I can’t think of another rapper who has been as candid as he has about seeking treatment to keep himself alive. Kid Cudi has made a career of talking about his mental health. We should always be talking about what it’s like to lose the will to live, to feel suffocated by sadness, to be consumed by nothingness. We’ve been talking about suicide a lot around these parts because of recent high-profile losses, but it’s a subject that’ll never die.
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