Kip Moore

Kip Moore was born in Tifton, Georgia, near the Florida line, one of six children. "You had to make your own fun, for sure," he said of Tifton. "I had a lot of time for daydreaming. It was a great town, but I dreamed about getting out. I do enjoy going back now."

During high school, Moore largely focused on sports. He played point guard for Wallace State's basketball team and also played on its golf team in Hanceville, Alabama, for two years and then transferred to Valdolsta State University on a golf scholarship.

Moore had begun playing his brother's guitar during high school, and music became a growing passion. He wrote songs daily and made his first public performance at a Mellow Mushroom restaurant in the Georgian town of Valdosta.