Kid Rock to sponsor Big 3 stage at Arts, Beats & Eats festival

Kid Rock is giving a helping hand to the Arts, Beats & Eats festival by sponsoring the Big 3 stage.

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He may not come to rock the house, but Kid Rock is boosting his rep -- again -- as a stand-up guy for Metro Detroit.

Kid Rock (a.k.a. Robert Ritchie) is going to sponsor the Big 3 stage at the Arts, Beats & Eats-Festival Hope with a major last-minute stage sponsorship for the festival, which has lost more than $400,000 of sponsorship backing in 2009.

The self-proclaimed 'Son of Detroit" told promoters he saw how the cultural music festival offered up recognition for the Big Three Detroit automakers. He decided to help out by paying for all of the costs of the Big 3 stage, previously sponsored by Chrysler Corp., through his clothing line, "Made in Detroit."

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