Beyond music, Kid Cudi continues to expand his creative reach, celebrating New York Times Best Seller status for his memoir Cudi<\/em> and stepping onto a different stage with his recent stand-up comedy debut at Mi\u2019s Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica, CA. Furthering his multi-disciplinary artistry, Cudi is set to debut his first visual art exhibition, Echoes of the Past<\/em>, in Paris showcasing original works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TICKETS: <\/strong>Tickets will be available starting with artist presale beginning Tuesday, January 27 at 10am local. Citi and Mastercard presales will follow on Tuesday, January 27 at 11am local (details below). Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, January 30 at 10am local time at LiveNation.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Citi is the official card of the \u2018The Rebel Ragers Tour\u2019. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S. beginning Tuesday, January 27 at 11am local time until Thursday, January 29 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n American Express\u00ae Card Members can purchase tickets for the Canada dates before the general public beginning Tuesday, January 27 at 11am local time through Thursday, January 29 at 10pm local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi) will donate $1 per ticket sold to The Big Bro Foundation. The Big Bro Foundation works to guide, uplift, and empower youth\u2014especially Black youth\u2014who are facing mental health challenges. No portion of the purchase price is tax\u2011deductible. For more information, visit BigBroFoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VIP PACKAGES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n THE REBEL RAGERS 2026 TOUR DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue Apr 28 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ \u2013 Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre +#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wed Apr 29 \u2013 Albuquerque, NM \u2013 Isleta Amphitheater+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri May 01 \u2013 Austin, TX \u2013 Germania Insurance Amphitheater+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat May 02 \u2013 Dallas, TX \u2013 Dos Equis Pavilion#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue May 05 \u2013 Birmingham, AL \u2013 Coca-Cola Amphitheater+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wed May 06 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \u2013 Lakewood Amphitheatre+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri May 08 \u2013 Tampa, FL \u2013 Benchmark International Arena+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat May 09 \u2013 West Palm Beach, FL \u2013 iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue May 12 \u2013 Raleigh, NC \u2013 Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wed May 13 \u2013 Charlotte, NC \u2013 Truliant Amphitheater+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri May 15 \u2013 Cuyahoga Falls, OH \u2013 Blossom Music Center+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat May 16 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH \u2013 Riverbend Music Center +# ^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue May 19 \u2013 St. Louis, MO \u2013 Hollywood Casino Amphitheater+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri May 22 \u2013 Tinley Park, IL \u2013 Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre+#^<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat May 23 \u2013 Clarkston, MI \u2013 Pine Knob Music Theatre+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue May 26 \u2013 Toronto, ON \u2013 RBC Amphitheatre+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wed May 27 \u2013 Grand Rapids, MI \u2013 Acrisure Amphitheater+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri May 29 \u2013 Bristow, VA \u2013 Jiffy Lube Live+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat May 30 \u2013 New York, NY \u2013 Madison Square Garden+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue Jun 02 \u2013 Camden, NJ \u2013 Freedom Mortgage Pavilion+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wed Jun 03 \u2013 Hartford, CT \u2013 The Meadows Music Theatre+#^<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri Jun 05 \u2013 Mansfield, MA \u2013 Xfinity Center+#%<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat Jun 06 \u2013 Bangor, ME \u2013 Maine Savings Amphitheater+#% Wed Jun 10 \u2013 Noblesville, IN \u2013 Ruoff Music Center+#%<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri Jun 12 \u2013 Denver, CO \u2013 JUNKYARD+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat Jun 13 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT \u2013 Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue Jun 16 \u2013 Auburn, WA \u2013 White River Amphitheatre+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri Jun 19 \u2013 Vancouver, BC \u2013 Rogers Arena+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat Jun 20 \u2013 Ridgefield, WA \u2013 Cascades