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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 old, 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. ==Early life== Spencer was born in Plantation, Florida, to June Lena Baker Battiest (Seminole) and Henry Lee Battiest, Jr (Choctaw). Spencer grew up between Broken Bow, Oklahoma and the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation. He graduated from Hollywood Christian School. Spencer has 4 sisters and 2 brothers – his older brother Zachary aka “Doc” collaborates with his music. Spencer's first appearance on stage was at the tender age of 4 years old, in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, singing at his grandfather’s home church. His father, (who is full-blood Choctaw) came from a long line of gospel singers and taught Spencer to sing hymns in his traditional tribal language. His father saw his son’s interest in singing and groomed him as a vocalist. By 11 years old, Spencer was invited to sing live during the opening NHL game on ESPN between the Florida Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks. From this opportunity he was invited to sing the National Anthem for National boxing matches on Showtime, HBO, and ESPN2. While attending a Christian school in Hollywood, Florida, Spencer took part in stage plays and musicals. At 14 years old, Spencer broadened his talent even more by studying acting. That led to an invitation to audition for IPOP – International Presentation of Performance among prominent directors of various television production companies, top talent scouts and Broadway talent agents. Spencer was 1 of 15 chosen from over a thousand kids invited internationally to participate in the grand finale showcase production. Spencer won the award for “Best Top Male Teen” overall award at IPOP.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spencer Battiest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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