Marijuana used to be a “constant” necessity for Kid Cudi, who once smoked between 15 to 20 blunts a day before he entered rehab.
The rapper-actor discussed the height of his weed dependence with drummer Travis Barker on the latest episode of Big Bro with Kid Cudi released Wednesday (Nov. 11). Around the 33-minute mark of the video below, Cudi said he kept "hundreds" of pre-rolls packed in a Louis Vuitton suitcase so he could light a new blunt immediately after finishing his last one.
"If I was awake, I was smoking no matter what I was doing," Cudi said. "I don't want to be high... I want to like not feel this in this moment."
The entertainer added that no one approached him about his smoking because he was “prolific as a stoner.” “I've been able to be productive, but there was something for me that, I [was] just like, ‘Man, this feels wrong,’” he continued.
After rehab, which Cudi recounted was during the early-2025 California wildfires, the rapper-actor was sober for three months until his life became “chaotic.” Among his issues was a stalker breaking into his home. At the advice of his friends, Cudi was told to approach his relationship to marijuana differently instead of “doing everything all at once.”
“So like now like if I'm not doing anything, I'll start my day with a joint, but like I'm not smoking nowhere near as many joints as I used to smoke,” he said.” I'm smoking like maybe maybe four a day.”
Cudi, who’s currently working on a Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic, told People in 2025 that he was “abusing” marijuana at one point, and the plant “ruled” his life.
"And now I just get after it at night or on the weekends when I have the free time and I'm just relaxing, but I'm not smoking nowhere near as much weed as I was smoking before," he continued.
"A joint lasts me all day, damn near. So my relationship has changed with that in a major way. And I'm just more interested in being sober a lot more and being more present."
