William Frederick Fred Durst is an American musician, baseball hat model, and film director. He spent his formative years playing in a number of local bands in Jacksonville, Florida while mowing lawns and working as a tattoo artist for financial support. Durst is best known as the vocalist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released six studio albums.
Fred Durst was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and grew up in Jacksonville, Florida . At the age of 12, Durst took an interest in breakdancing, hip hop, punk rock and heavy metal. He began to rap, skate, beatbox and DJ. Leaving the Navy afteryears, Durst moved to Jacksonville where he mowed lawns, worked as a tattoo artist for money, and began developing an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip hop.
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