Kid Cudi has opened up about testifying against Sean “Diddy” Combs and says that he was forced to by the prosecution.
“It was really hard. I didn’t want to do it. I got subpoenaed and I knew I was helping Cassie and I just wanted to be there for her and help her out. It was a tough situation,” he said to CBS News.
After testifying, Cudi faced backlash from Diddy fans.
“The backlash was swift. I had a lot of people that supported me, but there were a few that were — you know — had some opinions about it. It was interesting because I’m not no street dude. I don’t live by no code, you know?” he went on. “I guess it’s because I’m a rapper, people just threw that on me. But, like, my music has never been about that and I have never tried to pretend I was about that. I’m from the suburbs, baby, you know what I’m sayin’? Straight up. But I ain’t let it faze me, so I know I was doing the right thing. F–k ’em, you know. Let those motherf–kers think whatever they want.”
In his explosive testimony in May 2025, he told the court that back in January 2012, his car was destroyed in his driveway by what prosecutors claim was a Molotov cocktail. Diddy had allegedly found out Cudi had briefly dated singer Cassie Ventura. Cassie, who also took the stand, said Diddy warned her he would “blow up” Cudi’s car. Photos shown in court captured the charred remains of the sports car.