Kid Cudi Explains Why He Wore a Dress During 'Saturday Night Live' Performance

Kid Cudi is addressing all the backlash over his Saturday Night Live appearance.

While appearing as the musical guest on the NBC sketch comedy series, the 37-year-old rapper took to the stage in a floral-print dress by Off-White for one of his performances.

Many people took issue with his fashion choices, and now in a new interview, Kid Cudi is explaining why he wore the dress.

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Kid Cudi appeared on HBO Max’s The Shop: Uninterrupted, where he said he wore the dress as a tribute to the late Kurt Cobain, who also wore a floral-print dress during a performance back in the ’90s.

“The image of seeing Kurt Cobain in a dress was very rock’n’roll to me,” Kid Cudi shared. “That was cool. So I already made my mind up years ago that I wanted to do this. And it’s cool because I’m also giving confidence to the kids and telling them to be themselves and do what they want to do.”

As for if he cares about all the negative comments about the dress, Kid Cudi said, “I’m more like, ‘Hmm, I wonder why they feel that way… F–k ‘em.’”

“I’ve never been someone who’s like thinking about the backlash.” Kid Cudi continued. “I don’t give a f–k about what anyone thinks. You can’t when you’re doing this s–t. I knew it would piss some people off, but I love that. Because hip-hop is so weird about s–t.”

Kid Cudi went on to say that he likes all the controversy the dress stirred up.

“I’ve already seen people making YouTube videos where they’re just strictly talking about me and this dress,” Kid Cudi said. “Like grown men angry, grown Black men angry. ‘He’s doing something against men and masculinity, it’s a big thing going on…’ And I just be like, ‘Yo, this is so funny, this is crazy that I’ve stirred it up like this.’”