Kid Cudi Defends Kanye Reunion: 'I Held Him Accountable' — SkimNews
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- Kid Cudi defended performing with Kanye West at Chicago's Soldier Field on Friday, telling a critic Saturday he doesn't care if they're disappointed in his reconciliation with West, signed to GOOD Music in 2008.
- Cudi said he was "the hardest on him out of anybody" and "held him accountable," adding that West's apology for antisemitic remarks — including a pro-Hitler song — was "sincere."
- Cudi called West "my brother" and cited their relationship spanning "damn near 2 decades" of art and friendship since the 2008 GOOD Music signing.
- Earlier remarks from Cudi show he told West he was "done" following West's antisemitic behavior and insults about the late Virgil Abloh, saying "the man that he has become, I just don't know that guy anymore."
- Kanye West apologized with a full-page Wall Street Journal ad in January and launched the Ye Live Concert Tour in April, with the next date October 24 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- West has run into trouble entering the U.K. and France over his past antisemitic remarks, even as his U.S. tour continues.
Why it matters: Cudi's public backing gives West a nearly two-decade collaborator's endorsement as he continues touring — next stop Jakarta, October 24 — despite entry refusals from the U.K. and France. Cudi frames the reunion as earned through private accountability, offering artists weighing association with West a middle path between boycott and unconditional support.
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