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Kid Rock says Rap-Rock is 'gay,' defends his right to call it that

"If someone says you can’t say “gay” like that you tell them to go [expletive] themselves," Rock wrote in his op-ed for The Guardian.

By Veronica Linares
Kid Rock defended his right to use the word "gay" to qualify things in an op-ed for The Guardian. File photo by Terry Wyatt/UPI
Kid Rock defended his right to use the word "gay" to qualify things in an op-ed for The Guardian. File photo by Terry Wyatt/UPI | License Photo

LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Kid Rock touched on homophobia, politics, his relationship with his son and admitted you'll likely never "get anything politically correct out of [him]" in a op-ed published by The Guardian Saturday.

Rock's piece reads like a series of short stories in which each paragraph reveals a side of the rocker's believes, experiences and affiliations. The singer/songwriters kicks off the article by pointing out that "as I child [he] was hell," goes to admit that he's old and doesn't "FaceTweet" and later reiterates that he is a Republican, despite having performed at Barack Obama's inauguration.

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After revealing in another paragraph that "he's not rich, [he's] loaded," Rock discloses that he's "43 and about to become a grandfather" and reveals that while the situation helps him keep "[his] redneck street cred up," he fears for his son because he once found himself caring for a 6-month-old baby while trying to become a rock star and "didn't have a clue."

But the op-ed reaches its most controversial point when Rock takes a jab at his craft.

"Rap-rock was what people wanted at the time, and they still love those songs at shows. But it turned into a lot of [expletive] and it turned out to be pretty gay..." said the rocker, whose tenth studio album First Kiss comes out February 24.

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He then adds a disclosure for those who are certainly going to criticize him for using the word "gay" in such context.

"If someone says you can't say 'gay' like that you tell them to go [expletive] themselves. You're not going to get anything politically correct out of me."

Social media users, however, failed to give Rock's quotes the attentions he was likely looking for. While he has found both support and critics online, the consensus seems to be that not many people care about what he has to say.

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