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
I know it sounds funny but I could see the Mexican in him.
awesome…i really like his music a lot.
Mexican American!!!! We the best!
Mexican invation!!!!
thr REAL mixed iz white and black tho ;]… cudi a beast tho
no hes not ? wtf..
What i think Anonymous meant was mexicans for the most part aka mestizo’s which outnumber all in Mexico are the decendents of whites & natives from when spaniards colonized. the majority of mexicans have white in them the latin phenotype came from the spaniards.
logans an idiot yea of course theres gna be some Spaniard who wanted that mexican ass, but u cant be saying we came from other ethnicities, it sounds like your not mexican ur a proud latino, salvi, nica’s, lmao we mexican obviously a zeroo tee hating mexicans like always….defend your culture like your priest defended you
He’s actually half Mexican Native aka Native American, not mestizo
hes not half mexican native, i dont know where you got that from lol a black person with a native doesnt give you that look, it gives you a Zambo look, for example, these black mexicans are a mixture of native and black, look how the two girls look
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