Kid Cudi Suffered A Stroke During His Rehab Stint in 2016

Kid Cudi revealed that he suffered a stroke while in rehab a few years ago.

The 38-year-old rapper shared the news during his cover story with Esquire, and opened up about his will to survive and thrive following the health scare.

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Kid Cudi said that he suffered the stroke and was hospitalized just two weeks into his treatment in 2016.

“Everything was f***ed,” he shared, adding that his speech was very slow.

However, it was the next year when he auditioned for the Broadway play Lobby Hero, that he started to feel like himself again.

“I proved to myself that I could do it. I needed that at the time. I was happy,” he says of memorizing the lines for the audition. “Like, damn, my brain is still strong. I didn’t lose something in that s**t that happened.”

His 2016 rehab stint came at a time when he had “depression and suicidal urges.”

Now, six years later, Cudi says he’s in a good place: “I actually can say, at 38, that I love myself. And I couldn’t have said that six years ago. I can say that with confidence now and truly believe it, and it shows.”

Find out what else he shared in his interview with Esquire here.