Kid cudi was born in 1984 in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Shaker Heights and Solon. He is of Mexican and Native American descent from his father, and Afro-American from his mother.
When he was 11 years old, his father died of cancer, a fact that would later be reflected in both the personality and the lyrics of the singer.
Continuing with his adolescence, he studied at the Shaker Heights High School for two years, and subsequently moved to the Solon High School.
After graduating, he attended the University of Toledo to study film, but after a year she dropped out of school to pursue her dream of becoming a singer.
“A Kid Named Cudi”Was his first single, which caught the rapper’s attention Kanye west, who did not hesitate to offer him a contract with his record company “GOOD Music”.
Soon after, he gained recognition after collaborating on the album of West, “808s & Heartbreak“, In which he sang with the rapper on the song”Welcome to heartbreak“(Which in its first week reached number 87 on the Billboard pop 100), and also composed the songs”Herartless” Y “Paranoid”.
Later, in 2008, it could be seen in the MTV Video Music Awards and a year later he participated in the series of Snoop dogg “Dogg After Dark“, Where he sang his first hit”Day ‘N’ Nite”, And two days after this he released his first video.
Shortly after that he participated in the videos “TONY“, from Solange, on “I gotta feeling” of the black Eyed Peas, and also collaborated with the DJ David Guetta in the song “Memories“From his album”One Love”.
Finally in 2009, Kid cudi released his first album, “Man on the Moon: The End of Day“, And the following year it was released”Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager”.
Among his best known songs, we can highlight the aforementioned “Day ‘N’ Nite“, Y “Make her say“, Whose original title was”I Poke Her Face“Which has the choruses of the acoustic version of”Poker face” from Lady Gaga.
Kudi he also collaborated on the official remix of “Did it again”, Second international single from the album by Shakira “She wolf”.
In regards to his acting career, Kudi interprets from 2010 to Sunday Brown in the series “How to Make It in America“, And also in this same year he collaborated with the soundtrack of the adolescent series”90210”.