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Cudi is known for his autobiographical lyrics. His songs are often 3 his childhood hardships, depression, isolation, and struggles with substance abuse. The themes of spirituality, heartbreak, and celebration permeate his music. His live performances are widely recognized as being an incredibly energized take on a hip-hop and rock show combined with a positive outlook and party atmosphere.
Cudi has sold over 22 million records in the U.S. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and won. He has often been cited as an influence on a number of contemporary hip-hop and alternative acts. Cudi has collaborated with several prominent artists across many different genres, including Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, David Guetta, Shakira, MGMT, Mary J. Blige, Michael Bolton, and Steve Aoki.
Cudi has worked extensively with the Brooklyn-based record label, Fool’s Gold, responsible for the likes of A Track, Lil B, and Danny Brown. He also launched his own record label, Wicked Awesome Records, in 2011.
Born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, Kid Cudi grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the youngest of four children. His father died when he was only 11 years old, and his passing profoundly impacted Cudi’s songwriting and musical style.
Kid Cudi adopted his stage name at the dawn of his career, which began after he moved to New York in 2005 with $500, a demo tape, and dreams of becoming a rapper. He released his first single, “Day ‘n’ Nite,” on his MySpace page in 2007. It gained traction across a number of music blogs and eventually got the attention of Cudi’s future mentor, Kanye West. With the support of West, Cudi released his first mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, in July 2008.
Around the same time, the Italian electronic duo Crookers released a prominent remix of “Day ‘n’ Nite.” This created a huge amount of online buzz for Kid Cudi and provided a solid fan base from which to launch his debut conceptual album, “Man on the Moon: The End of Day” toward the end of 2009. Popular tracks from the album included “Make Her Say” and “Pursuit of Happiness,” the latter of which received an acclaimed cover by rocker Lissie.
A year after the release of his first album, Cudi released a sequel, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager. Although this album did not reach the same success as his first, Cudi’s second work was still well-received. It was certified gold by the RIAA and reached number three on the Billboard charts.
In 2010 Kid Cudi joined forces with Dot da Genius and taught himself to play guitar to form the rock-rap band WZRD. The band released its music on Dot’s own label, Dream On Records. However, due to creative differences Dream On was dissolved and instead WZRD’s material was released on Cudi’s own label, Wicked Awesome, in 2012. Cudi followed up in 2013 with his third solo album, Indicud, which featured HAIM, A$AP Rocky, and Father John Misty, the former drummer from Fleet Foxes.
Cudi released his third solo album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, in February 2014. Released with little promotion, it flew under the radar in comparison to Cudi’s earlier success.
In 2015, Cudi officially released the song “Love,” which samples “Sunblocks” by Ratatat. A new album release was announced later that year, and the lead song, “Confused!” was released soon after. Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven dropped in December 2015. Two additional songs were subsequently released from the album: “Judgemental Cunt” and “Wedding Tux.”
Cudi initially announced a new tour, dubbed the Especial Tour, but it was canceled later that year due to production problems and unspecified personal issues. As a consolation for his fans, Cudi released the title track from the album as another single.
In March 2016, Kid Cudi headlined the McDowell Mountain Music Festival in Phoenix, Arizona. Shortly after, he announced a new album would be coming soon. Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ was officially released that December. The album was a commercial success and featured guest vocals by Travis Scott, Pharrell Williams, and André 3000. Cudi performed his song “Kitchen” live with a string orchestra on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote the album’s release, and launched a U.S. concert tour promoting the album.
In 2018, Cudi and Kanye West partnered to create the group Kids See Ghosts. Together, they produced a self-titled album, released in June 2018.
In 2020, Cudi announced a single with Eminem titled “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady.” The song was highly successful, debuting in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Cudi also released a teaser video of his forthcoming album, Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, the last installment in the Man on the Moon series.
Man on the Moon III: The Chosen received critical acclaim. Cudi’s songwriting skills, in particular, were highly praised. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart.
