Claim to Fame: A trippy psych-rap smash titled "Day 'N' Night"
For Fans Of: The Knux, Cool Kids, Wale Cleveland,
Ohio is not exactly your typical breeding ground for rappers. Besides Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Bow Wow, Cleveland hasn't produced a notable hip-hop figure in years. Enter Scott Mescudi, better known as Kid Cudi. Cudi captivated the music world with his 2007 stoner anthem, "Day 'N' Night." Kanye noticed the kid and gave him a spot on 808s & Heartbreak's introductory cut, "Welcome to Heartbreak." Of course, one hit does not a good rapper make. So, Cudi teamed up with Plain Pat & 10.Deep for 50 minutes of bliss on his impressive street album, A Kid Named Cudi. As Cudi demonstrates on this mixtape, he's as pure as progressive-rap lyricists get. His debut, Man on the Moon, is set to drop on Kanye's GOOD Music imprint in Spring 2009.
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