Kid Cudi Will Recount His Pursuit of Happiness in ‘Cudi: The Memoir'
Kid Cudi will reflect on the journey of his life and career in his debut memoir Cudi: The Memoir, out Aug. 5. The musician announced the book on Instagram, sharing accompanying artwork that he painted himself. The memoir will recount stories that capture 'life lessons, the rager period of my life, and fighting my demons,' he said in the caption, 'all the way to the present, where happiness has found me.'
'I cannot wait for u guys to read it. Its filled w so much about my journey from my first memory to turning 40,' Cudi said. 'I hope this book does what my music does for u and gives u guidance and hope that u will make it through those difficult times.' Cudi: The Memoir will be published by Simon & Schuster. The book is 320 pages.
More from Rolling Stone
Kid Cudi Opens 'New Era' With Reflective Single 'Neverland'
Kid Cudi's Car Arson: New Details Revealed in Fire Report
Kid Cudi Pays Homage to New York City in 'Don't Worry' Music Video
The cover art features a cartoon image of Cudi set against a bright blue background. 'This is my debut of my artwork! I hope u guys like the vibes,' he added. 'There will be more pictures of my paintings in the book, as well as pictures from childhood all the way to my years in the business and all the things I've accomplished. Get ready, you'll all understand me a lot more after this. LOVE YALL MAN!!'
Last week, Cudi released the new single 'Neverland,' his first since sharing the latest installment of his The Soundtrack of Moon Man series in 2024. The song arrives ahead of the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of his short film, Neverland, directed by Ti West and produced by Monkeypaw Productions, scheduled for June.
''Neverland' marks the beginning of an exciting new era for me,' Cudi said in a statement. 'I'm really proud of this new sound, and I can't wait for fans — old and new — to experience what's coming. With the album and the short film premiering at Tribeca, this is just the start of something much bigger.'
Best of Rolling Stone
The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs
All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
17 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Sean Combs Is No Longer Allowed to Nod at the Jury
The judge in Sean Combs' racketeering and sex-trafficking trial rebuked the hip-hop mogul Thursday for 'nodding vigorously' at the jury during witness testimony and warned that continued interaction with the jury could result in Combs' expulsion from the courtroom. During the questioning of witness Bryana Bongolan, who claims that Combs dangled her over a balcony railing in 2016, Judge Arun Subramanian twice observed the defendant nodding in the direction of the jury; any defendant interactions or expressions aimed at the jury are not allowed as it could influence jurors. More from Rolling Stone Second Alleged Sean Combs Sex Trafficking Victim Begins Testimony Woman Recalls Sean Combs' Alleged Threat: 'I'm The Devil, And I Could Kill You' Sean Combs' Accuser Thalia Graves Wins Fight to Dismiss Bodyguard's Defamation Suit 'I could not have been any clearer in terms of what I said,' the judge told the court. 'There was a line of questioning when your client was nodding vigorously and looking at the jury.' Subramanian then called a sidebar with Combs' lawyers and told them to get their client to stop nodding. 'It is absolutely unacceptable,' he told defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, who promised the judge that Combs would cease nodding. 'It cannot happen again,' Subramanian added. In the event of further gesticulations, Subramanian warned, he would allow federal prosecutors to make an application to give the jury an instruction on the issue and, if it persisted, he would have Combs removed entirely from his own trial. Court sketch artist Jane Rosenberg told NBC News that Combs has frequently made facial expressions toward the jury since the onset of the trial based on the testimony and has at times even attempted to interact with jurors. On Thursday, a woman who alleged Combs dangled her over the 17th floor balcony of Ventura's high-rise apartment faced an intense cross-examination from Combs' attorney, Nicole Westmoreland. Westmoreland sought to poke holes in Bongolan's recollection of events, noting what she claimed were inconsistencies in Bryana Bongolan's testimony. The defense scored one of its most dramatic moments in the trial so far when Westmoreland claimed Bongolan's timeline of events was impossible. In her $10 million civil lawsuit filed against Combs last November, Bongolan said the balcony incident happened 'on or about' Sept. 26, 2016. Westmoreland said hotel and dining receipts showed Combs was in New York from Sept. 24 to Sept. 29 in 2016. 'You agree that one person can't be in two places at the same time,' Westmoreland asked. On re-direct, though, Bongolan was asked if she had any doubt that Combs dangled her from the 17th story. 'I have no doubt,' she said. 'I will never forget him holding me over the balcony.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Second Alleged Sean Combs Sex Trafficking Victim Begins Testimony
