What happened with Kid Cudi?

In 2016, Cudi announced on Facebook that he was going to rehab for “depression and suicidal urges.” At the time, the “Man on the Moon” artist had just come off of a two-week cocaine binge and realized that he had an unhealthy relationship with making music, which had become a coping mechanism.

Why is Kid Cudi so popular?

Kid Cudi is an American rapper best known for his revolutionary approach to hip-hop which has earned him the respect, friendship and mentorship of big names in rap.

What ethnicity is Kid Cudi?

His mother, Elsie Harriet (née Banks), is an African-American school choir teacher at Roxboro Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His father, Lindberg Styles Mescudi, was a house painter, substitute teacher, and World War II Air Force veteran of African-American and Mexican descent.