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==Early life== Durst was born Frederick Allen Mayne III in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], but soon moved to [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] and then to a farm in [[Cherryville, North Carolina]], at one year old. His mother Anita had him rechristened as William Frederick Durst after remarrying Bill Durst, a local police officer. Shortly after, Durst's parents had another child, his half-brother Cory Durst. In the fifth grade, he moved to [[Gastonia, North Carolina]], where he graduated from [[Hunter Huss High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hamovhotov.com/celebrities/?p=923|title=Fred Durst: <<< All About Celebrities}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2013/05/24/how-being-bullied-at-gastonia-nc-school-helped-durst-form-limp-bizkit/30028658007/ | title=How being bullied at Gastonia, NC, school helped Durst form Limp Bizkit }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092299/dsr_0922bizk.html |title=Jacksonville.com: No. 1 son 09/22/99 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020828063850/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092299/dsr_0922bizk.html |archive-date=August 28, 2002 |access-date=February 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cepeda |first=Raquel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFUyjave3gUC&q=fred+durst+cherryville&pg=PA221 |title=And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years |date=September 29, 2004 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=978-1-4668-1046-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Media |first=Bernie Petit / Halifax |title=Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst reflects on growing up in Cherryville and Gastonia |url=https://www.shelbystar.com/article/20130523/lifestyle/305239773 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228022908/https://www.shelbystar.com/article/20130523/lifestyle/305239773 |archive-date=February 28, 2020 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |website=Shelby Star |language=en}}</ref> As a child, Durst was bullied, which he incorporated into his music. At the age of 12, Durst took an interest in [[breakdancing]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[punk rock]], and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]. He began to [[rapping|rap]], [[skateboard|skate]], [[beatboxing|beatbox]], and DJ. Leaving the Navy after two years (1988β1990), Durst moved back to Jacksonville with his father where he worked as a landscaper and a tattoo artist while developing an idea for a band that combined elements of rock and hip-hop.<ref name="Devenish1">{{Cite book |last=Devenish |first=Colin |url=https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/1 |title=Limp Bizkit |publisher=St. Martin's |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-26349-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/1 1β20]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fred-durst-p240084/biography |title=Fred Durst Biography |last=Ankeny, Jason |website=Allmusic |access-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210051812/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fred-durst-p240084/biography |url-status=live }}</ref>
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