Kid Cudi Changes Album Title, Gets More Personal
April 21, 2010 01:04:00 AM CDT | by Edwin Ortiz
After a few months floating around Cudder: The Revolution of Evolution as his sophomore disc title, Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi has now changed the name to Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager.
Taking to his blog, the G.O.O.D. Music artist explained what fans can expect on the new album. “[Man On The Moon II] is dark by nature and instead of bringing you into my dreams like my first album, I’m bringing you into my reality, good and bad. It will explain more of who I am as well as pushing the envelope musically.”
Cudi also stated he has scraped the collaborative theme of Cudder for a project that is more personal as he added, “A lot of you have read the news and think they know Cudi, got some slick shit to say amongst your peers or just flat out hate me but you haven’t the slightest clue of who I am. I will tell the story of Mr. Rager.”
Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager is tentatively scheduled for an August release, with expected features from Chip Tha Ripper and Ratatat.
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Kid Cudi Kissed By Male Fan During Los Angeles Performance
February 28, 2010 12:02:00 PM CST | by Krysten Hughes
Ohio rapper Kid Cudi made a surprise appearance in Los Angeles on Tuesday at Cinespace, performing alongside British Pop star Dan Black who's currently on his U.S. tour.
Cudi, who is featured on the U.S. remix version of Black's hit single "Symphonies" [watch], was in the middle of performing the song, when a male fan jumped on stage and gave him a kiss on the face.
Video from the duo's performance and his eager fan surfaced on the web days later. Cudi decided not to lash out and punch the fan like he did at a Vancouver show last December, and instead kept performing.
Dan Black will continue his tour through March 26 where he performs in Miami. Kid Cudi is currently working on his sophomore studio album, Cudder: The Revolution of Evolution and recently made his acting debut as Domingo Brown in HBO's new show, How to Make It in America which premiered on Valentine's Day.
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DX News Bits: Kid Cudi
February 11, 2010 12:02:00 PM CST | by Danielle Harling
Even though “How To Make It In America,” the new HBO show starring rapper Kid Cudi, hasn’t even aired yet Cudi is already talking about eventually ending his rap career to focus on acting.
The rapper recently told New York Magazine that he plans on calling it a wrap after about four or five albums.
"I’m trying to evenly balance them out right now, but eventually I want to leave behind music and just do acting," Kid Cudi revealed. "I only got into the music business to tell my story and inspire some people. I think four albums will do it, and when I’m done with my four, five albums, I’ll switch it up. Once the story is told [musically], there’s nothing else to say."
“How To Make It In America” will air on HBO on Sunday, February 14 at 10 p.m.
In other Kid Cudi news, Cudi is claiming that alcohol may have played a major role in an attack on a fan that happened back in December.
According to TMZ.com Cudi called Michael Sharpe, the man he punched at his show, to apologize. He also told Sharpe that his actions that night were brought on by alcohol.
TMZ attempted to reach out to Cudi in regards to his phone call to Sharpe, but they did not receive a response.
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