Kid Cudi is the latest celebrity to testify at Sean 맥스카지노�Diddy맥스카지노� Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York.The popular melodic rapper took the stand Thursday and told the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs맥스카지노� ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie.Cudi testified about several incidents involving Combs, who prosecutors contend was so upset at the rapper that he arranged to have Cudi맥스카지노�s Porsche 911 convertible firebombed. Cudi told jurors about finding his car burned in the driveway of his Hollywood Hills home in 2012.Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges that he leveraged his status as a power broker to abuse women.Here맥스카지노�s what you need to know about the 41-year-old Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi.Who is Kid Cudi?The Cleveland born-and-raised, skinny-jean wearing, Grammy Award-winning rapper has long been celebrated for his alternative hip-hop, emotional music that effortlessly weaves genres together in surprising ways.Music blogs and other tastemakers quickly caught on to Cudi's 2007 single, 맥스카지노�Day 맥스카지노�n맥스카지노� Nite,맥스카지노� with its unique singsong style that later appeared on his blockbuster 2009 debut, 맥스카지노�Man on the Moon: The End of the Day맥스카지노� as 맥스카지노�Day 맥스카지노�n맥스카지노� Nite (Nightmare)." The album's hits included 맥스카지노�Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)맥스카지노� and is easily one of the most influential rap records of the last two decades. In September, 맥스카지노�Day 맥스카지노�n맥스카지노� Nite맥스카지노� was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.Video below: Cassie testifies at "Diddy" trialCudi began as something of a protégé of Kanye West, when the then-uncontroversial rapper signed Cudi to his G.O.O.D. Music label in 2008. Cudi left in 2013.He is featured on Jay-Z's 맥스카지노�The Blueprint 3맥스카지노� and West's landmark 맥스카지노�808s & Heartbreak.맥스카지노� Cudi has always had an eye and ear toward innovation. In 2022, his album 맥스카지노�Entergalactic맥스카지노� was released alongside a Netflix adult-animated romantic comedy of the same name, which he told The Associated Press allowed him to 맥스카지노�explore the abstract.맥스카지노�What is Kid Cudi맥스카지노�s involvement with Combs and Cassie?Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, has been the trial맥스카지노�s central witness with her accounts of years of violence and sexual abuse.She testified that Combs arranged for her to meet Cudi in 2011 to work on music. The two began dating soon after, and she said she got a burner phone to communicate with Cudi in secret.Cassie said she and Combs had broken up at the time, although they still engaged in sex parties that Combs orchestrated. It was during one of these that Combs looked at her phone and learned of the Cudi relationship, Cassie testified.In response, she said he lunged at her with a corkscrew and kicked her in the back.When Cassie and Combs were out of the country in 2012, Combs told her that Cudi맥스카지노�s car would be blown up and Combs wanted Cudi맥스카지노�s friends there to see it, Cassie testified.On Tuesday, Cassie맥스카지노�s mother, Regina Ventura, testified that Cassie told her Combs was so angry about her relationship with Cudi that he planned to release sexually explicit videos of her and send someone to hurt Cassie and Cudi.Cassie testified that Cudi came to visit her at her mother맥스카지노�s Connecticut home around Christmas in 2011 and she broke up with him, fearing for both of their safety.The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie has.Kid Cudi's more recent music, and actingHis latest album, 맥스카지노�Insano,맥스카지노� arrived last year. Soon after its release, 맥스카지노�Insano (Nitro Mega),맥스카지노� a partner record that featured Wiz Khalifa, Pusha T, Steve Aoki and more, arrived.On May 9, Cudi released his latest single, 맥스카지노�Neverland.맥스카지노� A short film of the same name, directed by Ti West and produced by Monkeypaw Productions, will premiere at Tribeca Film Festival this June.Also in May, Cudi officially launched his new apparel label, WZRD.Daring fashion has been a longtime passion for Cudi; the rapper has partnered with brands such as BAPE and Adidas. He collaborated with the late designer Virgil Abloh, and in 2021 channeled Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain by wearing an Abloh-designed Off-White floral dress on stage at 맥스카지노�Saturday Night Live.맥스카지노�Last week, he announced his engagement to menswear designer Lola Abecassis Sartore.Cudi is also a celebrated actor, having appeared in a number of feature films and television programs. They include 2020s 맥스카지노�Bill & Ted Face the Music,맥스카지노� the 2021 Netflix original 맥스카지노�Don't Look Up,맥스카지노� the HBO series 맥스카지노�How to Make It in America맥스카지노� and the glossy 맥스카지노�House Party맥스카지노� remake in 2023, in which he played it straight as an anti-social lurker who doesn맥스카지노�t like parties (맥스카지노�too much laughing맥스카지노�) and only wanted to go to give his pal LeBron a poem, as The Associated Press' Lindsey Bahr wrote in her review.