Scott Mescudi,1984年出生,大家更熟悉他的艺名Kid Cudi。他是一个来自篮球巨星詹姆斯所代表的美国俄亥俄州城市克利夫兰,通常人们都叫他Kid Cudi,而他也不是打篮球的,他是个说唱歌手。
Kid Cudi,相信在听到Kanye West的新专辑《808s & Heartbreak》之前你几乎没有看到过这个名字。但是现在他可是圈子里最炙手可热的新人。Kid Cudi曾打电话给DJ Semtex谈到了他最近在英国的成功:12个月前的这个时候,他才做了自己的第一首歌;6个月前,他还是朝九晚五的上班族;现在,任何一刻他都可能被一家大的主流厂牌签下,明天他可能就能在英国拿到排行榜第一位单曲。
而当他与知名时尚街拍10 Deep合作,并在10 Deep官方网站推出其个人第一张mixtape《A Kid Named Cudi》下载之后,他更是名声大噪。在mixtape中,另一位新近说唱歌手,来自美国首都华盛顿的Wale也倾情加盟,而他也因此引来了如日中天的说唱巨星Kanye West的关注。去年9月,他在VMA上和当时还没坠机的Travis Barker和DJ AM同台献演。这时可能大家还没记住他,但是当大家在Kanye West的新专辑曲目列表中发现他的名字出现了两次之后,我相信不会有人会再次将其名字给遗忘了。
在发行了第一首单曲后,Kid Cudi开始引起大家的注意。之后,他发行了自己的第一个混合辑 A KiD Named CuDi 这个混合辑的特点是来自DC 说唱歌手 Wale 也吸引了Kanye West的注意 在2008年的9月初 他从事在2008 VMAs ,和 Travis Barker, DJ AM一起.Kid Cudi在 Kanye West上张专辑 808s & Heartbreak中有和他合唱Welcome to Heartbreak,他也是这首歌创作的参与者之一。他已经完成了自己的处子专辑《Man on the Moon》,2009年春天发行!
Kid Cudi is a Brooklyn-based rapper from Cleveland whose debut single, &Day 'n' Nite,& became an online favorite in 2008. Born Scott Mescudi in Cleveland, his career took off after he moved to Brooklyn and became affiliated with Fool's Gold, the label of DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs. The label released the Day 'n' Nite EP in February 2008 and circulated a Crooks remix around the blogosphere, drumming up a lot of buzz in the process. It didn't hurt either that Kid Cudi began to get increasing press; for instance, Rolling Stone magazine touted him among its Top Five &Best Indie Hip-Hop& artists of 2008. Not long after the release of &Day 'n' Nite,& Kid Cudi began touring with the Fool's Gold collective, which performed at a South by Southwest showcase and subsequently joined forces with Steve Aoki and his Dim Mak collective for a North American tour. Meanwhile, Kid Cudi planned the release of his full-length album debut.