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage The second woman allegedly sex trafficked by Sean Combs took the witness stand at the hip-hop mogul's criminal trial Thursday, just months after she first started speaking with prosecutors but more than a year after she purportedly told Combs that reading Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura's graphic lawsuit was like reading her own 'sexual trauma.' More from Rolling Stone Woman Recalls Sean Combs' Alleged Threat: 'I'm The Devil, And I Could Kill You' Judge Dismisses Four Claims in Ex-Assistant's Sexual Battery Lawsuit Against Vin Diesel Tom Girardi Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Embezzling Millions From Clients The woman, testifying under the pseudonym Jane, is listed as Victim-2 in the Southern District of New York's sex trafficking and racketeering case against Combs. Prosecutors previously kept much of Jane's story under wraps, but they allege Combs fed her drugs and coerced her into highly choreographed 'freak-offs' with male escorts between 2021 and 2024. In the courtroom in lower Manhattan, Jane told jurors she first met Combs in 2020, while he was dating one of her friend. She said he paid for their trip to Miami, hosted them at his home and quickly made it clear he was interested in her. 'He was really charming, really nice, and I was already drawn to him pretty instantly,' she testified, according to CNN. 'There was a little bit of flirting going on.' Jane said Combs pursued her after that. She held him at bay at first, at least until her friend got engaged to someone else, she testified. Jane said Combs invited her back to Miami in early 2021, and their first date lasted five days. She said they developed pet names. She called Combs 'Ernie,' and he called her 'Bert,' a reference to the Muppet characters. (Combs previously appeared in Disney's 2014 movie Muppets Most Wanted.) Jane said Combs took her out to a restaurant and walked with her on the beach. 'I was head over heels,' Jane reportedly testified. She later traveled with him on a two-week trip to Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas. Prosecutors say Combs used manipulation, threats and physical violence to get what he wanted from Jane, busting down doors, dragging Jane, by her hair and kicking Jane while she was curled up in a ball on the ground. (Ventura previously testified that Combs coerced her into hundreds of freak-offs during their 11-year relationship that ended for good in 2018.) Prosecutors have indicated they only began speaking to Jane in January, after they uncovered text messages she sent Combs in the days after Ventura's lawsuit was first filed in November 2023. 'It makes me sick how three solid pages, word for word, is exactly my experiences and my anguish,' she texted Combs. After Combs allegedly fed Jane a 'false narrative' and made a vague reference to supporting her financially, Jane continued dating Combs into 2024, prosecutors said. In her opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told jurors they would hear recordings of phone calls in which Combs called Jane after Ventura filed her lawsuit. 'You will hear him try to manipulate Jane into saying she wanted to have freak-offs. You will hear him interrupt Jane when she pushes back,' Johnson said. Johnson described Jane as a single mom who started spending time with Combs in 2020 and 'fell in love with him quickly.' Johnson said Jane was not seeing other men, but Combs was dating other women and kept his relationship with Jane out of the public eye. Johnson said Combs lured Jane into her first freak-off with little warning or notice. The two already had taken drugs together and been intimate, and Jane complied with the surprise request in an effort to please Combs, Johnson said. Within a matter of hours, Jane found herself in a hotel room, having sex with a stranger while Combs directed her step by step, Johnson told the jury. 'The defendant continued asking Jane to have freak-offs and promising that if she did, they would spend quality time together, they would go on dates together, they would go on trips,' Johnson said on the first day of Combs' trial last month. 'That was what Jane wanted more than anything, a real relationship … But even though the defendant promised her quality time and trips, he never delivered. Those were just lies he told her to get more nights in dark hotel rooms with escorts.' According to prosecutors, Combs took steps to control Jane financially, discouraging her from working so that she could be available to him on a moment's notice. Although Jane repeatedly told Combs that she didn't like 'freak-offs' and only wanted to be alone with him, Combs dismissed the request. He also allegedly ignored Jane's pleas for the male escorts to wear condoms. Combs is accused of threatening to release explicit videos of Jane, supplying her with narcotics to keep her awake and compliant, and using physical violence to trap Jane in his abusive dynamic. During one purported incident, Combs allegedly kicked down four of Jane's doors and lifted her off the ground in a chokehold. Later that night, Combs allegedly beat Jane again, punching her in the face, kicking her on the ground, and dragging her by her hair before forcing her to have a freak-off. 'You're not going to fuck up my night,' Combs allegedly told Jane, according to the government's opening statement. When Ventura filed her stunning complaint and Jane worked up the courage to confront Combs, the Bad Boy Records founder allegedly tried to feed her a 'false narrative' over the phone, prosecutors allege. Combs attempted to convince her 'that she had willingly engaged in sex acts with him,' prosecutors said at Combs' bail hearing last September. 'In this call, the defendant ensures the victim that if she continues to be on his side and provide support and friendship, that she doesn't have to worry about anything else, which is just a thinly-veiled reference to continuing that financial support,' a prosecutor told the court. In the defense's dueling opening statement, Combs' lawyer, Teny Geragos, sought to set Jane apart from Ventura. She told jurors that by the time Combs started seeing Jane, 'he was more upfront about his dating life,' including the fact that he was dating multiple women. She said Jane also was older and more mature than Ventura, 'living her own life in a different state raising her child.' Geragos said that after Jane's first experience with a freak-off, 'she began to do everything possible to make these nights incredible for Combs.' Geragos suggested Jane 'made the choice' to engage in freak-offs 'out of love.' 