Kanye West [1] is cutting his ties with former collaborator and fellow rapper Kid Cudi [2], who first signed with West's GOOD Music label over a decade ago. On 12 Feb., West shared in a handwritten note posted to Instagram that Kid Cudi will no longer appear on his upcoming "Donda 2" album [3]. "Just so everyone knows Cudi will not be on Donda because he's friends with you-know-who," the 22-time Grammy winner wrote. "We all speak in Billie language now."
Kid Cudi's response? "Too bad I don't wanna be on ur album u f----- dinosaur hahaha 🤣 Everyone knows I've been the best thing about ur albums since I met u. Ima pray u for [sic] brother. ✌🏾" He added on Twitter: "We talked weeks ago about this. You're whack for flipping the script and posting this lie just for a look on the internet. You ain't no friend. BYE."
West's now-deleted Instagram post seems to reference Pete Davidson, who's dating his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian [4]. On top of that, Cudi and Davidson are good friends have been ever since 2014. The "Saturday Night Live [5]" comedian credits Cudi's debut album, "Man on the Moon: The End of Day," with saving his life. "I would have killed myself if I didn't have Kid Cudi," Davidson said on "The Breakfast Club" in 2016.
In January, the 44-year-old rapper dissed Davidson in his track titled "Eazy" [6] before taking yet another aim at the 28-year-old "SNL" star in his latest track, "City of Gods." "This afternoon, a hundred goons pullin' up to SNL / When I pull up, it's dead on arrival / They act like they love you, they don't even like you / They throw a party, won't even invite you," he raps.
Hours after announcing Cudi's removal from his upcoming "Donda 2" album, West uploaded a photoshopped image of Marvel's original poster [7] for "Captain America: Civil War." On one side is West and his girlfriend Julia Fox, Drake, Travis Scott, and Future. Davidson, Kardashian, Cudi, Billie Eilish [8], and Taylor Swift [9] appear on the other side. "THE INTERNET HAS STILL NOT FOUND A DECENT PICTURE OF SKETE," West captioned the meme. By Sunday morning, nearly everything was deleted from his account, except for a collage of his four children with Kardashian. "GOD PLEASE BRING OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER," the caption read.
As of Sunday afternoon, West posted an image [10] to Instagram of Kardashian and Davidson holding hands before deleting it. "LOOK AT THIS DICKHEAD I WONDER IF INSTAGRAM GONNA SHUT DOWN MY PAGE FOR DISSING HILARY CLINTON'S EX BOYFRIEND."