

Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. ^ "LEWD BUT LEGAL Another Untold Story with JOE C and Champtown"."Kid Rock - Interview - Woodstock 99 East Stage (Official)". ^ a b Kid Rock on MV (September 16, 2014).^ a b c "Joseph Calleja Rapper 'Joe C.' Toured with Kid Rock".


We love you." Rock dedicated his 2001 album Cocky to Calleja.ĭiscography With Kid Rock No matter what color, religion, race, or beliefs we have, he made us all smile.
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In a world full of confusion, Joey made all of us laugh. He brought a smile to everyone who has ever known or seen him. Kid Rock released a statement on Calleja's death: "Family and friends are everything without them, all of the fame and fortune means nothing. His death was determined to be from natural causes and no autopsy was performed. On November 16, 2000, Calleja died in his sleep at his parents' home in Taylor, Michigan, from complications from celiac disease. He was also featured posthumously in the animated film Osmosis Jones as a part of Kidney Rock. He appeared on the May 18, 2000, edition of WWF Smackdown during a taping in Detroit to drink beer with The Acolytes, and on the May 29 edition of Raw Is War, helping Too Cool win their only WWF Tag Team Championship in 2000 from Edge and Christian. was a World Wrestling Federation fan and made various references to the WWF stable D-Generation X during concerts.
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Ĭalleja also appeared on television, including a guest role with Kid Rock on the animated series The Simpsons, on the season 11 episode " Kill the Alligator and Run". A photo lab reported the image as possible child pornography, but the investigation was closed less than a day later when Joe C. In 1997, Calleja posed with two naked strippers for an album cover for rapper Shortcut. I was like, I'll teach you everything you need to know." I was like, you got attitude flying all over this room. He'd be standing on tables in the front row singing the lyrics." Rock subsequently brought Calleja into his act: "He's talking and I'm like, would you like a job? He's like, I can't do anything. Rock initially mistook Calleja for a child. Career Ĭalleja first met Detroit-area musician Kid Rock at a concert by the latter in Roseville, Michigan in 1994. Since childhood, he had been treated for celiac disease, a chronic autoimmune disorder that limited his height to 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m), and required him to take dozens of pills and undergo dialysis daily. Early life Ĭalleja was born in Trenton, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Taylor. Joseph Michael Calleja (Novem– November 16, 2000), known by his stage name Joe C., was an American rapper, best known for being a hype man for fellow rapper Kid Rock.
