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 just looks black to me.
tell ur high school to refund ur money, mexican is not a race, in fact latino is not a race, go to Argentina or Brazil or even in Mexico u can find tons of pure black, pure white, and mixed people
I don’t care who he dates. He’s going to be legendary someday. He’s making history and I love love love his music!:)
hes native also.
hes not native, hes only mexican and african american
HES BLACK AND NATIVE MEXICAN
@BRAZIL, um sorry to disappoint you but Native Mexicans don’t exist anymore. Most are Mestizos (white and Native American).
He’s Not Just Mexican and Black He’s also Native American…
hes only mexican and african american
1) Black Americans are mixed. Most Black Americans have white or Native American ancestry, or even both. That’s becoming more apparent now.
2) Mexicans are mixed. I’m assuming his father is mestizo Mexican, which is White + Amerindian. Mestizos aren’t the only Mexicans out there. There are Mulatto (White + Black) Mexicans, Castiza (Mestizo + White) Mexicans, Zambo (Black + Amerindian) Mexicans, and Mexicans that are genealogically Spanish (White), African (Black), or one of the various Amerindian tribes.