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The venue enforces a clear bag policy for all events. To view the bag policy and a complete list of Rules and Prohibited items, please go to our website: www.riverbend.org 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 especially Black youth who are facing mental health challenges. For more information, see BigBroFoundation.org. No portion of the purchase price is tax deductible.
General parking is included in the final purchase price.
This show has a General Admission Pit, which is standing room only
Grammy-Award winning rapper and songwriter Kid Cudi has announced ‘The Rebel Ragers Tour’, hitting over 30 cities in North America including a stop in Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Center on Saturday, May 16. Special guests on the Cincinnati show will include Big Boi and A-Trak.
The Rebel Ragers Tour spans the full scope of Cudi’s discography, celebrating his evolution from early breakthrough records like “Day ’N’ Nite” and “Mr. Rager” to fan favorites that have shaped more than a decade of cultural impact. The tour also includes music from his latest release "Free", alongside recent standouts like the viral track “Maui Wowie,” connecting longtime fans and new listeners through a powerful live experience.
Beyond music, Kid Cudi continues to expand his creative reach, celebrating New York Times Best Seller status for his memoir Cudi and stepping onto a different stage with his recent stand-up comedy debut at Mi’s 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, in Paris showcasing original works.
Scott Mescudi, professionally known as Kid Cudi, is a Grammy Award–winning 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.
His debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, 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 “Maui Wowie” recently finding renewed life through viral momentum and reaching a new generation of listeners years after their initial release.
Cudi’s most recent album, Free, 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.
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, Westworld, Don’t Look Up, X, House Party, and Bill & Ted Face the Music. 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 further offered an intimate portrait of his personal journey and creative impact.
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, which launched alongside its Emmy-nominated animated companion on Netflix.
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.
ABOUT BIG BOI
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 "Rap Mount Rushmore," a legacy as the region's foremost wordsmith, funkiest gentleman, and resident ATLien certainly guarantees a place for the diamond selling artist, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, philanthropist born Antwan André Patton. Big made history as the preeminent spitter of the Dungeon Family and one-half of OutKast. The legendary duo sold 25 million albums and garnered seven GRAMMY® Awards, becoming the first and only hip-hop artist in history to win the GRAMMY® for "Album of the Year" upon release of their 2003 RIAA Diamond-certified Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (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. A modern classic, it captured #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and landed on Pitchfork's"100 Best Albums of the Decade 'So Far'." Following a succession of high-profile album releases, Big Boi released his most recent album Boomiverse in 2017. The smash single "All Night" 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 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’s biggest celebrities 125%
ABOUT A-TRAK
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’s celebrated Fool’s 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.
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Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45230-7118, United States, Silver Grove
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