Kid Cudi Speaks on His Acting Career

Kid Cudi is one of those people that are real artist in Hip Hop...I mean, he is in it for the art. That is why he has a supportive fan-base, and can go off the scene for a while, come back drop an album unannounced, and still sell over 250k copies total with little promotion. Kid Cudi, A.K.A Scott Mescudi is currently testing his talents in the acting field, and in a recent interview with Headkrack's Hip Hop Spot, he spoke on his acting career.



He has played a few roles in TV series, but his most notable acting role was in Need for Speed (March 2014). Below is what he had to say about auditioning for roles.

“I’ve been blessed. You go in a bunch of auditions and hope you get something and you run into a couple people that believe in you. That’s awesome you know, I’m excited...I’ve auditioned for movies and lost roles to people. I never get bitter, I know a lot of actors they get down on themselves and they get bitter and upset. I look at it like everything happens for a reason, it wasn’t my destiny. I just take it in stride, I don’t really dwell.” (Headkrack's Hip Hop Spot)








He also spoke on his decision to use his real name, Scott Mescudi, instead of his rap name in Hollywood. 


 “That was strategic, man. I think ever since How To Make It, when I got that opportunity—‘cause that, for lack of a better phrase, kind of fell into my lap that opportunity. Ever since then, even when we got to develop the second season for How To Make It I was adamant about telling the writers and the producers and the director of the show that I did not want to play a character that was in any way, shape, or form reminiscent of my musical persona. For me, it was important to separate the two things. Kid Cudi, I am a musician, you know, but then also I have this other passion that is acting and it’s completely separate. To separate the two will allow people to watch a film like Need For Speed and consume me in the character. Since then it’s been a lot of making sure I’m choosing the right things and I’m not just jumping at the first opportunity to do a movie. I’m not in any rush, I take the same plan of attack that I do with my music with film, just like I don’t do every feature with everybody and I’m not all over the place, it’s gonna be the same deal with my acting career. I’m not in any rush, I’m still very young. And I just turned 30 by the way everyone.” (Headkrack's Hip Hop Spot)



I think this was a good move by him. Now, he has been able to separate the entities, and the problem of stereotyping him in roles will not occur. He can go as far as he wants in Hollywood as Scott Mescudi, and can come around as Kid Cudi in Hip Hop...two separate entities.