Kid Cudi is enjoying the benefits that becoming a success in the music business brings. However, there is a downside to the fame that Cudi is stuggling with.
The Ohio MC chopped it up with Rap-Up recently about situations that make him uneasy.
"When people follow you, and you can tell when they’re following you, and you’re going to shop or eat and people are staring, it’s the typical thing, but then it’s like, ‘C’mon, am I really that famous?’ You have to ask yourself that.” Kudi says
He's quick to clarify that he loves his fans and is happy to meet and greet them.
“I always stop, shake a hand, say ‘Whattup,’ take a picture if someone wants to take a picture, or sign something,”
Still, it's something about the intense glare of the spotlight that doesn't sit well with him.
“I’m not Justin Timberlake; I’m just this dude and I never tried to make myself seem larger than life. What you see is what you get in my music. I just don’t really understand it in my brain, so that’s why it’s kinda creepy.”
In some ways it's understandable how the mind can play tricks on you when you have people falling all over you one minute. Then the next you're getting detained and swarmed by police in L.A. because you "fit the description". Which is what happened to Cudi recently in the City Of Angels.
Bottom line though, you have to accept everything that comes along with being famous. If not it might be time to find another line of work.
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