It’s no secret Kid Cudi has wrestled with mental health issues for years. He was hospitalized in 2016 for depression and “suicidal urges” but has seemingly been on the mend ever since.
Aside from his collaborative project with Kanye West, Kids See Ghosts, the 35-year-old Cleveland artist hasn’t put out a proper album since 2016’s Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’. But evidently, that’s going to change in the near future.
According to several tweets he shared on Friday (May 17), Cudi is back in the studio and has promised new material in 2020. However, he made it clear self-care comes first.
“New music next year!!” he wrote. “Gonna work the rest of this year. In no rush to do anything right now. I dont drop albums every year anymore. Gotta give myself time to do other things. And relax!”
Cudi added it will “all make sense soon” and proclaimed the “next stage has begun.”
Shortly after his 2016 hospitalization, Cudi explained why he chose to reveal his struggles via Facebook and what made him seek treatment during an interview with Billboard.
“I was in a really bad place, and at the time, I felt like I was letting a lot of people down,” he said. “It was really hard for me to even write that letter, but I needed to be honest with the kids. I needed to. I couldn’t live a lie. I couldn’t pretend to be happy.”
Revisit his original Facebook post below.
Kid Cudi. One of the worst to do it.
Suck dick at bachelor parties
Yea eat dicks dude..
Stop posting your fantasies on a hip hop site.
Go listen tor cudderisback, mojo so dope, mr. rager , and the prayer. In that order (make sure to play close attention to the lyrics) then come back and tell me Kid Cudi is trash. Clown ass mf. Kid Cudi is the greatest rapper all around, he can sing, rap, hum, and even make good ass rock music. Most of all his lyrics have great meaning and are truly uplifting. Tell me he isn’t the most talented.
He’s trash! Don’t get the appeal. His music is pointless and insubstantial.
Big Bro! Can’t wait for that new CuDi, it’s been a while..
His music is inspirational eating for bee lp
Cudi is a a God! I love the appeal. His music is so meaningful and substantial.
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(Kids these days will never understand how many lives he’s saved.. so much hate ignorant kids, they’ll learn one day)
Anybody saying Kid Cudi is trash or wack are probably some cornball Drake fans still mad that Cudi called their boy out. Cudi’s always been real in his music and to himself. Only two projects I don’t really fuck with are Satellite Flight and Speedin Bullet.
Nah. Not a Drake fan at all. I also think he is terrible. Cudi is worse though. WoAT vocals in the industry. Try Again
GoAT, bruv done speld it wrong, cudi could hum with more feeling than you get from most artists entire fuckin “hit singles”
he hums like shit. he sings like shit. he raps like shit. Imagine calling this mentally ill dude the goat. If Cudi has actually saved your life you need serious help, and quick.