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Artist News
Kid Cudi to retire
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 18 March 2009
It’s fairly common for rappers to announce their retirement (and then completely fail to retire), but more do at least wait until after they’ve released their first album. However, Kid Cudi has bucked the trend and announced that his first album will be his last as a solo artist, and a planned collaboration with fellow Cleveland rapper Chip The Ripper will be his swansong.
In a post on his official website, the rapper cited the “drama” that comes with being a famous musician as his reason for bowing out, saying that he has already achieved all of his goals and made enough money to pay off his mother’s mortgage. He also apologised to all his fans, but pointed out that they would still be able to follow his acting career and that he would continue to play live shows for “real Kid Cudi fans”. Wait… what?
He said: “The drama that comes with it [pop fame] is more overwhelming than the shit I was dealing with when I was piss poor broke. … I don’t look at it as quitting, for I have already accomplished my goal. … I am going to focus all my attention on the HBO show which we start shooting in August and my acting career in general. I’ll continue to do shows for the real Kid Cudi fans, and I’m planning a big concert this summer, [where] I will perform my entire mixtape from beginning to end and new songs from my album”.
Presumably if there’s no drama in his acting career it won’t last too long.
