Country Music Grifters: Kid Rock

About this episode

The episode discusses Kid Rock's controversial pivot to country music and his alignment with MAGA politics.

For some reason Country Music has become a space for people who want to run a grift and make a quick buck, and Kid Rock is one of the worst. He doesn't really make "country" music, but the crowd he is going after is the country crowd. In 2015 Kid Rock's career was waning and he was looking for a new move, and that's when MAGA came around. It gave him the opportunity to pivot and build a new audience. And the world is worse because of it.

Topics covered

• Country Music
• Kid Rock
• MAGA
• Grifting

Keywords

• country crowd
• music industry
• audience

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