Here in the studio, he leans forward in his chair, a blunt between his fingers. “I’m at a place in my life where I have zero tolerance for the wrong energies. I’ve watched so many people throughout the years that are close to him be burned by him doing some f***ed-up s***. 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.”

He addresses West directly: “I’m not one of your kids. I’m not Kim. It don’t matter if I’m friends with Pete or not friends with Pete. None of this s*** had anything to do with me,” Cudi says. “If you can’t be a grown man and deal with the fact that you lost your woman? That’s not my f***ing problem. You need to own up to your s*** 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.”

Cudi is also bothered by the idea that people credit his success to someone other than him and his original team of producers: Patrick “Plain Pat” Reynolds, Oladipo Omishore (aka Dot Da Genius), and Emile Haynie. He says he was hesitant to sign to G.O.O.D. Music. His fear manifested when West released 808s & Heartbreak and you heard Cudi’s haunting vocals on the second track and his songwriting throughout, playing what he felt was a critical role when he had yet to release his debut album. Cudi’s a little stuck here: He was a young rapper who emerged in the shadow of a superstar.

“I just want to clear that up for anybody that feels like Kanye made my career or made me who I am,” Cudi says. “He brought me on to do 808s. I thought that was really f***ing awesome. I wanted to be a part of a family and saw G.O.O.D. Music as that opportunity. So I finally said yeah. Kanye West did not come and pluck me out of Applebee’s or the Bape store.”

Full interview:
esquire.com/entertainment/a40895903/kid-cudi-entergalactic-reborn

Walking L

He says he loves him later on so you can tell he’s really hurt by it

Yep, and not just that: he mentions not wanting to talk a lot about him but still has a lot to say about him in the interview lol

It's an awkward situation

imagine siding with this guy

you lost women in ur life u gotta own up to it. just like i did. brb gotta send my 9384th text to my ex

He’s not wrong tbh.

it was one (1) f***ing instagram post
he been crying for months

After all them years of sneak dissing & holding grudges, he wanna let everyone know he good with drake and doesn’t want it being misinterpreted, this guy…

so whiny

Either Kanye done gave this Cudi dude the ye treatment behind the scenes or Cudi doesn’t see the value in collabing/being friends with him anymore, something as small as “Cudi not gonna be on my next album bc he’s….” Being treated like the most vile thing he’s Ever done is wild

How you gonna act like you know what happened behind closed doors lol

we don't know if they had calls or texts or anything

Reminder - Ye abandoned his joint lp with Drake to make KSG after this dude caught wind and went off on a social media tangent slandering both

What a s***ty friend Ye is ...Dude ONLY literally/figuratively saved Kudi's life:

"Working on that record saved me: at the time I didn't know if I was going to continue making music or not, and Kanye was there for me, to help me get up," he said. "At that moment I really needed it."
complex.com/music/2020/10/kid-cudi-says-recording-kids-see-ghosts-with-kanye-west-saved-him

He right tho clown behavior by Ye

Ripping off the chili peppers d*** socks a clown move too but it doesn't negate what he said ye a dork

He owned up to the women he lost by calling his ex 180 times and getting a restraining order placed on him lol

I need a vicious ye retaliation

last thing we need

how y'all gonna act like ye is in the right for how he treated cudi?

he ain't right, but ye treated ppl way worse, which is why this is funny.
Amber and Sean deserves this type of energy towards Ye