Spencer Battiest
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Spencer Battiest is an American Indian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor from Hollywood, Florida.In 2013, Spencer became the first American Indian artist to sign with Hard Rock Records.His music release song "The Storm" garnered his first music video win as a musician that soon followed up with his single "Love of My Life."
Growing up on the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation in Florida, Battiest's passion came from singing gospel hymns in the Miccosukee and Choctaw languages before turning his sights on Pop/Rock and R&B music.
In 2002, at the age of 11 years, Spencer became the youngest singer to ever perform solo among an audience of 17,000 singing the National Anthem on live television for an ESPN NHL hockey game match between the Florida Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks.From this point he was invited to sing the National Anthem for National boxing matches on Showtime, HBO, and ESPN2.
As a musician, from 2007–2010, Battiest performed at the annual Calling Festival (formerly Hyde Park Calling and Hard Rock Calling) among musical artists: Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Sting and The Police, performing compilations of pop/rock music for an audience of more than 100,000 at London's High Park arena.
In the summer of 2015, Spencer performed at the annual Hard Rock Rising Barcelona Global musical festival opening up for noble artists: Robbie Williams, Kings of Leon, Juanes, Lenny Kravitz, Avicii and Steve Angello.The weekend-long event took place at the Platja del Forum (Parc de la Pau, s/n.Sant Adria de Besos, Barcelona) on Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25, 2015.