Kid Cudi

Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, better known as Kid Cudi, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and fashion designer. He was born on 30 January 1984 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cudi began his music career with the release of his first mixtape "A Kid Named Cudi" in 2008. His breakthrough came with the hit "Day 'n' Nite", which earned him a record deal with Kanye West's label GOOD Music. His debut album "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" was released in 2009 and was both critically and commercially successful. This was followed by further albums such as "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr Rager" (2010), "Indicud" (2013) and "Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon" (2014). In addition to his solo career, Cudi founded the rock band WZRD together with producer Dot Da Genius in 2010. In 2018, he released a collaboration album with Kanye West under the name Kids See Ghosts. Cudi has also worked as an actor and appeared in films such as "Goodbye World" and "Need for Speed". His latest album "Man on the Moon III: The Chosen" was released in December 2020.

Cudi begann seine Musikkarriere mit der Veröffentlichung seines ersten Mixtapes “A Kid Named Cudi” im Jahr 2008. Sein Durchbruch gelang ihm mit dem Hit “Day ‘n’ Nite”, der ihm einen Plattenvertrag bei Kanye Wests Label GOOD Music einbrachte.

Sein Debütalbum “Man on the Moon: The End of Day” wurde 2009 veröffentlicht und war sowohl bei Kritikern als auch kommerziell erfolgreich. Es folgten weitere Alben wie “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager” (2010), “Indicud” (2013) und “Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon” (2014).

Neben seiner Solokarriere gründete Cudi 2010 zusammen mit dem Produzenten Dot Da Genius die Rockband WZRD. Im Jahr 2018 veröffentlichte er gemeinsam mit Kanye West ein Kollaborationsalbum unter dem Namen Kids See Ghosts.

Cudi hat auch als Schauspieler gearbeitet und in Filmen wie “Goodbye World” und “Need for Speed” mitgewirkt. Sein neuestes Album “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen” wurde im Dezember 2020 veröffentlicht.