Overview
- On the No Rap Cap podcast, Jim Jones claimed nobody knew Kid Cudi before his 2008 'Day n Nite' remix and said the track became a New York staple after his version.
- Kid Cudi rejected the claim in Instagram Stories, saying the song had already blown up via MySpace, that industry meetings were underway, and that interest from Motown and Kanye West predated the remix.
- Jones reiterated his stance in a new Instagram post, arguing Cudi was not on New York radio or mixtapes before his freestyle and asserting Hot 97 played the record after his involvement.
- DJ Vlad publicly backed Jones on X and later escalated the exchange by insulting Cudi, drawing further attention to the online back-and-forth.
- Reporting places Jones’s remix in October 2008, months after the song’s commercial release and blog-driven rise, with many observers crediting Cudi’s mixtape and connections to Plain Pat and G.O.O.D. Music for the wider breakthrough.