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Kid Cudi Leaves Fans Confused After Reverting Back To This Bad Habit To Cut Back On Weed

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Kid Cudi has been extremely vocal on social media over the past few months. Just yesterday, the Cleveland rapper and singer was tantalizing his Twitter followers with a possible sequel to one of his earlier works, Indicud. He said he was intrigued by the idea, so much so in fact, that he decided to revisit it for the first time in a while. Furthermore, he has just announced his worldwide tour for his two recent projects INSANO and INSANO (NITRO MEGA). He is not going alone though, as Pusha T and EARTHGANG will be joining him for this expedition. While fans have a lot to be amped for, Kid Cudi also has some fans worried after revealing he is back to smoking cigarettes.

Hours ago, Scott Mescudi posted a short video of him greeting fans at the Yves Saint Laurent’s Men’s Fall/Winter 2024 fashion show in Paris. However, that is not what was drawing people’s attention. In the caption, Cudi revealed that he has been trying to ease up on the weed. But, he is not going about it in the most conventional way. “P.S… just started smokin again a couple months ago. I dont plan on keepin this up for too much longer. I just smoke cigarettes cuz it helps me cut back on tree 😉 dont worry!! In the video, you can see Kid Cudi with a cigarette in his mouth and fans are a little puzzled.

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Fans Don’t Really Agree With Cudi’s Thinking

 
 
 
 
 
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One person writes, “I ratha him smoke weed then the cigs, still love you 🥺🙏🏽” Another agrees, saying, “Nicotine instead of weed? Come on cud.” Another reason why it is a head-scratching solution is because of how bad his addiction to cigarettes was over a decade ago. According to HipHopDX, he quit them in 2009 after suffering from bronchitis. It got so serious, that Cudi “was literally on [his] death bed. I was like, ‘Hey, I’m gonna stop smoking Newports right now.’ It was a wake-up call, I’d been smoking cigarettes for seven years.”

What are your thoughts on Kid Cudi going back to smoking cigarettes to cut back on smoking weed? Do you agree or disagree with his method? Could you see him getting addicted to them again even though he was on his “death bed?” We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Kid Cudi. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the world of music.

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Steve Lacy And Thundercat Delivered An Infectious Performance Of ‘Bad Habit’ At The 2023 Grammys

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Taking the stage for his first-ever Grammys performance tonight was Steve Lacy. During his performance, he sang his Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, “Bad Habit.”

On stage, Lacy was joined by Thundercat, who supplemented the poignant love song with a seductive, groovy guitar bridge.

Throughout the performance, several of Lacy’s fellow musicians were seen singing and dancing along to the song, including Machine Gun Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, and the queen herself, Beyoncé.

While this may be his first time performing at The Grammys, Lacy is certainly no novice. Last week, Lacy spoke with CBS Mornings about receiving his first Grammy nomination when he was 17 years old, for his work on The Internet’s Ego Death album.

When asked what the nomination meant to him at the time, Lacy replied “It meant that my mom could get off my ass about going to college.”

Fortunately, this nomination was no flash in the pan for Lacy. In 2020, he was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album for his solo debut album, Apollo XXI.

Earlier in the night, Lacy won the Best Progressive R&B Album Grammy for his 2022 album, Gemini Rights. “Bad Habit” is also up for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance.

In the meantime, you can check out the performance of “Bad Habit” above.

Steve Lacy Lists His Influences Including Paramore, Faye Webster, Prince, & More

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Steve Lacy revealed a surprising list of his biggest influences during a new interview with The Guardian. The “Bad Habit” singer cited Paramore, the video game “Guitar Hero,” Prince, and much more.

“I’ve always loved doing that,” Lacy said when asked about genre-blending on his newest album, Gemini Rights. “If I have a rocky beat, putting a soulful melody on it. Like ‘Dark Red’ and all those types of songs. It’s a way to play and introduce new ideas into things that we know already.”

INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 23: Singer Steve Lacy performs on the Mojave Stage during Weekend 2, Day 2 of the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 23, 2022 in Indio, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella)

He continued: “Growing up playing [the video game] Guitar Hero put me on to a lot of rock and guitar music. As I got older, artists such as Paramore raised me. Mac DeMarco, Dirty Projectors, Vampire Weekend. Even Weezer’s ‘Undone’ is one of my favorite songs ever.”

From there, he credited Paramore’s Hayley Williams: “Hayley’s voice and melodies are crazy because she takes the rock thing and makes it soulful.”

He also gave a shout to Weezer’s “wit” and “humor,” as well as Faye Webster.

“When I make music, I take a small piece of everything that I love – I’ll take certain melodic approaches from Prince, but I’ll play it as if someone else was mimicking Prince, like if Jimi Hendrix tried to be Prince,” he said. “But I like to mix different approaches together. It happens naturally. I’m never doing it all purposely. It’s just inside of me.”

Lacy shared Gemini Rights back in July. The album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 34,000 first-week units, while “Bad Habit” topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Revisit Lacy’s “Bad Habit” below.

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Steve Lacy Wants ‘Bad Habit’ To Dethrone Harry Styles’s ‘As It Was’ On The ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 Chart

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Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit” is not just a ridiculously infectious song, it’s also one of the biggest songs this year. The Gemini Rights single has taken over TikTok ever since it came out, and even with summer ending, the hype around it still hasn’t relented. In fact, it’s threatening to dethrone Harry Styles’s massive “As It Was” from its No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which is the longest-running No. 1 single of the decade.

Lacy knows this, and today on his Instagram story, he called for his fans to take action. He posted a screenshot of the chart and added text over it: “ok ermmmm ima need this #1!!!!!! as it was? nah AS IT NEED TO BE,” he wrote, adding some laughing faces.

Other musicians are noticing Lacy’s takeover as well. Today, SZA tweeted, “Steve Lacy being number 2 rn is so f*cking important. Faith restored.”

Unfortunately, Lacy’s fame has some downsides, at least for fans. His tour is selling out fast, with the $35 tickets flying off the shelves almost immediately. Fans took to TikTok using his song “Static” as background to their complaints, with his most devout followers voiced their grievances with him and Ticketmaster about the size of the venues he’s set to play at and the over 300% markup on resale tickets.

Steve Lacy Shares The Groovy ‘Bad Habit’ And The Release Date For His New Album ‘Gemini Rights’

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Steve Lacy just dropped his second single this month in “Bad Habit,” and the surge of new music from the producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist isn’t a coincidence. Along with “Bad Habit,” Lacy has also shared the official details for the release date of his new album, Gemini Rights, and it’s coming out a lot sooner than you think.

Out in two weeks on July 15th, Gemini Rights, is written and produced by Lacy, who also played most of the instruments on each of the ten tracks — including one with Fousheé, whom he made out with in a music video earlier this year. Whereas on lead single “Mercury,” Lacy explored saucy bossa nova rhythms and emphatic vocals over a complex arrangement, “Bad Habit” is a sweet, groovy love song where Lacy ranges his voice a la Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes. “I wish I knew, I wish I knew you wanted me,” he sings on the soul-bearing hook.

The album is written in the aftermath of Lacy’s first big heartbreak, which at 24 years old, is a pretty decent streak. The Grammy nominee has cited influences on Gemini Rights from Brazilian maestro Caetano Veloso and Outkast’s Andre 3000 to Sly Stone, The Beatles, and of course, his talented pack in the The Internet.

Listen to “Bad Habit” above.

Gemini Rights is out 7/15 via RCA Records. Pre-order it here.