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American rapper and entertainer

Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21, 1978), often referred to, and also known as K Fed, is an American dancer, actor and DJ. He is known for his two year marriage to American singer Britney Spears, for whom he was previously a backup dancer, and the child custody battle that followed, which earned significant media coverage. His popularity led to him releasing his critically panned debut album Playing with Fire in 2006, which is commonly considered to be one of the worst albums ever released. He has since made a number of television and film appearances, and also worked as a DJ.

Kevin Earl Federline was born on March 21, 1978, in Fresno, California, to parents Mike and Julie (née Story), a car mechanic and former bank teller from Oregon, respectively. Federline's parents divorced when he was eight years old; then he moved to Carson City, Nevada, with his mother, but returned to Fresno when he was 11, when he and his brother Chris moved to his father's house. In the ninth grade, Federline dropped out of high school (later earning a certificate of General Educational Development), and delivered pizzas for work.

In 1996, Federline moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in dance and began dancing with a nonprofit organization called Dance Empowerment. and LFO. He appeared as a Dirt Track Dancer in two episodes of the television sitcom Nikki (2001–2002) and as a dancer on The Drew Carey Show (2001). He also had an uncredited role as an Angel Dancer for Cher on the sitcom Will & Grace (2002). He appeared as a dancer in a commercial for department store chain Target. Federline has appeared in several music videos as a dancer, including Christina Milian's "AM to PM" (2001), Pink's "Get the Party Started" (2001) and Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You" (2002). He also appeared as a dancer in the dance drama film You Got Served (2004). He subsequently guest starred as Cole "Pig" Tritt, an arrogant teenager who harasses investigators on a job, in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006). He also appeared on NBC's game show 1 vs. 100 (2006), along with the cast of Las Vegas. Federline initially released a download only song, "Y'all Ain't Ready", and a physical single, "PopoZão" in 2006, shortly after his marriage to Spears. Following poor critical reaction, neither song was included on his debut album. Federline appeared on WWE programming to promote his album, Playing with Fire, and participate in an angle. He first appeared on the October 16, and October 23, 2006, editions of WWE Raw, in which he got into physical altercations with WWE Champion John Cena. The following week, he came to the ring to aid Johnny Nitro in his match against John Cena. After Cena got in Federline's face, Federline slapped him hard. Federline appeared again during the November 5, 2006, pay per view event Cyber Sunday, hitting Cena with King Booker's World Heavyweight Championship belt and helping Booker win the Champion of Champions match that was organized between Cena, Booker, and Big Show. The next night, November 6, 2006, he challenged Cena to a match at the New Year's Day edition of Raw, which Cena accepted. He went on to win this no disqualification match thanks to interference from Johnny Nitro and Umaga. Later in the night, after John Cena's main event match, Cena went after Federline and brought him into the ring and delivered his FU finishing move twice before cameras stopped rolling. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Federline was well received backstage. Sources say he worked so well with the company and personnel that the WWE may give him a regular role on the company's show Raw in the near future. Other sources and wrestlers have spoken about Federline's generally good attitude backstage as well. Federline starred in a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company commercial during Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007, as part of its "Life Comes at You Fast" ad series. In the commercial, Federline initially appeared in a music video, rapping about living a high flying lifestyle. Then reality sets in as Federline is shown now working in a fast food restaurant with his manager yelling at him, the punchline of the ad being "Life comes at you fast". The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Federline was paid $377,000 for the commercial, and made $15,000 for appearing at his 29th birthday party at Pure nightclub in Las Vegas. He also earned $50,000 for a number of Las Vegas club appearances in December 2007. HuffPost reported three months later, that the December 2007 issue was on track to sell more than 75,000 copies, nearly 15,000 copies more than Federline's March 2005 cover issue. Federline guest starred as Jason "J Fed" Federline in three episodes of The CW's television series One Tree Hill (2008). He played Lollipop Love Dancer in The Onion Movie (2008), which was filmed in 2003, and a Canadian border guard in the comedy film American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009).

