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Robert James Ritchie, better known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American hip hop/southern rock singer-songwriter, musician and rapper.

Born 17^th January 1971 in Romeo, Michigan, Ritchie took an interest in music from a young age. At eleven he joined the breakdance crew Furious Funkers and was soon DJing several local basement parties. It was here that he got his stage name, after an audience member shouted “that white kid sure can rock!” After appearing as the opening artist for the hop hop group Boogie Down Productions, he was spotted by an A&R man from Jive Records and signed a contract with the label there and then.

The singer released his debut album Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast in November 1990 – when he was just nineteen years old. Despite producing the infamous song Yo-Da-Lin in the Valley the album sold poorly and led to Kid Rock being dropped from his label. He signed to the independent label Continuum Records the following year and released two more albums during the mid 1990s – The Polyfuze Method and Early Morning Stoned Pimp – before landing a contract with the major label Atlantic Records.

Kid Rock’s fourth studio album Devil Without a Cause was his breakthrough, charting inside the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 and selling over eleven million copies in the US alone. The album also produced the Top 20 hit Only God Knows Why, as well as the singles I Am the Bullgod, Bawitdaba and Cowboy, and led to the singer being nominated for two Grammy Awards (including for Best New Artist).

Since then, Kid Rock has released a further three Top 10 studio albums, selling over ten million copies in the US and scoring hits with the singles Lonely Road of Faith, Picture (with Sheryl Crow/Allison Moorer), Jackson, Mississippi, So Hott, Amen, All Summer Long and Rock N Roll Jesus. His eighth studio album Born Free is due to be released on 7^th September 2010.