Kid Cudi | Before They Were Famous | Man on the Moon III | Updated Biography

Before Kid Cudi would release Man on the Moon 3: The Chosen over a
DECADE after releasing Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager
because he didn’t want to rush greatness. Before Kid Cudi suffered
an addiction to anti-depressant medication that had been prescribed
to him to help him deal with an emotional breakdown. Before Kid
Cudi would be called “the most influential artist of the past
decade by Kanye West. Kid Cudi grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. His
first real lesson in life, which came at the age of 11, that would
go on to influence his personality and music was losing his father
to cancer. He was expelled from high school for threatening to
cause harm to his principal. He attended film school but dropped
out, and attempted to join the Navy but his criminal record holding
him back – that’s when he decided to take his little $500 and move
to New York to focus on a career in music.