Kid CudiĀ issued aĀ stern message to a certain segment of his āfans.ā
On Saturday night, the Man on the Moon rapper took to Twitter to announce heĀ had disabled comments on his most recent Instagram post, in which is seen rocking a helmet while flashing aĀ hand peace sign. Sounds pretty harmless, right? Well, it seems a large number of followers took issue with CudiāsĀ painted fingernails and began flooding the comments section to express their objections.Ā
āTurned my comments off on instagram,ā Cudi tweeted. āSeems people really have a problem w me painting my nails.ā
Cudi saidĀ he initially began blocking the haters, but the negativity became soĀ abundant he figured it would be much easier to simply to disable the comments.Ā
āI really need u to understand, if u donāt like me doin this or anything I do, please dont buy my albums, dont come to my shows,ā he continued. āFuck way off.ā
This isnāt 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 werenāt thrilled by the sight of a man wearing a dress; however, Cudi insisted he was unfazed by criticism.
āIāve never been someone whoās like thinking about the backlash. I donāt give a fuck about what anyone thinks,ā he said during an appearance on The Shop: Uninterrupted. āYou canāt when youāre doing this shit. I knew it would piss some people off, but I love that. Because hip-hop is so weird about shit. Iāve already seen people making YouTube videos where theyāre just strictly talking about me and this dress. Like grown men angry, grown Black men angry. āHeās doing something against men and masculinity, itās a big thing going onā¦ā And I just be like, yo, this is so funny, this is crazy that Iāve stirred it up like this ...
āIf this is what Iām supposed to do, then so be it,ā he continued. āI want to be a disruptor, I want to fuck shit up. And itās cool, because Iām also giving confidence to the kids and telling them to be themselves and do what they want to do.ā