By Stone Martindale Oct 2, 2007, 16:30 GMT
Rocker and Red Hot Chili Pepper leadman Anthony Kiedis, 44, and his model girlfriend, Heather Christie, 22, have become first time parents today when they welcomed their first child, a boy, early this morning at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
05/11/2007 - Anthony Kiedis - 3rd Annual MusiCares Map Fund Benefit Concert - Henry Forda Music Box Theater - Hollywood, CA © David Gabber / Photorazzi
The pregnancy was announced in May.
In 2004, Kiedis published a memoir titled, Scar Tissue, which peaked at number 17 on the New York Times Bestseller List.
It is a detailed Kiedis's life as a rebellious child from Grand Rapids, Michigan to becoming a rock star.
His parents divorced in 1965 when he was three. He has two sisters, Julie and Jenny, and a brother, James. Kiedis lived with his mother in Grand Rapids until he was 11, then moved to Los Angeles with his father, a soon-to-be actor and drug dealer. Kiedis himself has admitted that his love for heroin was influenced by his drug addict father. His father was the person who introduced him to drugs; Anthony would later go on to use and abuse many drugs in his lifetime.
Kiedis was in and out of rehab over the next few years, but has reportedly avoided another relapse since December 24, 2000.
"It’s easy to be a junkie," Kiedis said in the March, 2007, issue of Blender. He has since then cleaned up his act.
"It’s not easy to be one of the fastest guitar players of all time, or one of the greatest writers."
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