Kid Cudi is baring the darkest corners of his soul in his forthcoming memoir , Cudi: The Memoir , set to release on Aug. 12.

The genre-bending rapper, who has long been revered for blending vulnerability and raw emotion into his music, is now offering an unflinching account of the mental health battles and drug addiction that nearly cost him his life—even at the height of his fame.

“I was at peace with dying,” Cudi writes, per GQ , recalling one harrowing moment in vivid detail. “You made great music that people loved,’ I thought. ‘But this is the end.’” He describes collapsing to the floor, paralyzed by a mix of physical and emotional weight.

The revelations come during a period when his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day had catapulted him into stardom. Yet behind

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