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Zack de la Rocha is the former lead singer of Rage Against the Machine, which is highly regarded as one of the most influential rock bands in recent history, as they helped pave the way for many of today's nu metal bands that fuse rap and rock.

Zack (short for Zacarias) de la Rocha was born in Long Beach, California on January 12, 1970, to Beto and Olivia de la Rocha. His mother, Olivia, had a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine. His father, Beto, was a Chicano muralist in the political art group Los Four[?].

Zach de la rocha biography for kids

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They separated when Zack was one year old; Olivia retained custody, living in Irvine, California with Zack.

In 1983, Zack's father suffered a nervous breakdown, and took his religious ideals to extremes. He destroyed his art and when Zack visited him on the weekends, he was forced to fast and sit in a room with the curtains closed and the door locked, and also to help his father destroy his paintings -- paintings which had h