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Wale Details Years-Long Rift With Kid Cudi in New Interview

He now emphasizes letting resentment go over a rupture he traces to a 2010 magazine jab.

Overview

  • Speaking on Boardroom Talks, Wale said he no longer speaks with Kid Cudi and recalled feeling kicked when he was down.
  • He pointed to Kid Cudi's blunt 2010 Complex remarks dismissing his music as the public turning point in their relationship.
  • Wale said their later collaboration on "Focused" stalled when Cudi recorded vocals over the phone and did not revise them, which is why he avoids performing the track.
  • He recounted inviting Cudi to a personal event in the mid-2010s and said a dismissive reply nearly led to a fight.
  • Wale described years of resentment over what he saw as unequal public grace for their struggles and contrasted that history with a more distant, non-hostile rapport with Drake.