Dawning the cover for the forthcoming issue of Marc Ecko’s Complex Magazine, Scott “Kid” Mescudi discloses that he has come quite a long way since the adolescent days of Mr. Rager, but an afore downplayed beef with DC emcee, Wale just might prove otherwise. During an LA sit down with esteemed Complex editor Joe La Puma, the Kid transfers much of the interview’s focus as to why his fellow hip-hoppers aren’t collabing with Wale.
While I certainly can’t disagree with Cudder in regards to the talent or not so much there of (referring to Wale), it does seem a bit ironic due to the mere fact that during one part of the interview he discusses how he is maturing and leaving all of his childish antics by the wayside, and then this feud talk is the heartbeat of the piece. Although it does make for a great read and no doubt huge hit for Complex. But who am I kidding, as long as he’s in hip-hop, he’ll be beefing. It’s the way of the genre. All in all, I do believe we have seen a bit of maturity in the now actor/emcee, and it is nice to see people calling out those who appear to be leaving a stain on the hip-hop game. All in the namesake of purity in art. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. Nonetheless, Cudi is uber talented, multi-dimensional, and seems to be an all around fun cat, so let’s give him a bit more time to wyle why he’s young.
To catch the tastefully conjured cover article penned by Mr. Puma, set your cursor here, as well as hit the jump for a shot of one of the covers to be featured and a bit of footage captured during the magazine’s cover shoot with the artist. FYI, look for the October/November Complex drop to hit newsstands October 5th.
Speaking of Wale, when you hit that fan at your show last December, he came out with a line about it ["Throwin' 'round wallets like the dude that Kid Cudi hit," from "Thank You Freestyle"]
It wasn’t a shot, it’s just a simple-ass rhyme by a simple-ass rapper. You can’t let that shit faze you. That’s one of those raps that just shows the world that you wack. Why would you even use that as a metaphor? Everybody think they Hov. Niggas ain’t got the magic like they think they do; there’s only a couple of wizards in this game. I’m a wizard and I know it.
How heavy did the drug use get?
I started doing cocaine to get through interviews, ’cause people wanted to know a lot about my personal life and I wasn’t prepared for a 60 Minutes interview every time. Doing bumps I was able to get through the day, but then I would smoke weed to calm me down—it was the only way I could get through the day without people noticing I was doing it.
Did you ever feel like you had a problem?Kid Cudi: I never thought it was a problem, but I was definitely high-fiving death a couple of times. It took a lot for me to talk about shit like this on the album. I don’t feel like I need to explain myself to anyone besides the fans. My fans don’t believe shit until they hear me say it. And those are true Kid Cudi fans. I want them to know the story.
