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Kid Cudi and Kanye West were once great friends and collaborators, but their relationship has soured over the years. Their differences started in 2022 when Ye cut Cudi from his Donda 2 album due to his friendship with Pete Davidson, who was dating his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.

Cudi responded by calling him a “fuckin dinosaur” and claimed he’s been the best part of his albums since they met. Kanye explained more about his issues, alleging Kid Cudi didn’t have his back. He said that the knife of his broken marriage had struck even deeper, believing he was no longer by his side after years of supporting him. Clearly angered by his words, Cudi opened up about how it felt to see Ye bad-mouthing him on social media.

“Do you know how it feels to wake up one day, look at your social media, and you’re trending because somebody’s talking some shit about you?” he told Esquire. “And then you got this person’s trolls sending you messages on Instagram and Twitter? All in your comments? That shit pissed me off. That he had the power to fuck with me that week. That he used his power to fuck with me. That pissed me off. You fucking with my mental health now, bro.”

He continued, “I’m at a place in my life where I have zero tolerance for the wrong energies. I’ve watched so many people throughout the years that are close to him be burned by him doing some fucked-up shit. And then they turn around and forgive him. And there’s no repercussions. You’re back cool with this man. He does it over and over.”

The Cleveland rapper criticised Kanye West for acting out in response to his relationship with Kim Kardashian breaking, claiming he had nothing to do with their issues.

“I’m not one of your kids. I’m not Kim. It don’t matter if I’m friends with Pete or not friends with Pete. None of this shit had anything to do with me,” he said. “If you can’t be a grown man and deal with the fact that you lost your woman? That’s not my fucking problem. You need to own up to your shit like every man in this life has. I’ve lost women, too. And I’ve had to own up to it. I don’t need that in my life. I don’t need it.”

Kid Cudi added that he’s not a pushover like other rappers and claimed it would take a “miracle” to befriend Kanye West again. He stated that he would have to become a member of a religious order and live in a monastery. Needless to say, another Kids See Ghosts album isn’t on the cards.

“With all due respect, I’m not Drake, who’s about to take a picture with him next week and be friends again, and their beef is squashed,” he said. “That’s not me. What I say, I mean. I will be done with you. It’s gonna take a motherfucking miracle for me and that man to be friends again. I don’t see it happening. He gon’ have to become a monk.”