Kid Cudi isn't holding back. In his new book, "Cudi: The Memoir," the rapper — whose real name is Scott Mescudi — reveals some of the darkest hours early in his career, and how he managed to turn the page.

"I was running to the grave. I had a death wish and I was so dark and suicidal," Mescudi said of the start of his career, when he was around 25 years old. In an interview that aired Wednesday on "CBS Mornings," Mescudi told CBS News senior culture correspondent Anthony Mason that the haunting memory inspired the song "Grave," featured on his new album, "Free," scheduled to be released later this month.

Retelling dark moments in new memoir

Mescudi grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland. At 11 years old, he lost his dad to cancer. Nearly a decade later, he left his hometown for New York

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