Alecia Beth Moore: from Troubled Teen to P!nk Superstar“I was extreme… From skateboarder to hip-hopper, from delirious child to singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time (P!nk Quotes).” Alecia Beth Moore took music as most people knew it and created her own style. To appreciate P!nk's original music, you need to understand P!nk's flawed childhood, how she overcame hardships in her life, and the foundation and inspiration she left for other emerging musical artists. P!nk was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on September 8, 1979. She later grew up in Pennsylvania amid the complicated relationship between her parents James and Judy Moore. She was the second child of a middle-class family and her parents divorced before she was ten (Pink Biography). P!nk soon began to misbehave. At nine she started smoking cigarettes, at twelve she got a tattoo and a piercing on her tongue, at fifteen P!nk risked an overdose. By her sophomore year of high school she had tried everything from cocaine to marijuana and had been arrested multiple times for petty crime. As a child, she did not maintain close relationships because her friends' parents thought she was a bad influence. But P!nk remained close to her father, a Vietnam War veteran. P!nk's father taught her how to use guns and knives and even how to fight. It turned her into the tough woman she remained throughout her life (Pink). There were many events in his music career that he went through. When Pink was 15, she officially decided she wanted to be a musician. She started out in a punk band called Basic Instinct, then joined Choice and was signed to a record label with them in 1996. She earned the nickname P!nk and even dyed her fur... in between à la carte... .there is the teenager. “That punk rock, outsider, anti-authoritarian attitude continues to serve Pink well, and she says she still identifies with people who struggle, including the poor, the marginalized and homosexuals (The Truth About Pink).” P!nk is one of them. of the most diverse, original and dynamic artists of this decade and the last. His childhood and his rise as a star were chaotic and difficult. He had to work for everything he wanted; luxury was not immediately offered to her. P!nk always seems confident and when people express their opinions, no matter how rude or irrelevant they are, she listens if she can and reacts if necessary. The face of modern pop music has been heavily influenced by P!nk, who paved the way for many female artists. P!nk's childhood, musical difficulties, and influence on others show the character of Alecia Beth More. P!nk is what she does, but Alecia is who she is.