Kid Rock: My Crew's '07 Waffle House Beatdown was Self Defense 4.15K Jeff Neumann 09/17/10 12:08AM Filed to: tough guys tough guys Fights Kid Rock Rednecks Lawsuits "American Bad Ass" Kid Rock says he and his entourage beat the hell out of a man at a Georgia Waffle House in 2007 only after they were provoked. Kid Rock is being sued by Harlen Akins for $6,000.