Kid Cudi

Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (born January 30, 1984), better known by his stage name Kid Cudi, is an American rapper, singer and producer from Cleveland.
Cudi gained recognition in 2008 after the release of his debut mixtape A Kid Named Cudi. His early work caught the attention of Kanye West who subsequently signed him to his label GOOD Music. Kudi has released six solo studio albums, Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009), Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010), Indicud (2013), Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon (2014), Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven (2015) and Passion, Pain and Demon Slayin' (2016). He has also started a rock band, WZRD and founded his own record label. 
== Career ==
Kid Cudi began rapping in high school, eventually moving to New York to pursue a music career. He wrote his first signle "Day 'n' Nite" which caught the attention of Kanye West who signed him to GOOD Music in 2008. In July 2008 he released his debut mixtape A Kid Named Cudi. In 2008 he was featured in XXL's Freshmen Class. In 2009 he released his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day which peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200. In November 2010 he released his second album, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, charting at number 3. In October 2010 he announced he was forming a rock band with Dot da Genius called WZRD. In February 2012 they released their album WZRD, peaking at number 3. In 2013 he moved back to a hip-hop sound, releasing his third album Indicud, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard 200. In 2013 he also announced he was leaving GOOD Music to start his own label. 
In 2014, with little notice, Cudi released his fourth album Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon which debuted at number 4. In 2015 he released his fifth album, the rock album Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven, to negative reviews, only making it to 36 on the Billboard 200. In 2016, Cudi once again returned to hip-hop, releasing Passion, Pain and Demon Slayin' and debuting at 11 on the Billboard 200. 
In June 2018, Cudi and Kanye West released a collaborative album Kids See Ghosts, heralded as a return to form for Cudi. The album debuted at number 2 in the US.
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
Title 	Album details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title 	Album details	US 	US
R&B 	US
Rap 	AUS 	CAN 	FRA 	GER 	SWI 	UK 	UK
R&B
Man on the Moon: The End of Day 	
* Released: September 15, 2009
* Label: Dream On, GOOD, Universal Motown
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4 	5 	4 	85 	11 	56 	90 	56 	119 	8
Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager 	
* Released: November 9, 2010
* Label: Dream On, GOOD, Universal Motown
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	3 	1 	1 	65 	5 	77 	64 	36 	88 	12
Indicud 	
* Released: April 16, 2013
* Label: Wicked Awesome, GOOD, Republic
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2 	1 	1 	28 	3 	57 	99 	46 	32 	2
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon	
* Released: February 25, 2014
* Label: Wicked Awesome, Republic
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4 	2 	2 	55 	7 	115 	— 	— 	67 	9
Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven 	
* Released: December 4, 2015
* Label: Wicked Awesome, Republic
* Formats: Cassette, CD, digital download	36 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' 	
* Released: December 16, 2016
* Label: Wicked Awesome, Republic
* Format: CD, digital download	11 	5 	4 	88 	24 	119 	— 	— 	— 	24
=== Mixtapes ===
Title 	Mixtape details
A Kid Named Cudi	
* Released: July 17, 2008 (US)
* Label: Dream On
* Formats: CD, digital download
=== Collaborative albums[edit] ===
List of collaborative studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title 	Album details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title 	Album details	US 	US
R&B 	AUS 	CAN 	UK 	UK
R&B
WZRD (with Dot da Genius as WZRD)	
* Released: February 28, 2012
* Label: Wicked Awesome, Universal Republic
* Format: CD, digital download	3 	— 	— 	9 	— 	—
Kids See Ghosts
(with Kanye West as Kids See Ghosts)	
* Released: June 8, 2018
* Label: GOOD, Def Jam
* Format: CD, digital download	2 	1 	4 	— 	7 	2
=== Singles ===
Title 	Year	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Album
Title 	Year	US 	US
R&B 	US
Rap 	AUS 	CAN 	FRA 	GER 	NZ 	SWE 	UK 	Album
"Day 'n' Nite" 	2008	3 	5 	— 	15 	10 	8 	13 	11 	31 	2 	Man on the Moon: The End of Day
"Make Her Say"
(featuring Kanye West and Common)	2009	43 	39 	11 	62 	78 	— 	85 	35 	— 	67 	Man on the Moon: The End of Day
"Pursuit of Happiness"
(featuring MGMT and Ratatat)	2010	59 	— 	— 	41 	76 	2 	51 	— 	39 	64 	Man on the Moon: The End of Day
"Erase Me"
(featuring Kanye West)	2010	22 	— 	— 	50 	12 	— 	— 	22 	53 	58 	Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
"Mr. Rager" 	2010	77 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
"No One Believes Me" 	2011	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Fright Night soundtrack
"Just What I Am"
(featuring King Chip)	2012	54 	17 	13 	32 	— 	189 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Indicud
"King Wizard" 	2012	91 	28 	24 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Indicud
"Immortal" 	2013	— 	48 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Indicud
"Girls"
(featuring Too Short)	2013	— 	37 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Indicud
"Confused!" 	2015	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
"Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven"	2015	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
"Frequency" 	2016	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'
"Surfin'"
(featuring Pharrell Williams)	2016	— 	— 	— 	77 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'