Mon 3 Aug 2009
Kid Cudi talks fame and pain in Complex: “This is hell on earth, my groupies are really spawns of the devil”
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(LOVE the AUGOR drawings on the new Complex cover..aliens and R.Crumb-ish lettering!)
The homie Joe LaPuma has already logged in an interesting conversation with Kid Cudi for the Complex Blog, but for the coverstory of Complex’s Sept. issue, Cudi got kind of deep….and dark too. Here’s an excerpt:
Complex:What kind of fears do you have about releasing your album?
Kid Cudi: I don’t really have any fear about the business; my biggest fear is getting wrapped up in the illusion of fame and Hollywood and shit like that. Getting wrapped up in the worldly things like drugs and the excitement of being famous. I have a vulnerable enough past that it could propel me into that world. I don’t want to be caught up in it. I want to do something while I’m here. This is hell. All the shit that’s going on around us, this is hell.
Complex: What’s hell about it?
Kid Cudi: Just turn on the fucking news.
Complex: But do you feel like your own world is hell sometimes?
Kid Cudi: Yeah. Most of my groupies are spawns of the devil. [Laughs.] They’re there to take me off track and fuck up my purpose. It’s like the dark side is trying to pull me in. Who wouldn’t like a bunch of hot-ass bitches saying, “Hey, we all wanna fuck you right now!”? [Laughs.] But you have to realize that it’s an illusion, that you can get caught up, turn into a person that you never knew you could be—and I don’t wanna be that dude.
Read more from JlaPuma’s Kid Cudi cover at Complex.com, and after the jump, read excerpt of Cudi’s personal loss….
Complex: Do you consider yourself a weirdo?
Kid Cudi: “Weird” itself, even in the dictionary, is just something that is different and unexplainable. A weirdo is someone who follows their heart. I’m definitely weird, ain’t nothing wrong with that.
Complex: Is that a product of having your dad pass away?
Kid Cudi: My dad was Superman to me. He was the coolest. When he died of cancer, it was like my world was destroyed—I just went from seeing my dad normal to seeing my dad sick and then seeing my dad where he couldn’t even recognize me. My heart crumbled. I cried, but it wasn’t because I was sad, it was because I was pissed, like, “What the fuck?! Why?” But that’s when I started to want to express myself through words and rhymes.
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I am sure I am not the first or only person that will say this, but um, I will trade lives with you, Cudi. Let me know.
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Miss Info Reply:
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
HA!
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August 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Ehh.. I really do not care when a person who is putting themselves out there then complain about the fame part. If you want to make music without being famous, make songs on your computer, keep them to yourself, and work as a custodian, like me.
Jeez. It’s not like Kanye burst into his house like the Kool-Aid man and swooped him up.
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Miss Info Reply:
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Double HA!
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August 3rd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
damn yall are cold blooded (albeit hilarious)
i actually respect what cudi said, he didnt say he didnt wanna be famous, he said he didnt wanna go off the deep end and become like the dozens of other celebs that fuck up their lives and become people that they dont know.
pretty real spit
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August 3rd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
In a way i can see where he’s coming from with all that’s going on in the world today and how fame puts you in an whole other space of things being worldly. And something I too think we are living in hell because of all the negative things going on, but on the flip side of that he shouldn’t come off as being like ungrateful because real talk the fans are the ones who make you famous. sure you can make yourself famous for 15 minutes, but to have someone truly like what your saying and doing is something that is diff. and let’s get something straight fans and groupies are totally diff people. A groupie will run you down to get a picture or autograph. A fan will be like “Aww, shit there’s kid cudi, he shorter that what I though”, LMAO. Naw but for real ya digg where I’m coming from? Groupies will go out of there way to get a piece of you, fans enjoy from a far and support you through the means YOU provide them i.e. album, concert, interviews and merchandise. a groupie will take all that and follow you on tour so that can get an opportunity to drop dem panties and get pg and break your ass. No pun intended NAS. damn shame. that shit make me not even want to get married at all.
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August 4th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Kid Cudi, Drake, even the resurgence of Common’s career: All thanks to Kanye West. He may not have created the lane, but he did make it popular.
Just came to mind when I saw this vid.
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August 16th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
lol it sounds like he’s talking about the illumanati
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