In 2010, Federline appeared on the seventh season of VH1's weight loss reality television show Celebrity Fit Club. He told Access Hollywood, that the reason for his weight gain was feeling depressed about his divorce from Spears and not feeling happy with himself. While appearing on the show, Federline lost 30 pounds. On January 23, 2012, he suffered chest pains while filming the show. On March 7, 2015, Federline worked as a DJ at Heat nightclub in Orange Country alongside DJ Prophet. He also hosts club events regularly with his wife Victoria Prince, such as a fantasy football event in 2015, with Federline saying: "We take [fantasy football] so seriously that there are months of planning that go into the strategy of what your going to do with the other people. This is our 6th season. It's been same people from the beginning. We have a waiting list to get into our league." He was featured as an ice sculpture in fast food restaurant chain Jack in the Box's television commercial in 2015. In April 2016, Federline released a music video for his new song, "Hollywood" with rapper Crichy Crich. Produced by Styles & Complete, the song was inspired by "the ridiculousness of Hollywood". In a 2016 interview with Vegas Seven, Federline said that he has been producing music for other artists. He has also played DJ sets in Washington, Texas and California. In June 2019, Federline performed a DJ set at Harrah's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In his first televised interview in over a decade, Federline and some of his family members appeared in a one hour special interview on the Australian show 60 Minutes in September 2022. In the interview, Federline discussed his family life, saying: "I want my sons to have the closest thing to a normal life that they can possibly have because it'll make them better people. They see me, so they know that if they really want to get away they know how to get away."

In 2000, Federline began dating actress and singer Shar Jackson. The couple separated shortly before their son's birth, as Federline ended things with Jackson for a relationship with pop singer Britney Spears. Jackson later commented that Federline's relationship with Spears "wasn't like just breaking up a relationship. It was like breaking up a family", but the pair sustained an amicable relationship, with Jackson complimenting his parenting.

After three months of dating, Federline and Spears announced their engagement in July 2004; they were married on September 18 in a nondenominational ceremony at a residence in Studio City, California, but became legally valid on October 6. Due to the fact that Federline got into a relationship with Spears when his ex girlfriend Shar Jackson was pregnant with Federline's second child, the romance between Federline and Spears received intense attention from the media, with Federline being seen as a "gold digger". The controversy of his breakup with Jackson, his relationship with Spears, the accusations of him being a "gold digger", and the disparity in fame between him and Spears all made Federline both a frequent target of ridicule and an extremely disliked celebrity. and Jayden James Federline (b. September 2006). On November 7, 2006, Spears filed for divorce from Federline, citing irreconcilable differences and asking for both physical and legal custody of their two sons, with visitation rights for Federline. The following day, Federline filed a response to Spears' divorce petition, seeking physical and legal custody of their children. According to a representative for Federline's lawyer, the divorce filing "caught Kevin totally by surprise". On December 4, 2006, MSNBC reported that Federline set up a home for himself and his family in the Hollywood Hills. The pair reached a global settlement agreement in March 2007 and their divorce was finalized on July 30, 2007. Members of Spears' family have been photographed in and out of his home and babysitting the boys while Kevin was out of town. On October 1, 2007, a court ruling granted Kevin Federline sole physical custody of his children, with legal custody to be decided. On the late evening of January 3, 2008, police were called to Spears' home after the singer reportedly refused to relinquish custody of her children to Federline (as told in Spears' memoir, because Federline was refusing to allow Spears to see her kids for lengthy periods and she feared that she wouldn't see them again). Spears was taken from her home on a stretcher and hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

Federline was first linked to former volleyball player Victoria Prince in 2008, when the two were both on the same recreational bowling team, the Party Animals. Their daughter Jordan Kay Federline was born in August 2011; she is Federline's fifth child and Prince's first. They wed on August 10, 2013. Their second child together, daughter Peyton Marie Federline, was born in April 2014. In the summer of 2023, the family moved to Hawaii, because Prince was offered a job at a Hawaii university. Prince played volleyball and graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2005.

Year Title Role Notes2001The Drew Carey ShowDancer #7Episode: "Drew Gets Out of the Nuthouse"2001–2002NikkiDirt Track DancerEpisodes: "Home Sweet Homeless" (2001) and "Uneasy Rider" (2002)2002Will & GraceAngel Dancer for CherEpisode: "A. I.: Artificial Insemination: Part 2"; Uncredited2004You Got ServedDancerFilm2005The Fabulous Life ofHimselfEpisode: "Britney Spears & Kevin Federline"2005Britney & Kevin: ChaoticHimself5 episodes; Also executive producer and cinematographer2006MuchOnDemandHimself / Co host1 episode2006CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCole "Pig" TrittEpisode: "Fannysmackin'"20061 vs. 100Himself / Mob MemberEpisode: "Episode #1.6"2006WWE Cyber SundayHimselfTelevision special2006–2007WWE RawHimselfRecurring role; 7 episodes2008The Onion MovieLollipop Love DancerFilm2008One Tree HillJason "J Fed" FederlineRecurring role; 3 episodes2008ErnestoHimselfTelevision film2009American Pie Presents: The Book of LoveCanadian Border GuardFilm2010Celebrity Fit ClubHimselfContestant; 5 episodes2012 Excess BaggageHimselfContestant; 4th place202260 MinutesHimselfGuest: 1 episode