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Kid Cudi had a stroke during 2016 rehabilitation program
18 August 2022
Kid Cudi had a stroke two weeks into his rehab stay in 2016.
The Surfin’ rapper recently spoke to Esquire and told the outlet about his health scare.
The rapper recalled in his interview that in the months after his stroke, his speech and movement were slow.
“Everything was f**ked,” he summarised.
In the wake of the stroke, his manager Dennis Cummings suggested he take a break from releasing music. After Cudi’s 2016 album Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, his next record Man On The Moon III: The Chosen wasn't released until in 2020.
The 38-year-old's stroke required him to undertake several months of physical therapy, Esquire reports. The artist said he didn’t feel totally recovered until a moment in 2017 when he read with Michael Cera for a role in the Broadway play Lobby Hero.
Though the production chose a more experienced actor for Cudi’s role, he said he got something else out of it.