Kid Cudi has revealed that he once nearly killed himself with a drug overdose.

In an emotional extract from his memoir published by GQ, Cudi detailed some of his darkest times after originally finding fame.

He wrote: “I started working on Man on the Moon II a few months before I almost overdosed. The drugs were heavily involved in its creation; they put me in a dark mindset. I felt like I had demons latched on to me. I needed to soundtrack the moodiness I was feeling.

“At first, I was doing bumps, but I had quickly worked my way up to heavier and steadier quantities. I’d make lines that were as wide as my pinky and do them back-to-back throughout the day, every day. When I would get after it, I would really get after it. I was a maniac. That’s why that second album was so drug-riddled,

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