Cleveland is The Reason

Kid Cudi,

also known as 

Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi,

born January 30 1984

grew up in the town of Cleveland, Ohio.

Although, he is originally from Cleveland, 

he is a Brooklyn-based rapper. 

Cudi started off as an actor and it wasn't until he moved out to Brooklyn,

that his career soon began to fall together. 

Cudi became aaffiliated with Fool's Gold 

and soon dropped his first mixtape called A Kid Named Cudi in 2008.

With this mix tape now putting Kid Cudi on the map, 

record executive, producer- rapper

 Kanye West, 

signed Kid Cudi to the record label GOOD Music. 

In late 2008, "Day n' Nite" became a hit around the world

with plenty of artist and dj's remixing it.

 He became a musical genius with it debuting

at #3 on the Billboard's Hot 100. 

Soon after, he was recruited for his vocals in the fairly famous Kanye West album: 

808's and Heartbreak. 

Two songs on this album were actually written by Cudi himself, which are:

Paranoid and Heartless.

Continuing on this amazing streak,

 he then dropped a debut album during the summer of 2009 named: 

Man on the Moon: The End of the Day. 

A continuation of the album was dropped a year later in 2010, named

Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager.

By 2012, he decided to take a different route 

and

 try a rock and roll themed album so in 2012, 

WZRD was dropped. 

2013 was the arrival of the next album:

Indicud

Then finally surprising us all,

in 2014 

Satelitle Flight: The Return of Mother Moon was released. 

In 2013, however, 

Kid Cudi decided he would depart from his music label G.O.O.D music

 and 

go solo dolo.

His response to Kanye West's reaction was:

"I've never fully been signed to GOOD music

We still crew, whether its GOOD music or not, thats my dog."

Here's one of Cudi's most beloved songs:

Pursuit of Happiness

WHY KID CUDI?

Kid Cudi brings me back to the bittersweet days of middle school and reminds me of when I first became interested in rap. I wasn't much of a hip hop fan until I heard Kid Cudi and it was like a gateway to all the rest of my fav. artist such as Jay-Z, Kanye, Travis Scott, and more. Regardless of where I am or where I go, Kid Cudi will always make me feel at home and back to the better days.