Brooke Hogan

In 2006, Brooke Hogan was in a relationship with black rapper Yannique Barker. The relationship ended because Hulk Hogan made a racist remark against Barker.

In June 2013, she revealed that she was engaged to Phil Costa, a former American football centre; but the engagement was called off in November 2013.

Brooke Hogan was born to the well-known wrestler, Hulk Hogan and Linda Claridge on May 5, 1988 in Tampa, Florida. She has a younger sibling, Nick Hogan, who is also an actor.

Right from an early age, she was inclined towards music and dance. While she was in high school, she went for dance classes and piano lessons. She also learnt gymnastics.

She was part of the cheerleading squad of the Cleanwater Central Catholic High School, where she studied only for the first half of the freshman year. She sang inhibitor chorus here.

Brooke Hogan started her career in 2002 as she signed with Trans Continental Records. The album’s song ‘Everything to Me’, released in July 2004, was an instant hit. It ranked in the top position on the Hot Singles Sales chart in the United States. It also secured 97th slot on the Billboard Hot 100.

From mid to late 2004, she partnered with Hilary Duff for ‘Most Wanted Tour’ and toured throughout the United States. During the same period, she also toured with the Backstreet Boys on their Up Close & Personal Tour.

She appeared in one-hour long television special ‘(Inside) Out: Hulk Hogan, Stage Dad’ with her father. The special showed Brooke’s preparation for her debut album and her father’s role in the preparation. This was an instant hit and gave the intended boost to Brooke’s upcoming music career.

The success of the special session paved the way to an entire television series, titled ‘Hogan Knows Best’ in July 2005. The show won huge rating and was based on the family life of Brooke Hogan. In the show, Hulk was shown as a strict father keeping a check on his daughter’s movement by placing a GPS tracker on her vehicle. He was strict with her dating but after her 18th birthday, he loosened up.

In 2006, Brooke Hogan became the first artist to sign with the Scott Storch’s label, Storch Music Company (SMC).

Brooke Hogan found immediate success with her first album, ‘Undiscovered’, that was released in 2006. The lead single ‘About Us’ from the album was an instant hit.

Her most remarkable work was the television series, ‘Hogan Knows Best’ and its sequel, ‘Brooke Knows Best’. Both the series showed the life and struggles in the life of Brooke and gained high ratings.

Though her second album, ‘The Redemption’ was not as successful as her first album, yet it scored 27th position on the Independent Albums chart by selling 3,381 copies in its first week.