Spencer Battiest

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 song "The Storm" garnered his first music video win, followed by 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. In 2002, at the age of 11, Spencer became the first and youngest Seminole Tribe member to perform the National Anthem on live television for an ESPN NHL hockey game between the Florida Panthers and Chicago Blackhawks.[1] Later, he was invited to sing the National Anthem for national boxing matches on Showtime, HBO, and ESPN2. From 2007 to 2010, Battiest performed at the annual Calling Festival among such artists as Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton and Neil Young. In the summer of 2015, Spencer performed at the annual Hard Rock Rising Barcelona Global musical festival, opening for such artists as Robbie Williams, Kings of Leon and Juanes.