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Kid Cudi goes back to high school — and shares what he's learned

"Music was my Plan G," says Scott Mescudi, actor and the Grammy-winning rapper known as Kid Cudi. "It wasn't like I didn't try everything else. I tried everything else." Returning to his high school, he explains how he found success as an artist through a combination of hard work, determination and blocking out the haters. "There's no difference from me and you. I just really wanted this s***. And I wanted it bad."

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