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, fashion designer, 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
he does not look mexican but his name sounds like it
he looks soooo mexican now that i look at him XD
NBA player Al horford who is half Spanish and Afro-Dominican looks more Black than Spanish.
http://ethnicelebs.com/al-horford
AHHAHAHAHAHA
WTF – NO
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HE LOOKS SO BLACK
I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT HE WAS HALF MEXICAN
ANYWAYS
He can be half mexican if ryan giggs (footballer for manchester united) has a blk african father but came out white without afro hair anything is possible
Mexicans are pretty dark and a very popular race so there shouldn’t be anything to fuss about. Kid Cudi probably just has his mother’s melanin because compared to most African Americans, He does have Hispanic features in him.
his whole name sounds mexican and no his father was full mexican, why everytime someone see a black person who is mixed they want to assume they are lying?? i live in garfield heights which is near shaker heights, where he used to live, i know many people who knew him, trust me HE’S MIXED. half black, half mexican…and he clearly looks it if you ask me…you should see younger pictures of him