Kid Cudi issued a stern message to a certain segment of his âfans.â
On Saturday night, the Man on the Moon rapper took to Twitter to announce he had disabled comments on his most recent Instagram post, in which is seen rocking a helmet while flashing a hand peace sign. Sounds pretty harmless, right? Well, it seems a large number of followers took issue with Cudiâs painted fingernails and began flooding the comments section to express their objections.Â
âTurned my comments off on instagram,â Cudi tweeted. âSeems people really have a problem w me painting my nails.â
Cudi said he initially began blocking the haters, but the negativity became so abundant he figured it would be much easier to simply to disable the comments.Â
âI really need u to understand, if u donât like me doin this or anything I do, please dont buy my albums, dont come to my shows,â he continued. âFuck way off.â
This isnât the first time Cudi received criticism over his gender non-conforming style choices. Earlier this year, the 37-year-old artist created a stir when he hit the Saturday Night Live stage in a floral dress designed by Off-White. Some viewers werenât thrilled by the sight of a man wearing a dress; however, Cudi insisted he was unfazed by criticism.
âIâve never been someone whoâs like thinking about the backlash. I donât give a fuck about what anyone thinks,â he said during an appearance on The Shop: Uninterrupted. âYou canât when youâre doing this shit. I knew it would piss some people off, but I love that. Because hip-hop is so weird about shit. Iâve already seen people making YouTube videos where theyâre just strictly talking about me and this dress. Like grown men angry, grown Black men angry. âHeâs doing something against men and masculinity, itâs a big thing going onâŚâ And I just be like, yo, this is so funny, this is crazy that Iâve stirred it up like this ...
âIf this is what Iâm supposed to do, then so be it,â he continued. âI want to be a disruptor, I want to fuck shit up. And itâs cool, because Iâm also giving confidence to the kids and telling them to be themselves and do what they want to do.â