Name: Robert "Kid Rock" Ritchie
Age: 46
Occupation: musician
Last Seen: Detroit, MI
Bee-otched For: being a total asshole
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Diana Ross and the Supremes. Madonna. Aretha Franklin. The Temptations. Eminem. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The MC5. Funkadelic. The White Stripes. Sponge. The Four Tops. DJ Assault.
The list goes on.
All those artists put the city of Detroit on the map. The Motor City gave us some great talent over the years whose songs would become American classics.
But yet, the new $900 million Little Caesars Arena just had to open with one of Detroit's worst, Kid Rock. Now, people are protesting.
Many are pissed over the fact that the Arena opened with Rock, an artist known for his ultra-conservative views and the fact that he's known for flying the Confederate flag at his concerts. At Tuesday night's concert, he made a speech about how effed up liberals are and blah blah blah. Sadly, he made a similar speech here in Grand Rapids several days ago.
In his speech, Rock called out against the KKK and Nazis, but he also called out athletes like Colin Kaepernick who kneel during the National Anthem in protest against police brutality against blacks in America. Some wonder if Rock will run for Michigan senate next year since he's been hinting at it. He didn't even allow the Free Press inside simply because the singer's publicist claims that they ran a "fucked up" story on the singer.
Outside of the arena, many pro-African American groups protested while counterprotests from hate groups also occurred. Rock is playing five more shows at the new arena, the new home for the Detroit Red Wings hockey team and the Pistons basketball team.
To me, it's sad that Kid Rock has shown that he's not the same American Badass that he was back around 2000. He's now an un-American asshole who went from playing house parties in the ghetto as a teen to flying a flag that thumbs its nose to the same people that got him there. He screams that he came from the trailer, yet he came from a wealthy family from the burbs. The fact that he stood next to two other assholes - Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin - in the White House shows that he's no longer in a world of reality.
What's also sad is that the arena is operated by the Ilitch family, who own the Red Wings and the Tigers. With the way both teams have been running over the past few years, it's no wonder why Kid Rock was chosen to open the new venue.
And you think the ghettos of the Motor City are bad.
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Age: 46
Occupation: musician
Last Seen: Detroit, MI
Bee-otched For: being a total asshole
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Diana Ross and the Supremes. Madonna. Aretha Franklin. The Temptations. Eminem. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The MC5. Funkadelic. The White Stripes. Sponge. The Four Tops. DJ Assault.
The list goes on.
All those artists put the city of Detroit on the map. The Motor City gave us some great talent over the years whose songs would become American classics.
But yet, the new $900 million Little Caesars Arena just had to open with one of Detroit's worst, Kid Rock. Now, people are protesting.
Many are pissed over the fact that the Arena opened with Rock, an artist known for his ultra-conservative views and the fact that he's known for flying the Confederate flag at his concerts. At Tuesday night's concert, he made a speech about how effed up liberals are and blah blah blah. Sadly, he made a similar speech here in Grand Rapids several days ago.
In his speech, Rock called out against the KKK and Nazis, but he also called out athletes like Colin Kaepernick who kneel during the National Anthem in protest against police brutality against blacks in America. Some wonder if Rock will run for Michigan senate next year since he's been hinting at it. He didn't even allow the Free Press inside simply because the singer's publicist claims that they ran a "fucked up" story on the singer.
Outside of the arena, many pro-African American groups protested while counterprotests from hate groups also occurred. Rock is playing five more shows at the new arena, the new home for the Detroit Red Wings hockey team and the Pistons basketball team.
To me, it's sad that Kid Rock has shown that he's not the same American Badass that he was back around 2000. He's now an un-American asshole who went from playing house parties in the ghetto as a teen to flying a flag that thumbs its nose to the same people that got him there. He screams that he came from the trailer, yet he came from a wealthy family from the burbs. The fact that he stood next to two other assholes - Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin - in the White House shows that he's no longer in a world of reality.
What's also sad is that the arena is operated by the Ilitch family, who own the Red Wings and the Tigers. With the way both teams have been running over the past few years, it's no wonder why Kid Rock was chosen to open the new venue.
And you think the ghettos of the Motor City are bad.
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