Amphitheater+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue Jun 23 \u2013 Mountain View, CA \u2013 Shoreline Amphitheatre+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri Jun 26 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Crypto.com Arena+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sat Jun 27 \u2013 Chula Vista, CA \u2013 North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre+#*<\/p>\n\n\n\n +with special guest M.I.A<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n #with special guest Big Boi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ^with special guest A-Trak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n %with special guest me n \u00fc<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n *with special guest Dot Da Genius presents GLKPRTY w\/ Powers Pleasanton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT KID CUDI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott Mescudi, professionally known as Kid Cudi, is a Grammy Award\u2013winning musician, actor, director, author, fashion founder, and visual artist whose work has reshaped modern culture. Since emerging in 2008, Cudi has built one of the most emotionally resonant catalogs in contemporary music, creating a blueprint for vulnerability, experimentation, and genre-defying expression that continues to influence artists across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day<\/em>, marked a cultural shift, introducing a new emotional language to mainstream music. Over the course of his career, Cudi has released ten studio albums, sold more than 23 million records worldwide, and maintained a rare longevity rooted in authenticity rather than trend. His influence remains active and visible, with early tracks such as \u201cMaui Wowie\u201d recently finding renewed life through viral momentum and reaching a new generation of listeners years after their initial release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cudi\u2019s most recent album, Free<\/em>, represents a confident and expansive chapter in his evolution. The project reflects an artist fully in command of his voice, balancing introspection with clarity and forward momentum while reinforcing his role as a creative who continues to grow rather than repeat himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond music, Cudi has established a substantial career in film and television. His acting work spans HBO, Amazon, Disney, and major studios, with notable appearances in How to Make It in America<\/em>, Westworld<\/em>, Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em>, X<\/em>, House Party<\/em>, and Bill & Ted Face the Music<\/em>. He has collaborated with filmmakers across the industry, including projects with A24 and Warner Bros., and starred in films that range from large-scale studio releases to critically acclaimed independent work. His Amazon documentary A Man Named Scott<\/em> further offered an intimate portrait of his personal journey and creative impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2020, Cudi founded Mad Solar, his production and creative company focused on developing music, film, and television projects. He has continued to expand his storytelling through narrative short films, animation, and cross-platform releases, most notably with Entergalactic<\/em>, which launched alongside its Emmy-nominated animated companion on Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent years, Cudi has added author and visual artist to his creative portfolio. His memoir offers a deeply personal account of his life, mental health journey, and artistic evolution, further cementing his role as a voice of emotional honesty. As a visual artist, he has debuted original work in gallery settings, translating the same introspective themes that define his music into a new medium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fashion, Cudi continues to operate at the intersection of culture and design. His brand Members of the Rage (MOTR) debuted at Paris Fashion Week and reflects his long-standing influence on style, individuality, and self-expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Across music, film, literature, fashion, and art, Kid Cudi remains a singular creative force. His work consistently connects on a human level, not by chasing moments, but by building a body of work that endures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT M.I.A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Change precipitates growth. MIA exists in a constant state of change reflective of her own insatiable creativity, acute internal compass, and a perennial place ahead of the curve socially, aesthetically, and musically. As such, she consistently sets the pace for culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Catalyzed at the crossroads of art, activism, and fashion, her seminal breakthrough album KALA<\/em> arrived with the force of a tsunami in 2007. An insurgent pastiche of hip-hop attitude, world music connectivity, high fashion disruption, and radicalized consciousness, Rolling Stone<\/em> and NME<\/em>both christened it one of the \u201c500 Greatest Albums of All Time<\/em>,\u201d<\/em> while Spin<\/em> touted it among \u201cThe 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years<\/em>.