{"id":43473,"date":"2025-08-13T17:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kid-cudi-reveals-some-of-his-darkest-moments-amid-rise-to-fame-in-new-memoir-there-was-a-huge-spotlight-on-me\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:56:48","slug":"kid-cudi-reveals-some-of-his-darkest-moments-amid-rise-to-fame-in-new-memoir-there-was-a-huge-spotlight-on-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kid-cudi-reveals-some-of-his-darkest-moments-amid-rise-to-fame-in-new-memoir-there-was-a-huge-spotlight-on-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Cudi reveals some of his darkest moments amid rise to fame in new memoir: &#8220;There was a huge spotlight on me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Kid Cudi isn&#8217;t holding back. In his new book, &#8220;Cudi: The Memoir,&#8221; the rapper \u2014 whose real name is Scott Mescudi \u2014 reveals some of the darkest hours early in his career, and how he managed to turn the page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was running to the grave. I had a death wish and I was so dark and suicidal,&#8221; Mescudi said of the start of his career, when he was around 25 years old. In an interview that aired Wednesday on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/cbs-mornings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS Mornings<\/a>,&#8221; Mescudi told CBS News senior culture correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/anthony-mason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Anthony Mason<\/a> that the haunting memory inspired the song &#8220;Grave,&#8221; featured on his new album, &#8220;Free,&#8221; scheduled to be released later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Retelling dark moments in new memoir<\/h2>\n<p>Mescudi grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland. At 11 years old, he lost his dad to cancer. Nearly a decade later, he left his hometown for New York City. There, he met a producer who went by the name Dot da Genius, and was invited to move in with him and his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dot&#8217;s dad is single-handedly responsible for the rise of &#8216;Kid Cudi,&#8217; you know,&#8221; Mescudi said.<\/p>\n<p>Together, Dot and Mescudi changed hip-hop. Mescudi found a unique way to carve out his own identity in the music industry: he was honest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You never heard a hip-hop artist say they&#8217;re lonely,&#8221; explained Mescudi, referring to the lyrics in his hit song &#8220;Day &#8216;n&#8217; Nite,&#8221; which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Solo Performance.<\/p>\n<p>He was even embraced by Kanye West.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Standing next to Kanye really, you know, his fame kind of bled into my world. And there was a huge spotlight on me early that I just wasn&#8217;t prepared for that,&#8221; Mescudi said.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden success was overwhelming, and Mescudi admits he turned to drugs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason I was doing cocaine was so I could maintain, so I didn&#8217;t blow my brains out,&#8221; Mescudi said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, while in rehab, he suffered a stroke at 32 years old. His doctor told him that because he was young, he could &#8220;bounce back from this.&#8221; Mescudi left rehab thinking, &#8220;If I ever do cocaine again, I&#8217;m going to die.&#8221; He&#8217;s stayed clean ever since.<\/p>\n<h2>Testifying in &#8220;Diddy&#8221; trial<\/h2>\n<p>In May, Mescudi returned to New York to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/live-updates\/diddy-trial-live-updates-kid-cudi\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">testify<\/a><\/span> in the sex trafficking trial of Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs. Combs was acquitted in July of sex trafficking and racketeering, but <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sean-diddy-combs-trial-verdict-jury\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">convicted<\/a><\/span> on prostitution-related counts. He will stay in jail until his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sean-diddy-combs-bail-denied-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sentencing hearing<\/a><\/span> in October.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was really hard. I didn&#8217;t want to do it. I got subpoenaed,&#8221; said Mescudi, recalling he made eye contact with Combs at the time while on the stand.<\/p>\n<p>He told the court that Combs broke into his house in 2011 after finding out he was dating the music mogul&#8217;s ex-girlfriend, R&amp;B singer Cassie Ventura.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew I was helping Cassie. I just wanted to be there and help her out,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;I know I did the right thing, so that&#8217;s all that matters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Mescudi said the backlash to his testimony was swift.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a lot of people that supported me, but there were a few that were &#8212; had some opinions about it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was interesting because I&#8217;m not no street dude. I don&#8217;t live by no code, you know? So I guess it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m a rapper. People just threw that on me. But, like, my music has never been about that and I have never tried to pretend I was about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Complicated relationship with Kanye<\/h2>\n<p>Mescudi&#8217;s relationship with Kanye West, now known as Ye, is more complicated. He describes them as &#8220;polar opposites&#8221; who once worked on the same frequency.<\/p>\n<p>He described their fallout as &#8220;really heartbreaking&#8221; and says it&#8217;s a &#8220;sad thing&#8221; that their partnership is over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he has [broken my heart] over and over multiple times,&#8221; Mescudi said. &#8220;Just the code of friendship. He&#8217;s said some things that there&#8217;s just no coming back from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Mescudi mentioned Ye&#8217;s disparaging comments about the late Virgil Abloh, his former creative director. Abloh, the artistic director of Louis Vuitton and founder of the brand Off-White, collaborated with both Mescudi and Ye.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time he took a dig at Virgil, it just made me super angry. Virgil was an angel to everyone,&#8221; said Mescudi, noting that Ye&#8217;s remarks continued even after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/virgil-abloh-dies-age-41-cancer-louis-vuitton-off-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Abloh&#8217;s death from cancer<\/a><\/span> at age 41. To Mescudi, there&#8217;s no coming back from that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I loved Kanye, you know, I really loved him. He was part of my life changing and at some point he was a really good friend, you know. But the man he has become \u2013 I just don&#8217;t know that guy anymore,&#8221; Mescudi said.<\/p>\n<h2>Turning the page<\/h2>\n<p>But Mescudi is looking ahead to his next chapter in life. He married fashion designer Lola Abecassis Sartore in the South of France in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He joyfully recalls the moment his &#8220;hands started shaking&#8221; as he got down on one knee to propose to her at a temple in Kyoto, Japan, in December 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The achievement that he is most proud of is being the father of 15-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJuyQJoh8Ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vada Mescudi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;See me in parent mode or Uncle Scott mode, I&#8217;m on fire,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Kid Cudi&#8217;s new book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Cudi\/Scott-Kid-Cudi-Mescudi\/9781668201336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>&#8220;Cudi: The Memoir,&#8221;<\/em><\/a><em> is now available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/anthony-mason\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Anthony  Mason<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Anthony Mason is a senior culture and senior national correspondent for CBS News. 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