Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi in September 2009

Kid Cudi (born January 30, 1984 in Cleveland , Ohio ; real name Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi ) is an American rapper and actor . In his music he especially mixes alternative rock , hip hop and trip hop elements.

biography

Cudi grew up in Cleveland and later moved to New York . In collaboration with the New York label 10. Deep Clothing , he released his first mixtape A KiD Named CuDi in July 2008 as a free download on the Internet. The rapper Wale took part as a guest musician . Through the work Kanye West became aware of Kid Cudi and signed him to his label GOOD Music .

In early September 2008, Cudi appeared at the side of Travis Barker and DJ AM at the MTV Video Music Awards . On the November 2008 released album 808s & Heartbreak by Kanye West he can be heard as a guest rapper on the track Welcome to Heartbreak and co-wrote Paranoid and the top 10 song Heartless .

His debut single Day 'n' Nite entered the top 5 of the charts in the USA and Great Britain in early 2009, and in Germany the song rose to number 13. The debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day was released in September of the same year . The album was produced by Plain Pat, Emile, Kanye West and Ratatat, among others . For the South Central Premium Upgrade of the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles , Kid Cudi and Emile produced the piece Switchin Lanes . Also in 2009 he appeared on David Guetta's single Memories and Jay-Z's song Already Home . His second album Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager was released on November 9, 2010.

Kid Cudi during an appearance in September 2009

From 2009 to 2011 he played the role of Domingo Dean in the US TV series How to Make It in America .

In 2010 Kid Cudi founded the alternative band WZRD together with producer Dot Da Genius . The inspiration for the name of the band comes from the song The Wizard by Black Sabbath .

On October 5th, the pre-release single Just What I Am (feat. King Chip) was released. The song can also be found on the album Indicud , which was released on April 12, 2013. Hits like Immortal and King Wizard can also be found on the album. At the end of February 2014 he released his album Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon . His album Speedin 'Bullet 2 Heaven was released in December 2015 , followed a year later, in December 2016, by Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' . In June 2018 he released a collaboration album for the first time with his mentor Kanye West as Kids See Ghosts .

He played under his real name in various films. In Goodbye World he played the role of Lev Berkowitz and the character Benny in the movie Need for Speed .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2009	Man on the Moon: The End of Day	DE90 (1 week) DE	-	CH56 (2 weeks) CH	-	US4th × 2 Double platinum (119 weeks)US	First published: September 15, 2009
2010	Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	CH36 (3 weeks) CH	-	US3 platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: November 9, 2010
2013	Indicud	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	CH46 (1 week) CH	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	US2 gold (14 weeks)US	First published: April 12, 2013
2014	Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon	-	-	-	UK67 (1 week) UK	US4 (4 weeks) US	First published: February 25, 2014
2015	Speedin 'Bullet 2 Heaven	-	-	-	-	US36 (1 week) US	First published: December 4th, 2015
2016	Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin '	-	-	-	-	US11 (9 weeks) US	First published: December 16, 2016

Mix tapes

• 2008: A Kid Named Cudi
• 2009: Dat Kid from Cleveland
• 2010: Lost in Space
• 2010: Cudder Is Back
• 2010: Marijuana

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2008	Day 'n' Nite Man on the Moon: The End of Day	DE13 (24 weeks) DE	AT19 (31 weeks) AT	CH18 (34 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (22 weeks)UK	US3 × 5 Quintuple platinum (27 weeks)US	First release: February 5th, 2008 also as Crookers Remix
2009	Make Her Say Man on the Moon: The End of Day	DE85 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK67 (2 weeks) UK	US43 platinum (15 weeks)US	First published June 9, 2009 with Kanye West & Common
2010	Pursuit of Happiness Man on the Moon: The End of Day	DE51 gold (13 weeks)DE	AT46 (6 weeks) AT	CH50 (7 weeks) CH	UK64 gold (4 weeks)UK	US59 × 5 Quintuple platinum (2 weeks)US	First published: January 25th 2010 with MGMT & Ratatat First published remix: August 6th, 2012¹
	Erase Me Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager	-	AT41 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	US22nd × 2 Double platinum (5 weeks)US	First published: August 17, 2010 with Kanye West
2012	Just What I Am Indicud	-	-	-	-	US74 platinum (2 weeks)US	First published: October 2nd, 2012 with King Chip
2020	The Scotts single track	DE8 (8 weeks) DE	AT5 (8 weeks) AT	CH3 (12 weeks) CH	UK11 (9 weeks) UK	US1 platinum (13 weeks)US	First published: April 24, 2020 with Travis Scott
	The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady single track	-	-	-	UK44 (1 week) UK	US22 (1 week) US	Initial release: July 10, 2020 with Eminem

