Rapper Kid Cudi will release his first solo album in four years next year.
The 35-year-old rapper will drop ‘Entergalactic’, his first solo LP since 2016’s ‘Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, in 2020 and he has revealed that he will also executive produce, star, write and soundtrack an animated Netflix series based on the forthcoming album.
Cudi tweeted: “Im just gettin started!! ‘Entergalactic’ coming next year. Entergalactic will be something you’ve never experienced. I promise it’ll be a fun ride. A lot of good friends involved. Great songs too! The cast is coming together. I know a year from now seems like forever but it’ll be here before u know it!”
‘Black-ish’ Creator Kenya Barris has brought the project to Netflix and it will showcase music from Cudi’s album, which follows a young man on his journey to discover love.
It’s a busy time for Cudi, who has also been cast in the ‘Bill & Ted’ reboot. The rapper who has sold more than 16 million records as a solo artist is set to star alongside Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in the much-anticipated reboot movie, which is slated for release in 2020.
In 2008 his debut single ‘Day ‘n’ Nite’ reached the top five of the Billboard charts. Cudi’s debut album ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day’ released in 2009 was later certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
In 2010, Cudi ventured into acting when he was cast in the HBO series ‘How to Make It in America’. Cudi has since appeared in several feature films, including ‘Goodbye World’ (2013), ‘Need for Speed’ (2014), and ‘Entourage’ (2015). In addition, he has made appearances on television shows such as ‘One Tree Hill’, ‘The Cleveland Show’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’. In 2015, he was the bandleader on the IFC series, ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’.
