Eight reasons to love Kid Cudi, inspired from his own words.
8. Kid Cudi doesn’t let others determine his dopeness. His expectations are high, and his cares are free.
Complex quote: “When I first came in the game, I didn’t expect nothing but awards. Now I don’t give a f–k. Those s–ts don’t determine if you’re dope or not.”
7. He’s not just a man but he’s a man who can admit he doesn’t know something. I bet he’s not afraid to ask for directions either.
XXL quote: “I just want to do the right thing and react [properly] in certain situations. I just wish someone could teach me how to act. In certain situations, I just don’t know.”
6. He channels Mr. T on a dime to express his humbleness in a most realistic way.
XXL quote: “Mama didn’t raise no fool. She raised half a fool.”
5. He’s advanced. I bet he even has some of that tiger blood in him too.
Complex quote: “I have no desire to rap. It’s child’s play to me. I used to beat myself up about people saying that I couldn’t rap, but then I realized that my raps are so f–king advanced, I can’t expect people to get them.”
4. He’s limitless. Nobody puts Jennifer Grey or Kid Cudi in a corner.
Complex quote: “But I’m not just hip-hop. I’m a plethora of things. I’m a f–king concoction of anything that’s beautiful sounding, whimsical. If it feels right, I’m probably into it no matter the genre.”
3. He can’t be stopped. He’s like a superhero vampire, garnering strength from fans and feeding off it to make himself stronger. But nobody gets hurt in the process.
XXL quote: “I’m really starting to see that I’m an unstoppable force with the strength of these kids.”
2. He sees the positives in things. And does it quick too.
Complex quote: “It only took me to be in jail for 15 hours to get 20/20 vision on my life, at what was going on. One of the things that happened was that I lost my Vitamin Water contract. They had already paid me money and I spent it all on drugs and landscaping for my mom’s house. And I remember thinking ‘man, at least something good came out of this money.’”
1. His music is like the Bible. Kanye West thinks he’s a character from the modern-day Bible. But Kid Cudi actually is the Bible!
Complex quote: “I don’t think it’s right to sell it, it’s too good, people just need to have it. It’s like the Bible. Why people sell the Bible when it’s supposed to be the word?”
Sources
Complex, “Kid Cudi’s Complex Cover Story The Outtakes.” (www.complex.com)
XXL, “Kid Cudi, ‘When I Was on Drugs I Became This Character’”. (www.xxlmag.com)