Kevin Federline Raps at Teen Choice Awards

Kevin Federline performed at the end of the 2006 Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, California, for his first live performance on television. Doing everything he could to shake the title of Mr. Britney Spears, Federline put on a decent performance that was sure to save him from too much criticism.

K-Fed gave a high-energy performance of his new single, "Lose Control", to eager fans. While the experience was undoubtedly a good one for his career, Kevin Federline was slightly upstaged by his introducer: Britney Spears. The heavily-pregnant Britney Spears appeared on stage wearing a low-cut, cleavage-baring dress to introduce Federline to the audience. Spears stepped up and said "This show has been very good to me and my career over the years. And I'm hoping that it will be as good to our next performer." That was followed up with "'Please give a big welcome to my man, Kevin Federline."

Kevin Federline appeared on stage wearing a baggy white shirt with a white hat, and began leaping around the stage, surrounded by young dancers. Federline put on his best tough-guy look and rapped "I ain't here to brag."

There were mixed reaction to Federline's debut TV performance. Ludacris, who real name is Chris Bridges, was quoted by USA Today as praising Kevin Federline by saying "I'm very proud of him. He's faced so much negative criticism."

On the other side of the coin, American Idol judge Paula Abdul said she didn't hear much of the song, but others told her it wasn't very good. That led Abdul to say "the person I feel saddest for is Britney." That followed a Paul Abdul quote from just before Federline's performance, when she advised Federline to "Do what you gotta do and have fun."

Beyond the Kevin Federline drama, Reese Witherspoon took Best Actress in a Drama Role for Walk The Line, Best Kiss went to The Lake House stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and Johnny Depp scored big with Best Actor in a Drama/Action Adventure for Pirates of the Caribbean and Best Actor, Comedy for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Awkward moments abounded at the award ceremony hosted by Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson. Simpson took home honors for Best Female Breakout Role in The Dukes of Hazzard while her ex-husband, Nick Lachey took home Best Love Song honors for his song about his and Simpson's public divorce, "What's Left of Me". ABC News quoted Lachey's acceptance speech as starting off with "I just want to start off by saying, awkward, a little bit." It would have been more awkward as both Simpson and Lachey were nominated for the Hottie Female and Hottie Male Awards. Instead, those honors went to Jessica Alba and Orlando Bloom.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were married on September 18th, 2004. They had their first child together, Sean Preston Federline, on September 14th, 2005. On May 10th, 2006, Spears confirmed her second pregnancy on the Late Show with David Letterman last month. Britney Spears is the best-selling female artist of the 2000s, having sold 85 million albums. Britney's albums include Baby, One More Time, Oops! I Did It Again, Britney, In The Zone, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative and has appeared in movies such as The New Mickey Mouse Club, Crossroads and In The Pink. Kevin Federline is expected to be releasing his debut album, Playing with Fire, in the very near future, own his own record label, Federation Records.

[Additional Sources: USA Today, ABC News]