'She was desperate to spend time with him, to be with him, and ultimately, to give him something none of the other girlfriends that he was dating at the time were giving him. She will tell you that she tried many times to change the tenor of the relationship from one of a purely sexual nature to something maybe deeper or more meaningful,' Geragos said. She blamed the alleged violence in the couple's 'toxic and dysfunctional' relationship on Jane's 'jealousy.' In her opening, Geragos said Combs was interested in a 'swingers lifestyle,' which she described as a predilection for consensual 'threesomes by adults.' She told jurors it was not their job 'to judge him for his sexual preferences.' She said the government had the burden to prove Combs coerced the women, and that the evidence would show the women willingly stayed with Combs out of love and because he was a 'wealthy rapper' who gave them generous financial support. Geragos acknowledged that Combs was violent in the video showing him kicking and dragging Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2016, but she said 'domestic violence is not sex trafficking.' Jane's time on the stand is expected to stretch well into next week. More than two dozen witnesses already have testified at Combs' trial, which is now in its fourth week. Prosecutors have called multiple former assistants, alleged male escorts, and even Scott Mescudi, the musician and actor known as Kid Cudi, to support their allegations Combs used his wealth, influence, and inner circle to carry out crimes aimed at fulfilling his sexual desires and protecting his reputation. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Yahoo
Bill Belichick keeps relitigating his disastrous CBS interview
Bill Belichick is one of the greatest football coaches of all time. His P.R. instincts leave much to be desired. Beyond entrusting his personal brand to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, Belichick has a bad habit of not letting sleeping dogs lie and/or dead horses go unbeaten. Case in point, now reports that Belichick's book publicist assured Belichick that the disastrous CBS interview would be only about Belichick's book. Advertisement The report emerged today, more than a month after the CBS interview aired. And it has reanimated a dormant issue. The article cites an April 9 email from Simon & Schuster's senior director of publicity David Kass to Belichick. Wrote Kass: "I can assure you that the conversation [will be] about the book." Kass also reportedly told Belichick the CBS interview would be a "puff piece . . . designed to make everyone look good and sell books." (Somewhat surprisingly, the new report doesn't blame Kass for suggesting that Belichick wear an old football jersey with a giant hole in the neck to the CBS interview.) Per Belichick was "furious" when the CBS interview strayed beyond book topics. Then there's this: "Sources say Belichick had actually shot down several interview opportunities Kass had put in front of him over concerns the media outlets would use his book promotion as a way to pry into subjects not related to the actual book." Advertisement It's a fascinating development, for several reasons. First, the story is smeared with Belichick's (or Hudson's) fingerprints. Which means that one or both decided to dredge up a dead story, weeks after the fact. Which also means that one or both believed the new story would cause people to say, "Well, now we understand why she weirdly refused to let him answer the basic question of how they met." Second, one or both decided to throw Kass under the bus, both directly and by potentially instigating a stray, conspiracy theory-inducing remark that Kass "once helped Jeff Benedict's Robert Kraft-themed book, The Dynasty, reach the New York Times' bestseller list." Kass is painted as the villain in this, the one who lied to Belichick about what the CBS interview was going to be. Third, Belichick did other interviews in which questions unrelated to the book were asked — after the CBS sit-down. Michael Strahan asked a few personal questions on Good Morning America. Ryan Clark asked questions about Hudson on The Pivot Podcast. (Then again, those questions apparently were scripted to help Belichick undo the CBS-related P.R. damage.) Advertisement Fourth, Belichick and/or Hudson apparently have decided to try to get on their side by spoon-feeding information to the outlet. Given the extent to which had been hammering all things Belichick and Hudson, a subtle quid pro quo that gets to play nice in exchange for current and future information would be a smart move by Belichick. Make no mistake about it. The issue is back on the front burner because Belichick and/or Hudson decided it would be a smart move to point a finger at Kass, weeks after the fact. And it's just the latest time Belichick and/or Hudson have blamed others for their own blunders. He/she/they have blamed CBS for editing the interview to create a "false narrative." He/she/they have blamed North Carolina for not having a sufficient P.R. function in place when he arrived. He/she/they now blame Kass for failing to (wait for it) "do his job" properly. It's always someone else's fault. It's never their fault. And they presumably think people will buy the idea that they're the victims of widespread incompetence and malfeasance.
