M.I.A. Addresses Being Cut From Kid Cudi’s Tour, Claims He Never Met Her Attempts to Talk: ‘It Was Kind of Crazy’

The "Paper Planes" rapper shares how she found out she was booted from the trek in her first interview since she was let go.

M.I.A. was booted from Kid Cudi‘s Rebel Ragers Tour in May. Weeks later, she filed a lawsuit against Cudi seeking more than $2.8 million.

Now, the “Paper Planes” rapper is telling her side of the story, as she joined The New York Times’ Popcast for her first interview detailing what led to her dismissal from opening on the trek.

M.I.A. claimed she never even spoke to Cudi about being removed from the tour despite making attempts to communicate with the “Pursuit of Happiness” rapper. She said she actually found out about through her son, who saw Cudi’s statement announcing M.I.A. was gone.

“He didn’t even speak to me about it,” she began. “He didn’t call my management, he didn’t call me, he didn’t talk to the crew and I even made an effort to go and talk to him and he didn’t see me. Yeah, it was kind of crazy. My son is like, ‘Hey, I heard you’re not on the tour.'”