Kid Cudi and Ye (formerly Kanye West) have had a rocky relationship over the course of their careers. The frequent collaborators have at times been friends, performing and dining together, and other times dissing each other on social media.

Cudi was signed to West’s G.O.O.D. Music label in 2008 after meeting the rapper a few years earlier. Ye was then featured on “Make Her Say (I Poke Her Face),” Cudi’s single from his 2009 album Man on the Moon: The End of Day, the studio set that launched Cudi’s career under G.O.O.D.

Prior to his solo material, Cudi had also contributed to Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 and West’s 808s & Heartbreak. Other collabs between the two artists include “Erase Me” from 2010’s Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager; “Gorgeous” and “All of the Lights” from Ye’s 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy; and “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” from the 24-time Grammy winner’s 2016 release, The Life of Pablo.

It’s been a turbulent ride for Cudi and his mentor over the course of the last decade. The public fallouts have led to onstage reunions and reconciliation, which have blown up and gone by the wayside.

While Cudi iced the idea of ever working with Ye again in 2025, he extended an olive branch to West by performing a Kids See Ghosts track on the opening night of his 2026 Rebel Ragers Tour, which once again opened the door to another reunion.  

Below is a timeline of highlights and lowlights in Cudi and Kanye’s relationship.