Kid X On Why He Wouldn’t Drop The “Kid” From His Name

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Kid X On Why He Wouldn’t Drop The “Kid” From His Name. South African hip-hop veteran Kid X has opened up about the meaning behind the “Kid” in his stage name and why, despite growing older and entering a new chapter of life, he has no plans to simply leave that part of himself behind.

Speaking to SA Hip Hop Mag, Kid X was asked whether he had ever considered dropping the “Kid” from his name, as many artists do when they evolve beyond the identities they adopted early in their careers.

His answer was rooted in the same idea he has previously shared about balancing adulthood with the creative spirit that first drew him to music.

“Based on the answer I just gave you, I can never drop the kid,” Kid X said.

For the rapper, removing the word would feel less like a rebrand and more like abandoning an important part of his identity.

“Dropping the kid feels neglectful,” he said, explaining that he would rather evolve that side of himself than erase it completely.

That evolution, however, could eventually lead to a subtle shift in how audiences see him. Kid X described the “Kid” as something that could one day become an “artefact” preserved from an earlier chapter of his life, while the “X” represents the person and artist moving forward.

“What I’m actively doing now is evolving the kid,” he said. “The kid will, I guess, be something of a… what can we call it? An artefact that we put in a museum.”

He then hinted at a future where the name could effectively become simply X, but without severing the connection to everything that came before.

“And what will proceed forth is just the X,” he added.

For Kid X, though, the transition would not mean abandoning the music, instincts or creativity associated with his younger self. Instead, those elements would continue to find their way into his work, now shaped by the experience and perspective he has gained with age.

“A lot of the music that you will hear from X will be from the kid, with editing and polishing and maybe some of the wisdom from X sprinkled all over it,” he explained.

That philosophy offers a glimpse into how Kid X views artistic growth. Rather than treating maturity as a reason to reject his younger self, he sees it as an opportunity to refine what was already there.

The result, he suggested, could be a more honest representation of who he is today: the raw creativity of the “Kid” meeting the perspective of “X”.

For an artist whose name has become part of his identity, the future may therefore be less about killing off Kid X and more about allowing the Kid to grow into X.

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