¹ Due to the release of the Steve Aoki remix, Pursuit of Happiness returned to the charts worldwide in 2012 and reached a. number two in the French charts.

• 2009: Up Up & Away (US:platinum)

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2009	Symphonies UN	-	-	-	-	US34 (7 weeks) US	First published: December 18, 2009 Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi
2010	Memories One Love	DE6th gold (51 weeks)DE	AT2 × 2 Double platinum (35 weeks)AT	CH7 (41 weeks) CH	UK15th gold (28 weeks)UK	US46 gold (18 weeks)US	First published: February 6, 2010 David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi
	That Tree More Malice	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 22nd, 2010 Snoop Dogg feat. Kid Cudi
2011	All of the Lights My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	-	AT68 (1 week) AT	CH46 (8 weeks) CH	UK15 (20 weeks) UK	US18 (25 weeks) US	First published: January 18, 2011 Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi
	Focused ambition	-	-	-	-	US97 (1 week) US	First release: 2011 Wale feat. Kid Cudi
2016	Father Stretch My Hands Pt. I The Life of Pablo	-	-	-	UK54 (3 weeks) UK	US37 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: June 7, 2016 Kanye West feat. Kid Cudi

Further chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Marijuana Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager	-	-	-	-	US54 gold (1 week)US
	Mr. Rager Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager	-	-	-	-	US77 (1 week) US
	Scott Mescudi vs. the World Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager	-	-	-	-	US92 (1 week) US	with Cee-Lo Green

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2009: for the single Day 'n' Nite 2020: for the single The Scotts  Belgium 2009: for the single Day 'n' Nite 2012: for the single Pursuit of Happiness  Denmark 2010: for the single Memories  France 2010: for the single Memories  Italy 2019: for the single Pursuit of Happiness 2020: for the single The Scotts  New Zealand 2020: for the single The Scotts  Poland 2020: for the single The Scotts

Platinum record  Australia 2013: for the single Pursuit of Happiness  Belgium 2012: for the single Memories  Italy 2012: for the single Memories 2 × platinum record  Australia 2010: for the single Memories  Sweden 2011: for the single Memories  United States 2019: for the single Soundtrack 2 My Life

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	280,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	2 × gold2	platinum1	60,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	2 × gold2	-	300,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	gold1	-	150,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	2 × gold2	platinum1	90,000	fimi.it
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold1	-	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × platinum2	60,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	gold1	-	10,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × platinum2	80,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United States (RIAA)	3 × gold3	22 × platinum22nd	23,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	17 × gold17th	32 × platinum32

Web links

Commons : Kid Cudi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• KidCudi.com
• Kid Cudi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Kid Cudi at Discogs (English)
• Kid Cudi at Allmusic (English)
• Spiegel-Online: Hip-hoppers are allowed to cry too

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kidcudi.com - Official website ( Memento from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ 10.Deep Presents: Kid Cudi - “A KiD Named CuDi Mixtape” In: 10deep.com
3. ↑ urb.com: Kid Cudi Speaks on 808s & Heartbreak ( Memento from October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ "Kid Cudi: New album title, new details" In: hiphop.de , April 21, 2010
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
6. ↑ lescharts.com - Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat - Pursuit Of Happiness