Kid Cudi is an American hip-hop
recording artist and actor from Cleveland, Ohio.
After moving to Brooklyn, Cudi gained recognition after the release of his first official
full-length project, a mixtape titled A Kid Named Cudi, which he released in 2008.
The mixtape caught the attention of Kanye West,
who subsequently signed Cudi to his GOOD Music label, in 2008.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Scott Mescudi
Born: January 30, 1984
From: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genre(s):
Hip hop,
rock
Instrument(s):
Vocals,
guitar,
Maschine production system
Occupation(s):
Rapper,
singer-songwriter,
guitarist,
record producer,
actor
Active From: 2003-present
Associated Acts:
WZRD,
Common,
Dot da Genius,
Kanye West,
King Chip
Quotes:
"I was working at this restaurant in Cleveland. There was this white dude in his 40s who
was cool as shit and would tell me, "You're funny and people like you.
You need to move the f*ck out of Ohio and just do this." My uncle told me I could come out
there and stay with him in the South Bronx until I got on my feet. I'd never met him; this was my
father's older brother, the last of my father's siblings, so I wanted to make that connection anyway.
I moved in 2004 with my little demo and maybe $500."
"My uncle that I lived with passed in 2006. We were actually beefing because
he forced me out the house when I didn't have another situation set up, so I was bitter.
I never apologized for it, and that kills me. That's why I wrote "Day 'n' Nite." If he wasn't
there to let me stay with him those first few months, there would be no Kid Cudi. It f*cked me up
watching him go, but it was like, "I have to fulfill this destiny now for sure." Things were moving
but they weren't solidified yet. I had "Day 'n' Nite," we were just getting started, and I was like,
"This shit has got to pop off." I wasn't taking no for an answer."