Kid Cudi, the singer behind the hit song "Pursuit Of Happiness" and creator of the Netflix animated series "Entergalactic," wanted to pick up skateboarding, and who better to teach the star the ins and outs than skating legend, Tony Hawk? Hawk posted a video compilation of his skate sessions with Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi to his Instagram. "Kid Cudi hit me up recently about wanting to learn how to skate. I have now given him two lessons in as many weeks and it has been gratifying to see his commitment to the process," Hawk wrote on his Instagram post. Kid Cudi took two skateboarding lessons with Tony Hawk.The pro skateboarder posted a video on social media showing their lessons together. (Photo by Theo Wargo) "Rarely do beginning skaters take direction so well, or progress as quickly.