Kid Cudi first appeared on shows in 2008, when he performed at the 2008 VMA's alongside Travis Barker and DJ AM. He has also been featured in Vibe, Complex, The Source, Rolling Stone, URB and Interview magazine. He has been featured in many medias such as XXL and BBC News's Sound of 2009 poll of up-and-coming acts. He also featured on the song Welcome 2 the World with Kevin Rudolf from his album In The City, and on 88-Keys debut album The Death of Adam on the track Ho' is Short for Honey. A music video has been made and released for Welcome to Heartbreak with him in it. Kid Cudi has a guest feature on Kanye West's 2008 album, 808s & Heartbreak, singing with him on the track Welcome To Heartbreak, providing additional vocals on Paranoid with Mr Hudson and helped with songwriting on the second single Heartless. Shortly after the shirt went up for sale the server crashed due to heavy traffic of fans wanting to buy the t-shirt and the mixtape. The mixtape has had so much continued success that on 10.Deep announced they were going to be doing a re-release of the "Up There" t-shirt and hard copies A Kid Named Cudi mixtape in their webstore on at 12:00 PM EST. In July 2008, Kid Cudi released his first mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, in collaboration with New York street wear brand 10. He moved to Brooklyn, New York to pursue a music career. Cudi first began rapping towards the end of high school, inspired by alternative hip hop groups such as The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest.
Just prior to receiving his GED he attended Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio and also Solon High School in Solon, Ohio. Kid Cudi was born in Cleveland, Ohio and lived in the diverse upper class suburb of Shaker Heights. His second studio album, Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr Rager, was released on November 9th 2010. The album has since been certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the US. His debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, was released September 15, 2009. The mixtape caught the attention of Kanye West and led to Cudi's signing to the G.O.O.D.
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