Kid Cudi Says He Smoked as Many as 20 Blunts a Day Before Rehab

By Miles Carter, November 12, 2026

On the Nov 11 episode of his podcast Big Bro, with guest Travis Barker, Kid Cudi said he went to rehab after smoking maybe 15 or 20 blunts a day. The official episode, posted on the Big Bro with Kid Cudi YouTube channel, is the source of the quotes below.

What he said on the episode

"I had to go to rehab and reestablish my relationship with it because I was really, um, I was really overdoing it. Like I was smoking like maybe 15, 20 blunts a day," Cudi said. He described keeping "pre-rolls, like hundreds of them" in a Louis Vuitton briefcase, lighting another as soon as one burned down. "If I was awake, I was smoking no matter what I was doing," he said. "It got to a point where I was like, man, I don't want to be high right now. I was smoking all the time and I was, I don't want to be high, you know? I want to like not feel this in this moment."

Cudi said he was sober for about three months after rehab, then later changed how he used: "If I'm not doing anything, I'll start my day with a joint, but like I'm not smoking nowhere near as many joints as I used to smoke. I'm smoking like maybe, maybe four a day." He added that if he is working, shooting, or in a business meeting, he waits until he gets home.

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