You can accuse Kid Rock of a lot of things–musical irrelevance, chinlessness, shampoo phobia, hilarity–but you can't really call him a sellout. Dude has the #1 album in the country and still manages to get into post-show brawls at the Waffle House, just like your high school boyfriend Travis after you let him finger you at the Tesla concert. IMDb has the story, as well as the headline of the day ("Kid Rock Arrested in Waffle House Fight"):
Kid Rock has been arrested in Atlanta in connection with a fight at a Waffle House, according to U.S. reports. Rock, real name Robert Ritchie, and five members of his entourage were each taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery. Police say the 36-year-old rapper/rocker stopped by a restaurant in the early hours of Sunday after his band's Atlanta show that night, and a male customer recognized a female in Rock's entourage. Words were exchanged, and a fight ensued. After cops were called, the singer's tour bus was pulled over, and he and the members of his entourage were arrested. In addition to Rock's arrest, the male customer also has been charged with a felony for allegedly smashing a window of the restaurant.
We cannot claim to know what lurks within the troubled psyche of Kid Rock. Perhaps the evening's earlier rendition of the emotional ballad "Bawitdaba" proved so impassioned that it drove him to violence. It may be that he was angry that Mary Welch Rogers had written the tune "Waffle House Family Part 1" before he had a chance to laud the chain's delicious wares in song. Or maybe the Texas Double Bacon Patty Melt was so delicious that the only possible outcome after eating it was fisticuffs.
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What self respecting redneck would not throw down and defend his honor in the presence of skanks at the Waffle House? This is so white trash but great media exposure for Kid Rock. He has a new album to pimp and news like this reinforces his "badass" monicker among his fans.