Kid Cudi has hit back at a “stupid” claim that him wearing a dress was an “Illuminati humiliation ritual.”
On X (formerly Twitter), a right-wing conspiracy theorist posted a clip of Cudi performing in a floral dress on Saturday Night Live in 2021.
He also implied that Cudi was a member of the Illuminati, a secret society from the 18th Century that are frequently the subject of conspiracy theories.
Alongside the clip, he wrote: “Kid Cudi participating in an illuminati humiliation ritual… Is the fame and fortune worth it… #WeWantAnswers.”
The Cleveland native quickly took issue with the post and issued a response, calling the user “silly” and “lame.”
“Dear Issac u silly stupid lil person and all people under this post. Its the start of a new year and I got time for muthafuckas like u today. This post is mad fuckin lame of u and sad. A black man cant express himself and be confident AND successful with out it being some conspiracy,” he wrote.
“My success was [given] to me by God with the help of my many angels. All u people in the [comments] that have been tweetin me all day about this shit can gargle on my mayo. This moment was a proud moment for me, a shinin moment for all people who express themselves in their art.”
He concluded: “I felt free and alive, it inspired people and nothing u stupid simple asses say can take that away from me. Happy New Year u fuckin simps.”
Kid Cudi has previously discussed how the dress, which was designed by the late Virgil Abloh, was a tribute to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.
He wrote on social media in 2021: “Virgil designed the dress for me. I told him I wanted to show love to Kurt w a floral print sundress and this man made a masterpiece. Thank You @virgilabloh ur a fuckin genius!! Love you man we did it!!!”
At the time, Cudi’s daring outfit drew mixed reactions, though many applauded him for breaking gender norms when it came to fashion.
Later that same year, Cudi would once again wear a Kurt Cobain-inspired dress to the CFDA Awards. The piece, which was designed by Eli Russell Linnetz, was a hybrid of a wedding dress and a suit.
lol Kid Cudi feels free and alive performing in a dress on TV. Just think of all the crew in Cleveland he betrayed just to simp for some last name – trying to do the most and getting the least. how come all these cross dresser and transers want to trans into a white woman from 1959? Why wouldn’t they be born as a wife of a zulu warrior if they were “born that way’?
I think cudi regrets it and his bitter tone is evident in his response. And no cudi God didn’t tell you to where that dress ur messed up brain thanks to all the drugs ur junkie ass packed in there for a decade plus did
If only Puff detonated that car correctly.