Kid Rock: Rocker Tells Reporter to 'F--- Yourself' Over 'Made in Detroit' Controversy

Kid Rock wrote a scathing rebuttal over the weekend in response to accusations by a Detroit Free Press reporter that the rocker's Made in Detroit clothing line was made elsewhere.

"Let me first start off by cordially inviting you to go f--- yourself," Rock opened in his letter to Susan Tompor, the author of a Feb. 6 article claiming Kid Rock's clothing line was not actually made in Detroit ("So why in the world are Kid Rock's high-end 'Made in Detroit' T-shirts made in the Dominican Republic? Or some other country?").

Tompor wrote, stating that some of the t-shirts didn't even indicate where they were produced or were missing labels entirely.

"I have always said that I do care what people in my hometown think of me, and the hatchet job you have just written about the Made in Detroit company in the Detroit Free Press has made me so upset that I am left with no choice but to defend myself and my company," wrote Rock.

In the letter, Rock added that the company -- which he purchased out of bankruptcy after the company hit bottom in 2005 -- "is to re-instill a sense of Detroit pride, give back to the community, try to create jobs in our home state and maybe one day build our own facility somewhere close to the riverfront in Detroit."

While Rock acknowledged that not every product is made in the U.S., the musician said "the majority of our products are in fact MADE IN AMERICA."

"You didn't care about printing the fact that 98 percent of all clothing sold in America is not made in America," he continued. "The majority of the clothes that are made in America still import the cottons and other parts needed to make these items from outside the country.

"In addition, we have NEVER laid claim to our items actually being made in Detroit, it's been on our website since we took the company out of bankruptcy what we are about," Rock added, including a photo of the company statement.

Stating how the company has "created jobs for people in and around Detroit," Rock said, as the owner of the company "I've never taken a dime of salary or profit or even expensed a meal."