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Childish Gambino has responded to Kid Cudi throwing shade at him on social media.
During his “GILGA Radio” livestream on Sunday (April 14), Donald Glover told Cudi to reach out to him and made it clear he isn’t interested in feuding.
“Kid Cudi, if you got a problem, I’m not here for the beef,” he said. “Just talk to me. Actually talk to people.
“We don’t have to agree on everything, but we also don’t have to be like, ‘Yeah, when I see you, we have to wanna kill each other.’ It’s like, I don’t — man, life is too short.”
Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) speaks briefly on Kid Cudi beef, wants to talk it and let it go pic.twitter.com/BYR601cCUl
— Guardian Angel (@chillzmescudi) April 15, 2024
In February, Kid Cudi appeared to take a dig at Childish Gambino by dismissing a potential collaboration between them.
When a user on X (formerly Twitter) urged him to work with the Atlanta star (“whether it’s TV, movies, or music”), the Cleveland native simply replied: “Im cool.”
Cudi’s apparent dislike of Bino is unclear as they appeared to be on good terms in the past. The pair collaborated on the song “Warlords” that leaked a few years ago but never received an official release.
They also went back-and-forth on social media in 2013 about finishing a track that they’d been working on at the time.
Gambino tweeted a photo of him and Cudi vibing to a joint track, with Cudi saying he was ready to hit the studio again in Los Angeles.
“Ima hit u when im back in LA mane, lets finish that jam if possible,” he wrote, to which Glover replied: “of course. say sup to @Logic301 fur me.”
Gambino replied: “of course. say sup to @Logic301 fur me.”
However, when the idea of collaborating with Childish Gambino was floated five years later, Kid Cudi appeared to change his tune.
In response to a fan who asked him on X: “When are we gonna hear Cudi and Gambino!?!” he wrote: “Hmm.”
Despite his turbulent relationship with Mr. Rager, Childish Gambino has a busy time ahead of him with two new albums on the horizon.
During his aforementioned “GILGA Radio” broadcast, the 40-year-old revealed he’ll be releasing an updated version of his 2020 LP 3.15.20 under the title Atavista.
After that, he’s set to drop his final album under his rap moniker, Bando Stone & The New World, which will serve as the soundtrack to a film of the same name he’s working on.
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Benzino knows how to drum up controversy. The former editor of The Source Magazine has made a career out of it. Few people would know he was a rapper were it not for his highly-publicized beef with Eminem during the 2000s. Unfortunately, Benzino's knack for making bold statements has come back to bite him. He recently went on the We In Miami podcast, where he declared that R Kelly should be given a second chance despite his heinous crimes. This proved to be the last straw for Benzino's daughter, Coi Leray, who publicly denounced their relationship.
Leray posted an X (formerly Twitter) thread on May 1 to clarify her stance on Benzino's comments. She did not mention R. Kelly by name, but it was obvious she did not agree with her father. "I want everybody to know I want nothing to do with anything my father has going on," she wrote. "I haven’t spoken to him in over a year and I don’t condone or respect any of them interviews he got going on." The rapper went on to explain that she does even want to be associated with Benzino in the future. "I don’t respect his decisions," she added. "I want nothing to do with him please don't even think of me when you see him."
Coi Leray doubled down on her feelings towards her father in a second tweet. "Sharing the same DNA and blood doesn't make us family," she noted. "Loyalty, boundaries, respect, teaching, guidance, love, patience, encouragement makes us family... Keep me away from people who try to 'get their lick back' please." The rapper then told followers that she looks forward to having a child of her own so that she could put what she's learned into practice. "I can’t wait to have a kid one day," she concluded. "I can’t wait to look her/him in the eye and tell them how much I love them."
As sad as this exchange is, Benzino and Coi Leray's estrangement is not surprising. The father and daughter have gone through a very public cycle of beefing and then making up over the years. Leray criticized Benzino for harassing her mother back in 2022, and went against her father when he tried to revive his beef with Eminem the same year. "Let’s build bridges and get over them before you burn the bridge and burn with it," she said at the time. Unfortunately, the time for building bridges with Benzino seems to have come to an end.
