{"id":285589,"date":"2026-02-07T11:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/285589\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:28:07","slug":"kid-rocks-song-about-underage-girls-resurfaces-amid-turning-point-usa-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/285589\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock\u2019s song about \u2018underage\u2019 girls resurfaces amid Turning Point USA Halftime Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">(Gray News) &#8211; Kid Rock\u2019s lyrics are stirring controversy as his performance at Turning Point USA\u2019s All-American Halftime Show approaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Many of Rock\u2019s lyrics have resurfaced, including \u201cCool Daddy Cool,\u201d a song released in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOn my cellphone I\u2019m paid, G, can\u2019t call me, just page me,\u201d he sings. \u201cYoung ladies, young ladies, I like \u2019em underage, see. Some say that\u2019s statutory \/ But I say it\u2019s mandatory \/ My story ain\u2019t that complex, two forties and a Rolex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Kid Rock listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BFWHMI4RCRBG7NJ3OWH2XI2BX4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Kid Rock listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 31, 2025. (Pool via AP)(AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUYwqDiEQuQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUYwqDiEQuQ\/\">In response to the criticism,<\/a> Kid Rock did not directly address the lyrics. Instead, he posted a quote on social media about \u201clearning to love the hate,\u201d attributed to Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">One user wrote, \u201cWhats up Kiddie Rock! You like them young? Is your name in the files too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cUsing Kobe\u2019s name is crazy work smh so what\u2019s up with those underage lyrics??\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Turning Point USA, the conservative group founded by Charlie Kirk, announced earlier this week that Rock was among the headliners of the organization\u2019s alternate Super Bowl LX halftime show meant to \u201ccelebrate faith, family and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Bad Bunny will perform at the actual Super Bowl LX on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Gray News) &#8211; Kid Rock\u2019s lyrics are stirring controversy as his performance at Turning Point USA\u2019s All-American Halftime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[22751,969,93,137330,61,60,50183,278,135986,137331,19991],"class_list":{"0":"post-285589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bad-bunny","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-halftime-show","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-kid-rock","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-super-bowl-lx","17":"tag-superbowl-halftime","18":"tag-turning-point"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}