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D’banj’s colleague Kid Cudi has left Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music for
good. The problem wasn’t the departure, it was how it happened. Kid
Cudi took to the airwaves to at Power 106 in L.A announce his
departure. Neither his colleagues, nor Kanye knew about it. They learnt
about it on air. Well apparently Jay Z knew that he was leaving. Cudi said it is a business decision and stressed that there is no beef with anyone on the label. 
 
“Man, everything is cool,” the Ohio native said. “Everything is
peace with everybody on the label. There’s never been any issues, but I
am announcing that I’m no longer on G.O.O.D. Music. And this is
something that no one knows, really. I’m no longer on G.O.O.D. Music.” Like most breakups, this one was a slow burn. Cudi, born Scott
Mescudi, said the decision was six months in the making and was
difficult because Kanye is his “big brother forever.” Because their
relationships is so tight, he needed a little help to break the news.
Cudi said he sought advice from none other than the other half of the
Throne, Jay-Z. 
 
“I never wanted to offend him, and I didn’t know how he would take
it, and I was like, ‘Man, I do not want to make my brother mad,’ ” Cudi
said. “I really went out my way to make sure what I was feeling was
justified, and that it was OK for me to bring it to the table, and Hov
reassured me. He was like, ‘Yo, man, I hear it in your tone that it’s
genuine and everything that you’re saying to me, how you’re saying it.
I know Kanye. I know he’ll be receptive to that. I know he’ll honor it.” 
Part of what Kid Cudi was feeling was getting tired of reppin’ the
“clique.” Cudi, who already tried his hand at acting in the short-lived
HBO show “How to Make It in America,” said he jumped on the phone with
Kanye recently and shared that he wanted to go in a different
direction, focusing on his own label and collaborator King Chip. 
 
“It’s just I wanna focus on Wicked Awesome,” Cudi said. “I wanna
focus on Chip, and that’s it. I don’t wanna have, like, a full label of
artists. I just wanna work on Chip and keep my sound going on a freight
train.” 
 
Cudi insisted he is on great terms with Big Sean, Pusha T and
everyone else on G.O.O.D. Music; however, he did not personally break
the news to any of them.

Xclusive: Kid Cudi Leaves G.O.O.D Music For Good

D’banj’s colleague Kid Cudi has left Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music for good. The problem wasn’t the departure, it was how it happened. Kid Cu...