An Open Letter to Kid Cudi and His Homies
First of all, are we still using the word homies? You see I have a confession to make, I am not hip. In fact, I am closer to needing a new hip than being hip. My name is Dennis Gillan and I am a 53 year old Caucasian who never heard of Kid Cudi until last week and now I want to shake that young man’s hand for bringing the topic of mental health to the forefront. I’m not talking one of those hand out, bodies apart handshakes. I’m doing the full brother on brother handshake that includes the half hug and I am not letting go until he does. Quick backgrounder for square old farts like me, Kid Cudi is a rapper and apparently he is pretty darn good at it. A quick check of his Twitter feed shows that he has 1.54 MILLION followers, move the decimal over some to get to my grand total of 149 followers. Kid Cudi was born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi on January 30, 1984 in Cleveland and he is a certified star. If you need to know more about this ca...