We asked several other artists, designers, and celebrity friends to share how Cudi has become a major influence around the world. The legend of Mr. Rager never dies; it just grows stronger.
Buy a copy here. All Rights Reserved. Rager can be viewed through the lens of Kid Cudi addressing this alter-ego, who, depending on the perspective, is his either his friend or his enemy.
It was soon after this project that Kid Cudi came out to the pubic about his struggle with addiction, depression, and anxiety. Dat New New Kid Cudi came out the gates hot for his first ever release. By Design feat. This one is just pure fun, and will Brothers feat. Baptized In Fire feat. Erase Me feat. Just What I Am feat. King Chip Throughout his career, Kid Cudi had a love-hate relationship with cannabis. Day N Nite The track that started it all.
Alive feat. Cleveland Is The Reason In an homage to his midwest roots, Kid Cudi branches out on one of his most psychedelic tracks. Pursuit Of Happiness feat. Receive our recap of the best content weekly right in your email, Subscribe NOW. Email Address. Powered By Wordpress. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Music has a way of bringing you back to a moment.
I was in the final two years at Berkeley High School and the product of respected parents, failing to live up to academic expectations, and chronically depressed. The circumstances made me a recluse, scared to divulge my problems and too afraid to confront them head on. Cudi, born Scott Mescudi, bounced around high schools in the suburbs of Cleveland before he was expelled for threatening to punch a principal.
His mom was a teacher like mine, and his father had passed, as mine would in He moved to New York to pursue a career in music in A few years later, his music landed in the hands of Kanye West. Videos surfaced of an intoxicated Cudi unable to walk after a night out in Los Angeles in , the same year he would plead guilty to charges for felony criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance. Rager , which also came out that year.
If his debut project showed optimism that he could shake his habit, his second effort showed that he had become comfortable in the dark place he now inhibited. Cudi was rich, sad, lonely, and addicted to stimulants. Blige, another artist who has publicly discussed depression —is a magnum opus of insecurity. But he uses the leather jacket, Chuck Taylors, Ray Bans, and sauce as a cloak to hide his pain, creating Mr.
Rager, a superhero-like character who can do drugs like the rock stars he grew up idolizing, while temporarily hiding his grief. So in not being able to talk to another human alive that really got what I was dealing with, I became obsessed with all the greats that could have possibly been dealing with the same thing psychologically.
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