Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi has landed a role in an upcoming HBO series titled How To Make It America.

The show, which will be executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, focuses on a group of New York based twenty-somethings trying to achieve the American dream.

Cudi made the revelation of landing a role on the show via his blog and divulged that his character on the show is partly based on him.

"My character's name is Domingo Dean and he's good friends with the main characters, Ben (played by Bryan Greenberg) and Cam (played by Victor Rasuk)," Cudi wrote. " My role is def comic relief and then some, I’m so excited.”

"[They] let me name my character since it’s roughly based on me, so I decided to name him after my two older brothers, Domingo Mescudi and Dean Mescudi," he added.

Cudi is signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music label. He gained a major buzz in 2008 thanks to his single "Day 'N' Nite" and  also appeared on West’s 808’s & Heartbreak.

Cudi plans to release his debut album titled Man on the Moon: The Guardians later this year.