{"id":160794,"date":"2025-05-23T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/23\/young-thug-labels-kid-cudi-a-rat-for-testifying-in-diddy-trial\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:17:51","slug":"young-thug-labels-kid-cudi-a-rat-for-testifying-in-diddy-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/05\/23\/young-thug-labels-kid-cudi-a-rat-for-testifying-in-diddy-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Thug Labels Kid Cudi a \u2018Rat\u2019 for Testifying in Diddy\u00a0Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/young-thug\/\">Young Thug <\/a>called out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kid-cudi\">Kid Cudi<\/a> for testifying in Sean \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/diddy\">Diddy<\/a>\u201d Combs\u2019 sex trafficking and racketeering trial on Thursday (May 22), and labeled the Cleveland rapper a rat on X. Thugger quickly deleted the polarizing message, but the toothpaste was already out of the tube.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/diddy-trial-recap-kid-cudi-testifies-car-explosion-break-in\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kid-cudi-sean-diddy-combs-trial-exit-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kid-cudi-sean-diddy-combs-trial-exit-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Kid Cudi  departs the Manhattan Federal Court during the Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs' trial on May 22, 2025 in New York City. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty on all counts, which include a racketeering charge alleging the hip-hop pioneer was the leader of a sex crime ring that included drug-fueled sex parties through the use of force, threats and violence (Photo by John Lamparski\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tDiddy Trial Recap: Kid Cudi Testifies About Home Break-In and Porsche Molotov\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t05\/22\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDam cudi a rat lol,\u201d Thug wrote before taking the post down minutes later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Billboard<\/em> has reached out to Cudi\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThugger had been locked up for more than two years while fighting for his freedom as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/young-thug-pleads-guilty-ysl-rico-case\/\">YSL RICO trial.<\/a> He eventually reached a plea deal on Oct. 31, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHowever, there is a connection between the YSL trial and Diddy\u2019s, as Thug\u2019s attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/sean-combs-young-thug-lawyer-brian-steel-sex-abuse-trial\/\">Brian Steel<\/a> is part of the Bad Boy mogul\u2019s legal defense team. Steel cross-examined Cudi while he was on the stand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCudder briefly dated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/cassie\">Cassie <\/a>in the early 2010s, but the romance was ultimately short-lived. As part of his testimony, Kid Cudi recalled Diddy allegedly\u00a0setting his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/diddy-trial-day-3-cassie-threatened-blow-up-kid-cudi-car\/\">Porsche on fire<\/a> in his driveway with a Molotov cocktail. Cudi also tied a break-in of his home around the time of his relationship with Cassie to Diddy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCassie named Cudi in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/legal\/cassie-diddy-lawsuit-settled-1235491557\/\">2023 sexual abuse lawsuit,<\/a> which lit the fuse against Diddy, claiming Combs attempted to blow up the \u201cDay \u2018n\u2019 Nite\u201d rapper\u2019s car. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/diddy-trial-day-3-cassie-threatened-blow-up-kid-cudi-car\/\">on the stand <\/a>on Day 3 of the trial, she explained why she cut the relationship with Cudi short. \u201cToo much danger, too much uncertainty of what could happen if we continued to see each other,\u201d Cassie said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs for Cudi, he took to social media to reflect on the \u201cstressful situation\u201d after taking the stand, and the Ohio native said he\u2019s \u201cglad it\u2019s behind\u201d him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been seeing all the love and support and I just want to say thank you so much, man,\u201d Cudi said in a video he shared to various platforms. \u201cPeople been hitting me up the past week just checking in and even today, it really means a lot to me, man. You guys are the best. I love y\u2019all. This is a stressful situation. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Thugger\u2019s side, he\u2019s been teasing his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/young-thug-new-album-uy-scuti-alternate-cover-art-1235948053\/\"> <em>UY SCUTI<\/em> album,<\/a> which he\u2019s hinted at a June arrival date for. He reunited with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/future\">Future <\/a>for his \u201cMoney on Money\u201d single in April. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/young-thug-kid-cudi-rat-diddy-trial-1235979776\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Thug called out Kid Cudi for testifying in Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 sex trafficking and racketeering trial on Thursday (May 22), and labeled the Cleveland rapper a rat on X. Thugger quickly deleted the polarizing message, but the toothpaste was already out of the tube. Related Diddy Trial Recap: Kid Cudi Testifies About Home Break-In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}