Brooke Hogan
Birth name Brooke Ellen Bollea
Born May 5, 1988 (1988-05-05) (age 19)
Origin Tampa, Florida, United States
Genre(s) Pop, R&B
Years active 2004 - present
Brooke Ellen Bollea (born May 5, 1988[1]), better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American recording artist and television personality.
She was born in Tampa, Florida, the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (Terrence Gene “Terry” Bollea) and his wife Linda Bollea, and older sister of Nick Bollea. She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family, and which premiered on July 10, 2005 on VH1 and MTV.
Early life
In high school, she took dance classes, voice lessons, gymnastics, and cheerleading. She joined the squad of her Clearwater, FL school, Clearwater Central Catholic, in her freshman year. Hogan graduated from high school at the age of sixteen.[2]
Hogan was signed to Trans Continental Records in 2002. Her first song in the United States singles charts was "Everything to Me". Produced by Sheppard and Kenny Gioia in 2004 as part of her album This Voice, the single was released July 27, 2004. It appeared at #97 on the Billboard Hot 100, but dropped off the chart in a few weeks. The album was planned for release September 24, 2004, but this never happened.
Brooke next appeared with her father in an hour-long profile on VH1, (Inside) Out: Hulk Hogan, Stage Dad. The success of this special spawned an entire series. Hogan Knows Best debuted in July 2005 and was the highest-rated series premiere in VH1's network history. The series, which helped her become a household name, was according to Hulk Hogan intended in part to promote Brooke's music career.
In 2006, Hogan changed record labels and became the first artist signed to Scott Storch's label, initially called Storchaveli Records but later named Storch Music Company. Hogan's first single About Us premiered on season two finale of Hogan Knows Best. The album, Undiscovered, was releaed October 24, 2006.
Hogan appeared in the November 2006 edition of FHM, becoming the first FHM Cover Model under twenty-one. As a result, the November issue had no liquor advertising: "In the very rare instance that you might have a cover star under the age of 21, they don't want to be in the position of seeming to market to anyone under age".
Personal life
Her father is extremely strict on dating. He enjoys enforcing stringent restrictions on prospective suitors, as seen on Hogan Knows Best. According to an interview with Hulk Hogan in Maxim magazine, he literally threw Aaron Carter out of his house after less than an hour after finding Carter to be arrogant and disrespectful. On Hogan Knows Best, Hulk placed a GPS tracker on her vehicle that enables him to track her whereabouts and can even remotely shut down the engine of Brooke's car if he feels the need to do so. However, in a later interview, she reveals, among other things, that her father has loosened up a bit upon her eighteenth birthday.
