{"id":450486,"date":"2026-02-05T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450486\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:34:08","slug":"kid-rocks-2001-song-about-underage-girls-resurfaces-amid-turning-point-usa-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450486\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock\u2019s 2001 Song About \u2018Underage\u2019 Girls Resurfaces Amid Turning Point USA Halftime Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kid-rock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kid Rock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kid Rock<\/a> scored a headlining gig at Turning Point USA\u2019s alternative 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, his 2001 song \u201cCool, Daddy Cool\u201d resurfaced \u2014 and is raising a whole new set of eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWonder if Kid Rock will sing \u2018Cool Daddy Cool?\u2019\u201d one social media user tweeted on Wednesday, February 4. \u201cWill Kid Rock be singing his song \u2018Cool, Daddy Cool\u2019 that contains these lyrics: \u2018Young ladies, young ladies, I like \u2018em underage,\u2019 \u2018See some say that\u2019s statutory.\u2019 \u2018But I say it\u2019s mandatory.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rock, 55, released \u201cCool, Daddy Cool\u201d in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOn my cell phone I&#8217;m paid, G, can&#8217;t call me, just page me,\u201d he sings. \u201cYoung ladies, young ladies, I like &#8217;em underage, see . Some say that&#8217;s statutory \/ But I say it&#8217;s mandatory \/ My story ain&#8217;t that complex, two forties and a Rolex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/kid-rock-pays-tribute-charlie-023914972.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kid Rock Pays Tribute to Charlie Kirk by Adding Verse to Hit Country Music Song During Rodeo Concert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kid Rock Pays Tribute to Charlie Kirk by Adding Verse to Hit Country Music Song During Rodeo Concert<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Turning Point USA, the right-wing conservative organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk, announced earlier this week that Rock was among the headliners of the organization\u2019s so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/turning-point-usa-announces-rival-203508828.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:alternate Super Bowl 60 halftime;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">alternate Super Bowl 60 halftime<\/a> show meant to \u201ccelebrate faith, family and freedom.\u201d (Bad Bunny, who hails from American territory Puerto Rico, will perform at the actual Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe plan to play great songs for folks who love America,\u201d Rock said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/kid-rock-says-turning-point-203054752.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:in a Monday, February 2, statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a Monday, February 2, statement<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re approaching this show like David and Goliath. Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible \u2026 or is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rock further took aim at Bad Bunny, 33, and his set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s said he\u2019s having a dance party, wearing a dress and singing in Spanish?\u201d Rock concluded in his statement. \u201cCool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Turning Point show has since sparked backlash, from individuals who believe the event\u2019s so-called Christian ethos contradicts some of Rock\u2019s songs, including \u201cCool, Daddy Cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cY\u2019all are disgusting,\u201d one social media user tweeted, with another adding, \u201cGotta love his lyrics for Cool Daddy. Right on brand for the GOP [party].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/erika-kirk-says-alternative-super-225511701.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Erika Kirk Says Alternative Super Bowl Show Is to \u2018Honor\u2019 Husband Charlie: \u2018He Would Be Fist-Pumping\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erika Kirk Says Alternative Super Bowl Show Is to \u2018Honor\u2019 Husband Charlie: \u2018He Would Be Fist-Pumping\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Rock has not addressed the resurfaced backlash to \u201cCool, Daddy Cool,\u201d Turning Point execs are defending the upcoming show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It\u2019s powerful because what Charlie always loved and knew is that he wanted to be in the forefront of the culture war,\u201d Charlie Kirk\u2019s widow, Erika Kirk (n\u00e9e Franztve),<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/erika-kirk-says-alternative-super-225511701.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:told Fox News on Wednesday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> told Fox News on Wednesday<\/a>. \u201cHe would be fist-pumping at this. He would be so stoked. And what better way to honor him than to just get in the middle of this and be able to offer an alternative to families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Erika, 37, took over as CEO of Turning Point USA after Charlie was shot and killed in 2025 during a speaking engagement in Utah. Charlie, who was 31 at the time of his assassination, is survived by Erika and the pair\u2019s two children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201c[Our programs are] holistic, it\u2019s for the entire home,\u201d Erika told the outlet of the upcoming alternative concert. \u201cIt\u2019s of every age, and so for us to be able to provide an alternative that is pro-America, that is just pro-everything, that\u2019s not the opposite of what they\u2019re putting out there \u2014 I don\u2019t want to go into details and bash that because there is apparently an audience that wants that, but there\u2019s a larger audience that wants ours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Kid Rock scored a headlining gig at Turning Point USA\u2019s alternative 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[49204,88,61007,216,110497,91302,211376],"class_list":{"0":"post-450486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-charlie-kirk","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-kid-rock","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-super-bowl-halftime-show","13":"tag-turning-point-usa","14":"tag-young-ladies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}