That’s why they show up because they know that. They know I went through hell and I survived in order to inspire so nobody else could fall. If I fail, millions of other kids will fail. Doing records with Hit-Boy, his energy, his innovativeness—he’s exciting, just as exciting as Dot is for me. Me and Hit don’t have the same history as me and Dot, but we’ve been hanging out. I’ve been spending a lot of time with the young man here and there in the studio.

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• Hip-hop has always had a complicated relationship with mental health.
• And that’s why I’m trying to—even with Indicud—I’m trying to make it more fun because Man On The Moon II just left such a dark cloak on my name.
• Had I not given Kanye “Creepers” my only presence would’ve been on that one song, that I can’t even remember the title for.

How do you maintain such a strong connection with your fans without being super visible? It goes back to exactly what we were talking about. I’ve always wanted to help people, it’s very very clear in each and every one of my projects. I said that in my mixtape trailer.

• Love him or hate him, Scott Mescudi’s always had a knack for that.
• Then he played me a couple of his jams and that was it.
• It features guest appearances from Andre 3000, Pharrell Williams and Willow Smith.
• So let’s just be clear on that.

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It’s kind of just like, “OK. Back to the regularly scheduled program. Nothing else matters.” I’m not searching for nothing. I don’t need nothing so you know, I’m good. Do you still feel alone in the industry? I’ve got my family of course.

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• I had “Satellite Flight” and “Balmain Jeans” done at the time.
• I look up and it’s Justin.
• What’s the story behind that collaboration?
• It’s actually more fun because you’re in there with people that love movies.
• I’m sitting there and my head’s down and I’m kinda like vibing to the music and I feel somebody touch my shoulder.
• I made the choice to quit booze before I started tour, so the whole tour I was sober from alcohol and the whole show benefited from that—the energy and everything.

It’s kind of something you see and something we all know and it doesn’t make me bitter, but what I just don’t appreciate is the lack of honoring where the true inspiration comes from. I fucking lock with you if you have a good heart and you’ve got fucking ambition and you’ve got some integrity about you and you’re not some chump or some pushover and you got creative balls. If you’ve got those core things then I fuck with you. What’s the status of your health issues now? Just to update everyone, so no one’s worried, my liver is fine. I gave up the booze for so long and the problem was reversed and I’m A-ok.

I don’t need no drug to have that, that’s my DNA. But at the same time, what matters is that I am the original. I am the first Scott Mescudi to do what Scott Mescudi is doing. And that’s what I mean by I am the originator. Because at the end of the day, there’s a little Cudi in everyone. People don’t like to admit it.

• Why not use it to effect change?
• In an April 2016 interview with Billboard, he said he had recently stopped using drugs, which he had been using in response to his depression.
• Now, Kid Cudi hopes to help others with his music, as he declared, «I’m ready to wear those shoes and be a role model.»
• I don’t need to be the mad rapper.
• Do you still feel alone in the industry?

Beyoncé was the first major artist to drop an album online without heroin addiction warning. Now you’ve done the same thing with Satellite Flight and everybody’s like “you pulled a Beyoncé.” That’s what it’s labeled as now. When did you have the idea? Well, first off, let me just say the world can learn a lot from Beyoncé. Laughs. The world can be a better place if we all just take a page from her book.

For the general public, this schism lasted until the 2000s. The young man matured in the world of rap. However, his hit, describing the daily life of a depressed pot smoker, highlighted a hypersensitivity that was incompatible with the bravado of his fellow rappers. Above all, he wore very tight jeans like a rocker. On emerging social media platforms, some hip-hop hardliners made fun of is kid cudi sober him. Others didn’t think he was credible.