Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi in 2010, Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 30, 1984

Ethnicity: African-American, small amount of Mexican

Kid Cudi, also credited as Scott Mescudi and KiD CuDi, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He is known for his tracks Day N Nite and Make Her Say, from his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. Cudi has a unique style, which could be described as alternative hip-hop, with some rock influence. He is associated with artists like Kanye West and Common. He is part of the hip hop duo The Scotts, with Travis Scott.

His father, Lindberg Styles Mescudi, had Mexican and African-American ancestry. His mother, Elsie Harriet (Banks), is African-American, originally from Tennessee. Both of Kid’s paternal grandparents were listed as being black on United States Censuses.

Kid has a daughter.

Kid’s paternal grandfather was Charles Manitow Mescudi (the son of Joseph Mescudi and of Vaira Escudara/Escudero). Charles was born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico. It is likely that Charles was of mixed Mexican-African ancestry.

Kid’s paternal grandmother was Essie Viola Lawson (the daughter of Ephraim/Epriam/Ephream/Ephriam Lawson and Flora/Floretta Swaney/Sweeney/Sweeny). Essie was black, and was born in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, to a Canadian-born father and a Pennsylvania-born mother.

Sources: http://newsroom.mtv.com

Genealogy of Kid Cudi (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Kid’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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57 Responses

  1. Safiya says:

    Don’t be retarded…people come in all shades. I’m sure all seen a half white/half black person that looks mostly white or mostly black to where u can’t even tell if they’re of mixed race of all…it’s 2010 smarten up…and kid cudi is gorgeous!!

  2. Anonymous says:

    why would he lie about hezz rac3

  3. *** says:

    to the above coment ..MEXICAN IS A RACE ITS AN ETHNIITY ! if theres a white mexican then that probably means there nationality is mexican and their ethnicity is different !

  4. b says:

    he’s mixed his dad is mexican and his mom is black. And Mexican is not a race its a nationality. Theres black,brown,white Mexicans all shades and sizes. So get over it.

  5. jenell9 says:

    Look at his whole name. Just because he doesn’t look like your typical half mexican/black does not mean he is not just that. People come on now its 2010 genetics have their own routes.

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