BIOGRAPHY Kid Kudi and facts

Published At: 31 December 2020 , 05:46 PM

BIOGRAPHY Kid Kudi

Kid Kudi is a hip hop artist from Cleveland. In 2008, he released his debut mixtape "A Kid Named Cudi" and caught the attention of Kanye West. He, after the meeting, offered a contract with GOOD Music. Kadi co-wrote the lyrics for  “808's & The Heartbreak”. His debut single "Day N Nite" became a platinum hit. Scott's first album was released in 2009 and was called "Man on the Moon: The End of Day". The release received gold and was well-received by fans and critics, and the next year it received a sequel - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager ”. This release also went gold and is Kadder's most successful release to date. In 2012, together with Dot Da Genius, he released the album "WZRD", recorded in the genre of "alternative rock". In 2013 his third studio album “Indicud” was released - the last one on GOOD Music. After that, Kadi left the label and in 2014 released "Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon".

Currently, Kadi has completely immersed himself in experiments and released in 2015 the album “Speedin 'Bullet 2 Heaven”, which has practically nothing to do with rap, but in 2016 he returned to his classic style with the release of “Passion, Pain, And Demon Slayin ”.

FACTS

  • While still very young, Scott moves to the outskirts of New York, so as not to fade away in the fading Cleveland. Through a mutual acquaintance, he had the opportunity to get to know them then still unknown producer Dot Da Genius. These two worked day and night to make the public think about them;
  • Kid Cadi starred in How To Succeed In America, produced by Mark Wahlberg, and also played a maniac in the short film Maniac, directed by friend Shia LaBeouf. Kid Cardi admitted that he always wanted to be an actor before becoming a singer;
  • In 2009, he met with model Jamie Baratta, they had a daughter, Wada, in 2010, but in 2012, Cadi and Jamie broke up;
  • He has a sister and two brothers;
  • In addition to rap, he plays guitar and sings, and also acts in films;
  • His first television appearance was in 2008 at the MTV Video Music Awards. On February 17, 2009, he appeared on MTV's Snoop Dogg talk show Dogg After Dark with the song "Day 'n' Nite";
  • In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine named him one of the five best indie hip-hop artists of the year. By that time, Kid Cudi had only one mixtape "A Kid Named Cudi" and one single "Day 'n' Night" behind his shoulders, from which the singer's fame began;
  • Draws inspiration from alternative hip-hop like The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest;
  • Believes in God, but does not consider himself a religious person

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