\u201d<\/em> It earned a gold certification and spawned the quadruple-platinum generational anthem \u201cPaper Planes.\u201d Indicative of its impact, the mega-smash appeared in the Academy\u00ae Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire<\/em> directed by iconic filmmaker Danny Boyle. Fellow revolutionaries Tom Morello and Boots Riley covered it as part of Street Sweeper Social Club, while Rihanna performed it in a popular live medley. Famously, T.I., JAY-Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne sampled it as the hook for the multiplatinum smash \u201cSwagga Like Us,\u201d taking home the GRAMMY\u00ae Award for \u201cBest Rap Performance by a Duo or Group<\/em>.\u201d<\/em>She parlayed this momentum into 2010\u2019s MAYA<\/em>, which marked her first Top 10 debut on the Billboard<\/em> Top 200. Following the 2013 opus Matangi<\/em> and the banger \u201cBad Girls,\u201d AIM<\/em> closed out 2016 on various year-end lists, and Q <\/em>dubbed it \u201cher best outing since 2007\u2019s Kala<\/em>.\u201d <\/em>Along the way, she collaborated with the likes of Madonna, Nicki Minaj, and Travis Scott, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casting just as wide of a shadow over fashion, Versace, Marc Jacobs, and more have sought her out for collaborations. Recognizing her impact, Vulture<\/em> hailed her as \u201ca precursor for the various fashion-rap acts (Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, and above all A$AP Rocky)<\/em>.\u201d <\/em>An outspoken humanitarian, she has supported various global causes to build schools, stand up for victims of atrocities, and support impoverished communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2022 M.I.A. released MATA<\/em>, showing another side of herself altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis album was actually written in a very peaceful place,\u201d she observes. \u201cCOVID happened, and I\u2019m sure there were expectations for me to make a violent and aggressive record, but you already have that in my catalog. If you want to protest, if you want to speak up, or if you want to fight, all of those songs are there\u2014and they always will be. MATA<\/em> is about rising above any earthly problems and social problems. I took a step back and looked at it from a bigger perspective. No matter what religion you ascribe to, the message is ultimately the same. I create out of chaos. Everything that\u2019s creative and created is god, and everything that\u2019s destructive and destroys is god too. To me, this record is complete acceptance of the divine. Whatever happens is what happens. I approached this music as if I was meant to make it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n MATA<\/em> certainly sounds meant to be. Writing throughout 2020 and 2021, M.I.A. still \u201cused her four-track and old laptop\u201d <\/em>and personally produced various tracks. At the same time, she collaborated with the likes of Pharrell, Diplo, Rex Kudo, Switch, Troy Baker, T-Minus, and more. Beyond recording at home, she also worked out of Rick Rubin\u2019s Malibu studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, the album represents two halves of her vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn some songs, I\u2019m trying to escape and come back to my old style of writing and production,\u201d she reveals. \u201c50% of the album is me holding on to what I am. The other half of the record is joining a bigger discussion about what I am, because it\u2019s not about the same comfort zone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That brings us to the first single \u201cThe One.\u201d Co-produced by T-Minus and Kudo, the upbeat groove underlines bold and buoyant bars as she examines a moment of transformation. Leaning into the beat, she promises, \u201cThis time I\u2019m gonna flip the whole thing. New era I\u2019m gonna bring it<\/em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s about the challenge of making this record,\u201d she muses. \u201cIt was raw ego versus embracing changes you have to embrace when it\u2019s not about you. That happened to me. I had an awakening. It wasn\u2019t something I was looking for. I was minding my own business. Boom, out of nowhere, I had this spiritual experience, and it turned my world upside down creatively. That\u2019s where I\u2019m at now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As always with M.I.A., MATA<\/em> balances extremes. Pharrell made a Tamil beat for \u201cTime Travel,\u201d relying on graceful simplicity. \u201cKTP,\u201d short for \u201cKeep The Peace,\u201d brought together production from Skrillex with invaluable perspective from Rubin. \u201cThere are songs we made in half-an-hour with a coconut, and there are songs we made with a Tesla X on mars<\/em>,\u201d<\/em> she grins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the end, change has brought M.I.A. to the dawn of a new era unlike anything before it and, most likely, after it as well\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the second coming,\u201d she leaves off. