Kid Cudi spoke out about Kanye West’s disintegration and revealed his feelings for him.EsquireIt would “take a motherfucking miracle for me and that man to be friends again.”
Since over a decade, the two artists have been in close contact. They collaborate on numerous projects, including the 2018 collaboration album. Children See Ghosts, While also feuding and reconciling on some occasions, Their relationship seemed to be in disarray after Ye yanked Cudi earlier this year. Donda 2 and shared a photo on Instagram of Cudi and Pete Davidson — who was dating West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, at the time — with X’s over their faces (Timothée Chalamet also appeared in the picture, with no X on his face). Cudi in turn tweeted. “Too bad I don’t wanna be on ur album u fuckin dinosaur.”
Cudi discussed the deluge that social media trolls brought upon him after West shared this photo. “That shit pissed me off,”He said. “That he had the power to fuck with me that week. That he used his power to fuck with me. That pissed me off… You fucking with my mental health now, bro.”
Cudi said that West had enlisted him in the drama with Davidson, Kardashian and others. “None of this shit had anything to do with me. If you can’t be a grown man and deal with the fact that you lost your woman? That’s not my fucking problem. You need to own up to your shit like every man in this life has. I’ve lost women, too. And I’ve had to own up to it. I don’t need that in my life. I don’t need it.”
It is striking. “he can’t keep getting away with it”Cudi even looked at Ye and apologized for making him and others go through such a vicious cycle of fighting and making-up. “I’ve watched so many people throughout the years that are close to him be burned by him doing some fucked-up shit,”He said. “And then they turn around and forgive him. And there’s no repercussions. You’re back cool with this man. He does it over and over.”
Cudi also shared a candid assessment about his creative relationship with West throughout the years. He expressed frustration that some people still think West “made my career or made me who I am.”This perception stems largely from the fact that West brought Cudi in to assist him with his 2008 landmark album. 808s and Heartbreak, after becoming enamored with Cudi’s own 2008 debut mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi. Cudi stated that the opportunity was “really fucking awesome,”He stressed, “Kanye West did not come and pluck me out of Applebee’s or the Bape store.”
Cudi pointed out how inequitable their creative partnership was despite their many successful collaborations over the years. “I’ve been on every one of that man’s albums. He’s only been on two of mine,”He said. “That should tell you something. And don’t think I didn’t ask.”
As to whether this feud might one day find some kind of resolution, Cudi made a pointed reference to another one of West’s longtime frenemies: “With all due respect, I’m not Drake, who’s about to take a picture with him next week and be friends again, and their beef is squashed. That’s not me. What I say, I mean. I will be done with you. It’s gonna take a motherfucking miracle for me and that man to be friends again. I don’t see it happening. He gon’ have to become a monk.”
Still, Cudi added, “The twisted thing is that I love him, but I love you so much that I can kick you the fuck out of my life and be done with your ass. ‘Cause you are not good for me… I didn’t love myself all them years you knew me. I love myself more now, bro. I love myself way more.”