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[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 139 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If only Kid Rock’s dad would’ve pulled out.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

So did his dad

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 89 points 4 days ago (3 children)

My favorite Kid Cock moment was when the video of him shooting a case of Bud Light with an AR was immediately followed by a video of him drinking a Bud Light at his club a week later. Fucking rage bait sissy cowboy wannabe.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I always think of his Kid N' Play hair when I think of Kid Rock....

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

He's always been full of shit and a cokehead

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 109 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Who cares what video format it was on?

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How have I never made that connection before‽

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because it's the successor to the mp4!

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I legit lost track after mp3.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm so old I remember MPEG-2.

(MP3 is actually used for audio in the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards.)

(As for current codecs, basically Opus is all you need. It's especially fit for voice, like in podcasts and audiobooks, which it can encode pretty well with a very low bitrate.)

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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 61 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (10 children)

Kid Rock is the human form of that amalgamation of nasty grease and juices that collect at the bottom of a neglected trash can

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Kid Rock is what happens when your dad owns a bunch of car dealerships and you're raised on an estate with an orchard but want to cosplay being a poor white kid.

I'm not even joking.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

It's like the Duck Dynasty grift.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In that privileged and sheltered context gotta imagine the sewage of rhetoric that indoctrinated him as a child was constant. Racism is inherited.

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Whatever's left in those liquid dump boxes at airports. X_X

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Maybe he can unload lead into some Bud Light to blow off some steam.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

The SC meth and confederate flag memorabilia economy is going to take a hit.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can someone explain why Ludacris would want to do this show?

[–] coalie@piefed.zip 61 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He did not, his people said he was put on the list without his knowledge.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Big sigh of relief, thought we had another snoop lap dogg.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (13 children)

I literally had already put his name on a list so I can keep track of which rappers were MAGA

Nelly
Snoop
Diddy
Kanye
Soulja Boy
~~Ludacris~~
~~Mac Miller~~ <- took it back before he died
Vanilla Ice
Nicki Minaj
Brad Arnold (3 doors down)

[–] ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Lil Wayne

Wacka Flacka

50 Cent

Kodak Black

Rick Ross

6ix9ine

Chris Brown

Azelia Banks

Benny the Butcher

BigXthaPlug

DaBaby

Fivio Foreign

Lord Jamar

Swae Lee

Mase

Lil Pump

Ray J

Styles P

Rod Wave

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago (4 children)
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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Oh, sweet Jesus... Not Vanilla Ice!

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Does anyone know what the viewership numbers for the All Racist Halftime Show were compared to the official one? (Amazing performance by Bad Bunny, BTW. The choreography and props were so good it looked like a music video.)

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Ugh his hair looks so stringy and greasy. How is that a look that one strives for.

[–] pno2nr@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

His father should have pulled out.

[–] ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Anyone know what the ticket sales are like on this event? I wonder if the are trying to make up a story to distract from abysmal ticket sales

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Possibly playing the victim? Those dastardly bands with morals don't want to play for real Americans. When likely they just don't want to be associated kid rock and racism. Artists will generally play for anyone if they get paid!

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago

I mean, when you can't use birth control it is not your only hope?

[–] Liuone@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (9 children)

The only song of his that i ever heard, is a bad cover song. Why is he even famous?

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In 1998, he released a Rap-Rock album with metal and southern rock influences called Devil Without a Cause that was widely considered an exemplar of rap-rock and played heavily into his then Redneck Pimp stage persona. It was critically acclaimed with most professional reviewers giving 4/5 stars or 80/100 and better scores while selling ultimately over 11 million copies. And it had some legit bangers (even if they're hard to listen to now with what a shit bag he's either become or revealed himself to be).

Later he transitioned away from rap-rock toward country, Southern rock, and blues while adopting shitty conservative politics to go with his new stage persona. This is what most people know him for now.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

He was a huge one-hit wonder (?) as far as I knew who later made a sex tape with Pam Anderson. I would think a few Gen X and Gen Y might remember that. Oh, and he had appearances in shows like Simpsons and cameos in movies. The only movie I sort of remember him in is Joe Dirt.

I doubt many boomers or Gen Z/alpha know him for anything other than getting butthurt about Bud Light.

[–] Liuone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did Pamela Anderson just make sex tapes with every Rockstar wannabe in those times? Because I definitely remember the one with Tommy Lee.

[–] gid@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think there was a Kid Rock/Pamela Anderson sex tape.

And the Tommy Lee sex tape was stolen and leaked without either Pamela or Tommy's permission. When Pamela tried to sue the distributor the judge basically said "Well you posed topless for Playboy before, so this sex tape is hardly going to further damage your career". Massively misogynistic and it really messed her life up.

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