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to tell what the world needs right now. I tried to get out of the game. I\u2019ve done my best to escape, but I can\u2019t. I\u2019ve accepted it though. I\u2019m really happy to be making music. I\u2019m at peace with the fact I\u2019m a musician. I\u2019m truthful to my journey. When you listen to this record, you\u2019ll get everything. You\u2019ll hear the growing pains, but you\u2019ll hear accessibility and relatability. It\u2019s everything. It\u2019s still me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT BIG BOI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Atlanta indisputably set the pace for modern hip-hop. However, Big Boi set the pace for Atlanta, and by proxy, the culture at large. If the genre of hip-hop ever gets its own \u201cRap Mount Rushmore,\u201d a legacy as the region\u2019s foremost wordsmith, funkiest gentleman, and resident ATLien certainly guarantees a place for the diamond selling artist, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, philanthropist born Antwan Andr\u00e9 Patton. Big made history as the preeminent spitter of the Dungeon Family and one-half of OutKast<\/a>. The legendary duo sold 25 million albums and garnered seven GRAMMY\u00ae Awards, becoming the first and only hip-hop artist in history to win the GRAMMY\u00ae for \u201cAlbum of the Year\u201d upon release of their 2003 RIAA Diamond-certified Speakerboxxx\/The Love Below<\/em><\/a> (which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year). Big Boi made his proper introduction as a solo artist in 2010 with Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty<\/em><\/a>. A modern classic, it captured #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and landed on Pitchfork\u2019s\u201d100 Best Albums of the Decade \u2018So Far\u2019.\u201d Following a succession of high-profile album releases, Big Boi released his most recent album Boomiverse<\/em><\/a> in 2017. The smash single \u201cAll Night\u201d<\/a> sound tracked a high-profile Apple Animoji commercial, blew up radio, and clocked 40 million streams within a year. The song also hit the Top 30 on the pop chart and Top 10 at Rhythmic. In addition to his music career, the Hip-Hop legend recently announced<\/a> that he is starring in upcoming Hulu series, Big RV Remix, a renovation-based series in which he and business partner, Janice Faison, renovate, redo, and remodel trailers for small businesses some of the world\u2019s biggest celebrities 125%<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT A-TRAK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A-Trak, a.k.a. Alain Macklovitch, is the quintessential cultural connector. His 25-year career has seen him take turns as an internationally renowned DJ, World Champion turntablist, founder of New York\u2019s celebrated Fool\u2019s Gold Records, documentary filmmaker, and half of the Grammy nominated duo Duck Sauce as well as The Brothers Macklovitch (with his brother Dave 1 of Chromeo). He continues to reshape the very role of the DJ as tastemaker and storyteller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT me n \u00fc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the past year, me n \u00fc have been touring nationally, performing at festivals and venues across the country and continuing to build their growing hope house movement both on and offline. The female DJ, production, and writing duo started their socials at the end of November 2023 and have built a fanbase of over 95K followers on TikTok and 226K on Instagram. After coining the term \u201chope house\u201d to describe their style of music, their debut single \u201cJUMP\u201d has garnered over 150,000 creates on Instagram Reels and 9.2 million streams across all platforms. It has also received editorial support on Spotify\u2019s Created by Women and Fresh Finds Dance, Apple Music\u2019s Chill House and Breaking Dance, Pandora\u2019s Pandora Chill, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their breakout year continued with singles such as \u201cSuperrich,\u201d a collaboration with Alok and Ten F\u00e9 that has surpassed 9 million streams globally, and an official remix of Kid Cudi\u2019s \u201cDeep Diving,\u201d blending their signature nostalgic energy with Cudi\u2019s alt-electronic sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the release of their first single, me n \u00fc have received regular rotation and organic support on all releases from SiriusXM and SiriusXM Chill, with co-signs from Ti\u00ebsto and Galantis, who collaborated with them on an official Galantis x me n \u00fc remix released in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT Dot Da Genius presents GLKPRTY w\/ Powers Pleasanton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dot Da Genius, 4x Grammy-Nominated, Multi-Platinum and Diamond-Certified Producer, responsible for \u201cDay n\u2019 Night\u201d and WZRD, is presenting a brand-new project with longtime friend and collaborator, Powers Pleasant. 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