Kid Cudi

It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Kid Cudi's career has followed an unconventional path. The crooner from Cleveland shot to fame in 2008 with a mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, and "Day N Nite," his massively successful single. That was parlayed into a deal with Kanye West and G.O.O....

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Kid Cudi and Power 105 radio personality Angie Martinez got into a brief Twitter spat early this morning. It all started when Cudi, who was apparently looking through some old videos, felt slighted when seeing an old interview he did back in 2009 with Martinez and DJ Enuff and decided to type something about it...

Kid Cudi's acting credits continue to pile up with his next spot on the big screen coming in the new Entourage movie. Cudi will play the role of Allen, Ari Gold's (Jeremy Pivens) assistant and Lloyd's (Rex Lee) replacement in the highly anticipated silver screen version of the popular television series...

Details surrounding Kid Cudi's upcoming Speedin Bullet To Heaven album have been scarce but the artist took to Twitter to announce that the project will be featureless. No features on "Speedin' Bullet To Heaven". Pass it on :) — Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) May 28, 2015     Haven't been this emotional making an album in a long time. — Scott Mescu...

While most thought that Kid Cudi's next album would be Man On The Moon III, Cudder threw us all a curve when he announced on Twitter that his next project will be called Speedin' Bullet To Heaven. Yesterday (May 12), Cudi posted a quick low-quality snippet of an upcoming track supposedly from Speedin' that he quickly took down ...

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Cudder is back, almost. Last night, Kid Cudi took to his Twitter account to reveal some good news for fans. His fifth studio album is coming sooner than later. And it has a name. "My new album is called "Speedin' Bullet To Heaven". Coming really really soon, so stay in tune...

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The 2015 Lollapalooza line up has been announced. Check out the full schedule here. The list of performers are a pretty random mix, which means the Chicago music festival will be quite the turn up. Headlining the event will be The Beatles legend Paul McCartney, alongside Metallica and Florence & the Machine. McCartney ha...

There's no better #FBF in the rap world than when a MC posts a baby pic of themselves. Whether it's in celebration of a birthday or just a funny throwback, it's usually pretty inspiring to see these artists' old school beginnings. Before they were multi platinum selling artists, moguls and movie stars, these rappers were carefree youngins just like the rest of us...

Kid Cudi has, at times, found his creative impulses at odds with his fans' expectations. As he grew increasingly experimental over the past six years, he found himself alienating certain factions of his audience, a disconcerting feeling for any artist...