Kid Cudi Recalls ‘Hiding’ From Lupe Fiasco Before Fame: ‘He Hates Me To This Day’

Kid Cudi and Lupe Fiasco have what’s commonly known as “on-sight” beef — and while it has been a mystery for quite some time, Kid Cudi believes he knows the reason behind their issues.

The “INSANO” rapper shared his thoughts with Apple Music during a recent interview, which dropped on Thursday (January 18). There, he revealed that every before Kid Cudi became famous, while he was still working at a retail clothing store in New York City.

“Lupe Fiasco came to the store,” he explained. “He was in the store, and I was in the back. And they were like, ‘aye, yo, Lupe’s here.’ And I’m like, ‘oh shit!’”

He then revealed that he had stayed off the sales floor until Lupe left.

“If I ever get famous, I don’t ever want this n-gga saying, ‘yo, you sold me clothes!’ You know what I’m saying?,” he continued. “We can’t have it like this. And yo, bro, when you think about it, he hates me to this day.”

Check out the interview with Kid Cudi below. The story about Lupe Fiasco starts at the 34:50 mark.

Way back in 2014, the two rappers went back and forth on X/Twitter about Lupe charging $500 for a verse, which was the first sign that there was tension between the pair.

Then, in March 2022, the “Kick Push” rapper took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the Will Smith and Chris Rock smackdown that occurred at the 94th Academy Awards. And for no apparent reason, he again reminded the masses that he still loathes Kid Cudi, but then chose to pour salt in the wound by further criticizing the “Day ‘N’ Nite” rapper in the comments.

“I hope they can find some time to come to terms with what happened, reconcile, and move on,” Fiasco initially tweeted in regards to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on Sunday night after the latter had made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head.

“But it’s still Fuck Cudi 4 life.”

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In December of that same year, a fan on Twitter asked Lu if, in light of all the younger rappers ending their feuds, he could see himself doing the same with Cudi. The response was concise, yet very clear: “Never. Fuck him 4 life,” Lupe Fiasco wrote on Saturday (December 24).

When another fan caught wind of the comment and jokingly replied that everyone seems to hate Kid Cudi, the Chicago MC reiterated his disdain while also giving his foe his flowers.

“Outside of his musical genius, fame and success,” he tweeted. “Cudi is a really sneaky punk bitch ass bitch…it’s not even that controversial or spicy of a take. His personal resume outside the spotlight is trash.”