Better known as two-time Grammy winning rapper, songwriter, record producer and budding film and television actor Kid Cudi, 37-year-old Scott Mescudi has parlayed his ongoing mainstream showbiz success into the $7.7 million purchase of an 11.5-acre estate in a small and prestigious if little heralded gated enclave in Calabasas, Calif., the increasingly popular and ever-more affluent suburb at the sun-scorched western edge of L.A.’s sprawling San Fernando Valley.
Having sold about 22 million records in the U.S., worked with myriad A-list recording artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg, and collaborated with cult-favorite apparel labels such as BAPE and fashion innovators such as Virgil Abloh, Cudi has in recent years popped up as an actor in the smash hit sci-fi series “Westworld” and the coming-of-age miniseries “We Are Who We Are.” Earlier this year he appeared on the silver screen in the crime thriller “Crisis,” and he’s set to co-star in the upcoming horror flick “X”.
On paper, Cudi’s new and nearly 9,000-square-foot generically Mediterranean mansion, with its half a dozen bedrooms and eight bathrooms, has many of the exact same features as hundreds and even thousands of similarly sized suburban mansions built over the last two or three decades all across Calabasas, the San Fernando Valley and beyond: The double height foyer was designed to impress guests with twin curved staircases embellished with wrought-iron railings, the spacious formal living room sports a fireplace and a wet bar, and French doors open the separate formal dining room to the estate’s backyard.
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Image Credit: Redfin A gated drive swoops up to a parking-lot-sized motor court with garaging for four cars. Some of the other amenities ubiquitous to other mansions in the area include buff-colored travertine floor tiles, a quarry’s worth of white marble in the kitchen and bathrooms, and a showy, climate-controlled wine cellar behind a floor-to-ceiling sheet of glass in the family room.
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Image Credit: Redfin Huge and chef accommodating with up-to-date appliances and two islands with white marble counters that waterfall off the ends, the kitchen is open to a breakfast area and family room with a flat-screen TV hung above the fireplace. Several sets of French doors allow an easy transition to the backyard.
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Image Credit: Redfin A small fitness room with an attached bath is easily converted to a staff or guest suite, and the spacious home theater is equipped with a ceiling-mounted projection system and raised platform seating.
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Image Credit: Redfin A handful of all-en-suite guest and family bedrooms surround a lofted second-floor lounge.
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Image Credit: Redfin The homeowner’s retreat is replete with separate sitting room, private balcony, gleaming glass and white-marble bathroom and two roomy walk-in closets.
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Image Credit: Redfin The backyard was designed for relaxed entertaining. A Tiki-like structure covers a large bar and built-in barbecue, while the resort-style swimming pool offers waterfalls that tumble over stacks of faux boulders, a built-in slide, a spa and a grotto.
Behind the pool, a steep hillside is planted with grape vines, though most of the estate’s 11.5 acres are ruggedly natural.
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Image Credit: Redfin The estate’s landscaped areas give way to meditative mountain views and incorporate vast lawns, a small putting green, a sport court, a turtle pond and a fire pit with cushioned built-in seating beneath a vine draped pergola.
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Image Credit: Redfin The property was listed with Julianne Moffet at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, as well as Sara Shevin and Marc Shevin of The Shevin Team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, while Cudi was repped by Josh Altman and Matt Altman of The Altman Brothers Team at Douglas Elliman.