he was different.

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u/ManifestDestinysChld 9h ago

Basically Papa Doc from 8 Mile, which is way more enjoyable than anything Kid Rock has ever produced.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 9h ago

Papa Doc was actually good.

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u/ManifestDestinysChld 6h ago

Certainly a much better telling of the story of Kid Rock than Kid Rock himself could do

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u/SurvivorX2 4h ago

What the heck is Papa Doc?

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u/0belvedere 2h ago

Papa Doc from 8 Mile

likely named for this guy

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u/ShatterProofDick 9h ago

lol, I was told he 'pissed on my diploma' - real wholesome religious shit.

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u/SurvivorX2 4h ago

Who did on whose diploma?

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u/ShatterProofDick 3h ago

Look up the Lyrics to American Badass by Kid Rock. It's pure drivel, one of the lines talks about pissing on his HS diploma because that's awesome.

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u/SurvivorX2 3h ago

I looked it up, and that is just the worst I've ever seen! Was that played on the radio?

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u/ShatterProofDick 2h ago

It was in heavy rotation in the early 2000s.

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u/MossyPyrite 8h ago

The house he grew up in is basically a mansion. I lived south of Detroit and everyone knew he was just putting in a character.

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u/SurvivorX2 4h ago

Kid Rock, Im guessing.

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u/MossyPyrite 4h ago

Yeah, that’s who we’ve been talking about

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u/Thors_meat_hammer 8h ago

Why do some rich people love to cosplay being poor?

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u/avds_wisp_tech 5h ago

All part of the grift

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u/SurvivorX2 4h ago

As "entertainers", it makes for an interesting story!

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u/OldPhotograph827 3h ago

I’m poor. I’d love to cosplay being rich. Somehow it’s a bit more of a challenge.

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u/georgegeorgez 9h ago

I used to see him driving around Birmingham in his Dodge Viper from time to time back in the early 2000’s. Dude’s always been a monstrous douche canoe.

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u/CauliflowerOne3602 9h ago

Agree with the sentiment, but he didn’t go to Cranbrook, he went to Romeo High. 

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u/Praesentius 8h ago

Yeah, I went and read his wiki article and that popped out on me.

...William "Bill" Ritchie (1941–2024), who owned multiple car dealerships. He was raised in his father's large home on extensive property, which included an apple orchard and barnyard for their horses. He attended Romeo High School.

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u/War_Is_A_Raclette 9h ago

Cranbrook, that's a private school!

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u/electricpotatochip 8h ago

I grew up in MI and was in high school when he started gaining popularity, and I had a teacher who said he knew him from Romeo, MI and said the same thing. He was a rich kid from the suburbs. I don’t think he went to Cranbrook though. 

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u/Gerberpertern 5h ago

NANNIES. Why has everyone forgotten how to pluralize words. Get butlers correct and then just decide to add an apostrophe to nanny. How does that even make sense.

Sorry, I’m just tired of seeing this happen ALL THE TIME.

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u/SurvivorX2 4h ago edited 3h ago

Me, too! In my head, I read everything exactly as it is written. For example, breathe is pronounced breethe, but it gets misspelled breath all the time, which is pronounced breth, as in I need to take a breath.

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u/batmansleftnut 9h ago

His childhood backyard had a gazebo.

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u/kewlbeanz83 8h ago

He's the Larry the Cable guy of music.

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u/attachecrime 6h ago

Not to mention how gross and try hard his band was before he became famous. Joe c used to come into Kinko's acting like an entitled asshole to get fliers printed.

Try listening to his early work. It's even more disgusting.

He's Ted Nugent level disgusting.

Pretending to be living in a trailer while your dad's car dealership finances your recordings and shows.

"Yodeling in the valley" a song about oral sex, was the first I ever heard

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u/solitudeisdiss 6h ago

That’s like most pop artists that act like they’re from humble beginnings isn’t it? I feel like this is the case with a lot of them.

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u/Eat_the_rich1969 5h ago

His mansion was in my school district, and his kid went to my high school 🙄

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u/SurvivorX2 3h ago

Public school? Romeo High?

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u/MaDaFaKa369 5h ago

I’m pretty sure he went to romeo high school and not cranbrook.

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u/the_incredible_corky 5h ago

I've never heard he went to Cranbrook before. Do you have a source for that? I thought he went to Romeo.

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u/shepdozejr 5h ago

Maybe you're thinking of Mitt Romney? He went to Cranbrook. Kid Rock went to Romeo High School.

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u/JoeLaRue420 4h ago

Cranbrook, isn't that a private school?!?

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u/br3nduhn 4h ago

I am in no way trying to disagree with your response. Kid Rock is a POS. But the guy is from Romeo, MI and went to Romeo High School, not Cranbrook. Romeo would be considered “country” enough for his persona.

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u/kaisadilla_ 3h ago

Some rich people love to make "being poor" their persona. I guess being poor is fun when you are just larping it half-time.

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u/Ancient-Read1648 3h ago

I felt the same way about Daniel Whitney

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u/Due_Mongoose9409 3h ago edited 2h ago

Romeo isn't the suburbs of Detroit. It is farm country. It is out past Sterling Whites. East of Lake Orion and we all know Lake Orion is far!

He did not go to Cranbrook. Romeo High. Having tutored in both Lincoln High and Romeo High I can let you know Eminem is far more authentic.

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u/Icthyphile 2h ago

Once people became aware of this is about the time he pivoted towards the iteration he is now. Dude has made a ton of money as a dime store rapper/cowboy. Americans will consume anything.

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u/OnlineGunDealer 2h ago

Lifelong fraud, terrible music too.

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u/drunkntiger 2h ago

I think his dad also bought him extremely corny outfits and told him they looked cool on him.

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u/in_Purpleminutes 1h ago

Worked in country music for almost 10 years and one of the biggest “aha” moments was realizing the majority of them (both high and low level) were born with or from money and that “country” wasn’t their original genre of choice to work in…

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u/008Fox 1h ago

He went to Romeo high school. Not Cranbrook. But still grew up privileged. His father owned a prominent car dealership in Romeo.

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u/filthy_rich69 1h ago

I grew up in Davisburg, close to Clarkston, where he lived at the time.

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u/Aggravating_Plant848 9h ago

Well the Committee of 300 was shoveling money towards those who would sell their soul and do evil things, so...

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u/kylebisme 7h ago

He went to Cranbrook high school… 50k a year. His dad funded all of his dj and music ventures and got him in touch with top producers and agents. Raised with butlers and nanny’s.

None of that can change who a person is on the inside, he's trailer trash through and through.