Kid Cudi has been incredibly vocal about his mental health struggles over the years. Depression causes us to feel extremely isolated from others, unworthy of love and wildly critical of ourselves. Fame only exasperates this feeling; the pedestal might feel nice initially until the magnifying glass turns up the pressure exponentially. Consequently, Cudi wasn’t fully prepared for these issues and it tanked him accordingly.

Recently, he candidly spoke to CBS anchor Anthony Mason about his book, Cudi: The Memoir. It details his long career, as well as his early issues with drug addiction.”That was my life for a while, you know? I was running to the grave and I had a death wish,” Kid Cudi explains. Additionally, he admits feeling very “dark and suicidal,” noting that although there was plenty

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