On December 3, 2021, he collaborated with singer Ariana Grande on the song “Just Look Up” to promote the Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up. Cudi headlined the Rolling Loud Music Festival in the same year. During a performance, he revealed his intention to release two new albums in 2022.
The first of the two albums, The Boy Who Flew to the Moon, Vol. 1, was a compilation album which featured a re-release of “A Kid Named Cudi,” as well as the previously-unreleased “Love.”
Cudi’s second album of 2022 was the long-awaited Entergalactic, which appeared alongside an animated Netflix special of the same name. Entergalactic dropped on September 30, 2022, to much fan anticipation. The album was a commercial and critical success, debuting at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
Cudi is currently touring overseas. For those wishing to catch the next Kid Cudi tour, keep an eye on his official website for any new tour dates.
In addition to his musical career, Kid Cudi has dabbled in many other ventures. He has partnered with several clothing brands and designers, including BAPE, Surface to Air, Giuseppe Zanotti, A.P.C., Adidas, Virgil Abloh, Cactus Plant Flea Market, and Off-White. Through these collaborations, Cudi has had a hand in designing and creating tons of clothing, sneakers, and fashion accessories.
Coming from humble beginnings, Kid Cudi’s story is remarkable alone, without his track record epic live performances. After moving to New York with only a few hundred dollars and a demo tape, Kid Cudi’s signing with Kanye West began to catapult him to international stardom.
He very quickly acquired a cult-like following of high school and college students, selling out initially small venues, and eventually arena tours.
One of the most modest crowd pleasers in the music industry presently, Cudi poignantly demonstrated this at his gig back in 2011 in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel, giving an incredibly moving speech before his performance of both versions of ‘Pursuit of Happiness’.
His juxtaposition of this emotional moment with the epic strobe lighting of the venue succeeded in elevating the audience, carrying them with him through every moment of his performance. A real bonus of seeing Kid Cudi perform live is that he’s so invested in pleasing his fans, meaning that the audience are able to experience a real variation of old and newer tracks.
Overall, the production value of the event just completes the experience of seeing a fantastic artist, and Kid Cudi has the whole package.
yazhow
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik!!! If you don't know what that means, you ain't breathing and you ain't from Atlanta! I crossed off the number one musical item on my bucket list by seeing Outkast (Big Boi and Andre 3000) perform at the Counterpoint Festival. I could hardly contain my excitement as I anxiously awaited the group's arrival on stage. To set the scene...it rained earlier that day, so the Outkast set was postponed an hour. None of that mattered as the lights finally dimmed and the dynamic duo hit the stage to shut.it.down. Dre 3000 was dressed in an all black jumper with a white X down the middle and Big Boi was his dipped in his usual freshness. They performed everything from 1994's "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" to 2003's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below." I really think they could've just stood on stage and not said a word and the crowd would've been just as pleased. Every woman, man and child was filled with the vibes from the music we grew up listening to for the past 20 years! I couldn't even make up the magic that took place that night. If you missed it, well...you missed a lot!
toni_a_carter
There’s a nice dichotomy to Chip tha Ripper’s stage name - something innocent about the first part, and downright sinister about the latter - but, in truth, nothing about Charles Worth’s career in the rap game - which has spanned more than a decade to date - has really played off of that idea of light and shade; instead, for an artist who has always been on the mainstream side of the genre as far as the promotion and commercial success of his releases have been concerned, he’s actually often veered very close to what I’d classically consider to be alternative hip hop territory - consider, for example, the fact that his lyrics can go from being stark to downright funny in the blink of an eye, and that he’s worked hard to incorporate certain southern rap stylings - bearing in mind that particular scene was all the rage when his career began in 2002 - like the chopped and screwed remixing approach into his music. In more recent years, he’s probably been most notable for his hookups with his friend Kid Cudi, appearing prominently on his Man on the Moon: The End of Day LP as well as its sequel and A Kid Named Cudi, the mixtape that launched him into the big time.
Joeg_67
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