Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SPOT A TROUBLED KID...
...Kid Rock, 27, is the most promising of the crew. The son of a car-dealer dad and a homemaker mom, Kid Rock (a.k.a. Bob Ritchie) was signed by Jive Records a decade ago but was dropped in the early '90s, around the time Vanilla Ice caused white hip-hop to be seen as something of a joke and almost all white rappers to be viewed as suspect. Kid Rock had to beg his skeptical father for a loan to put out an indie record (he has his own small label, Top Dog). At a local record signing early...
There is a fear in hip-hop that white rappers will displace more talented black performers. Says Kris Kelley, music director for the Detroit radio station WJLB: "Eminem, Kid Rock and Insane Clown Posse are good rappers, but you could probably comb the nation and find 500 black rappers just as talented...
Instead of focusing on "How to Spot a Troubled Kid," I wish you had concentrated on "How to Help a Troubled Kid." There's a big difference in involvement, compassion and understanding. THERESE HENDERSON Hanover, Mass...
...those of you who have forgotten what it was like to be a teenager, it's about five years of entrapment. You are trapped between the kid you once were and the person you are destined to become. This constant state of uncertainty is stressful not only for teens but for adults as well. Parents try hard to keep their kids away from things that might corrupt their future, whether drugs, alcohol or violent movies. But placing strict restrictions on teens will accomplish only two things: really, really annoy them and make the temptation for rebellion greater...