[Listen] Kid Cudi drops woozy WZRD single “Brake”

Kid Cudi‘s been cockteasing us for a while about his new rock band with producer Dot Da Genius. First they were called Wizard, then they were called 2 Be Continuum, then Cudi was working on his guitar skills, then they released that weird demo “Perfect is the Word”, and so on and so forth. Now [...]

Kid Cudi and Cage kill people in “MANIAC” mini-movie

Ah, Kid Cudi – how nice of you to finally join us. Man On the Moon II dropped almost a year ago today, but it’s only been in recent months that the Cudster has actually bothered promoting the thing. In September he dropped a music video for the album’s non-single “Mr. Rager”, and earlier today [...]

Sober rockstar Kid Cudi covers Complex

My formerly out of control husband Kid Cudi is the October cover boy for Complex, marking his third cover in three years for the magazine. Cudi’s last interview with the mag — published last year to promote his sophomore album Man on the Moon II — caused a media firestorm after Cudi dissed Wale, opened [...]

Kid Cudi scraps new mixtape to focus on Wizard rock album

Kid Cudi has officially scrapped his upcoming hip-hop mixtape A Man Named Scotty — the official sequel to his 2008 breakout debut A Kid Named Cudi — in order to focus on his new band 2 Be Continuum and their upcoming rock debut Wizard. Writing on his official Tumblr page, Cudi said: “A Man Named [...]

Kid Cudi premieres “No One Believes Me” music video

Kid Cudi’s been fairly quiet lately when it’s come to promoting his own albums, but the singer-rapper has gone and recorded the lead single from the upcoming Fright Night (Remake) soundtrack, “No One Believes Me”. Produced by longtime cohort Dot Da Genius, “No One Believes Me” sticks far closer to Cudi’s new alt-rock band 2 [...]

Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music inks deal with Def Jam

Kanye West’s indie label G.O.O.D. Music is now officially under the Island Def Jam umbrella after signing a new worldwide partnership agreement. G.O.O.D. Music houses a small but successful roster of artists, including John Legend, Kid Cudi, and Common. The first G.O.O.D. artist to benefit from the new IDJ deal is the buzzed about Big [...]