Kid Cudi at Santa Clara University in September 2009 |
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Award | Wins | Nominations |
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0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | |
0 | 7 | |
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1 | 1 |
1 | 4 | |
0 | 6 | |
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0 | 1 |
0 | 1 | |
1 | 2 | |
Totals | ||
Awards won | 3 | |
Nominations | 23 |
Kid Cudi at Santa Clara University in September 2009
Kid Cudi (born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) is a Grammy Award winning American recording artist from Shaker Heights, Ohio. After the release of his breakout mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi in July 2008, he soon became the protégé of fellow rapper and music producer Kanye West. He released two studio albums on the Dream On, GOOD Music and Universal Motown record labels: Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) and Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (2010). In February 2011, Cudi announced that he was leaving Dream On to start his own record label.
Kid Cudi earned his first three Grammy Award nominations in 2010, two for his single "Day 'n' Nite" and one for the collaboration "Make Her Say." In 2012, he won a Grammy Award for "All of the Lights," a collaboration with Kanye West, Rihanna and Fergie. The release of Cudi's debut album and its lead single "Day 'n' Nite, led to several more honors, including an MTV Video Music Award (VMA). During 2010, Cudi won a Beatport Music Award, as well as an Urban Music Award. In 2011, he was nominated for an additional four VMAs, which he shared with West and Rihanna, and has been nominated for a total of twenty accolades.