Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died on April 5, 1994, making the 27th anniversary last Monday (April 5). In honor of Cobain’s legacy, Kid Cudi paid homage to the iconic Sub Pop Records artist during his Saturday Night Live appearance on Saturday (April 10) as he performed “Tequila Shots” and “Sad People” from his latest album Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.
Rocking a cardigan à la Kurt Cobain and t-shirt with an image of late SNL cast member Chris Farley, Kid Cudi blazed through a live rendition of “Tequila Shots,” but it was his wardrobe choice for “Sad People” that made Cudi a trending Twitter topic. Stepping out in a spaghetti-strap floral dress and chunky skeleton necklace much like Cobain did in 1993 for the cover of The Face magazine, Cudi breezed through the song — but created a lot of buzz in the process.
As Soulja Boy wondered on Instagram, “What’s going on here?”
And while there were certainly a gaggle of people who didn’t understand Kid Cudi’s intention, Twitter largely praised the Kids See Ghosts collaborator for his bold fashion choice and helped explain exactly what was going on.
“If you’re out here hating on Kid Cudi because he was wearing a dress, grow up and understand that it’s not only an homage to Kurt Cobain but also him speaking loudly for everyone to be and love themselves for who they are,” one Twitter user pointed out, while another said, “Kid Cudi and Young Thug in a dress are bodying Harry Styles in a dress any day of the week.”
Kid Cudi Says His New 'Saturday Night Live' Gig Is A 'Huge Dream' Come True
Saturday’s performance marked Kid Cudi’s first time on the long-running sketch comedy show. He teased the episode with a Twitter post last month and made it abundantly clear how thrilled he was for the opportunity, writing at the time, “If u know me, u know snl is a huge dream of mine. This is huge. Cannot friggin wait!”
Check out his performance of “Sad People” below.
I can think of plenty of better ways to pay homage to Kurt Cobain. This was some try hard desperate for attention shit. Wouldn’t expect this from someone his age.
Theres a different agenda at work here. They love to see black men emasculated
They want to see men as a whole emasculated and race divided. Why Bring People Together When You Can Separate And Label Them All Into Different Categories!!!
The music was trash. Been over ten years and you could even come up with an album name. I saw Cudi live and Asher Roth (opening act) stole the show as kid cudi was boring.
What’s this have to do with Soulja boy
Looking like an idiot. Nobody asked this clown to rep Kurt or Nirvana but maybe try paying homage with a decent track maybe a Soundgarden cover not wearing a dress looking like somebody’s whole meal on TV. Boy George wore dresses no one cared because he came with the tunes so we accepted it.
Imagine being affected by what another person is wearing during their own performance. Stfu dude, get a life and start worrying about your damn self. I bet cudi rocks the dress better than ur girlfriend ?
Damn kudi sold out…
Disgusting
To quote one of the most important GOATs, Shock G of the Digital Underground, I stand in support of Kid Cudi and remind you to “Doowutchyalike” and give you all my “Heartbeat Props”
Everybody male has a choice you can either be man or phaggit he chose the latter. and cobain was an admitted bisexual … and ummm … HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!
Cue the unabashed hip hop homophobia. Relax. Hip hop is pure theater- whether you admit it or not.
Much like Lil Noz X, the lack of actual musical talent has to be put on the ack burner and a gimmick has to be conveyed in order to garner attention. It is what it is.
WTAF. HipHop just ain’t for me anymore.
Nah, this shit ain’t hip-hop. We have to remember what the culture represents to us. Let the weirdos be weird.
Cudi’s message was to be happy being yourself no matter how different you are. It seems like all the haters in the comments just can’t accept themselves. I feel bad for you guys
I still LOVE my old school rappers!! These dudes out here, right now, have too many identity issues!! Rappers performing wearing dresses!! SMH!!
Yassss Queen!!!!