Kid Cudi has confirmed the launch window for his hotly anticipated clothes line, Members Of The Rage (or MOTR, pronounced “motor”, for brief).
Cudi first teased the model final January, saying in Twitter thread {that a} clothes line based mostly on his artworks had “been a long time comin[g] and another dream of [his]”. He promised “extra insanity, true imaginative and prescient [and] freshness” – in addition to “the ultimate denims” – and went on to peg the summer of 2021 as his preliminary launch window.
That summer season handed with out the main launch of MOTR that Cudi had overestimated, though a run of shirts was released and promptly offered out, regardless of costing over £300 apiece.
Final week, Cudi returned to Twitter with extra particulars on the upcoming launch of MOTR, together with a brand new, seemingly extra finalised window of launch. It began final Wednesday (December 21), when a fan requested the rapper what he was “most wanting ahead to in 2023”. He answered with the MOTR launch first, in addition to his upcoming movie initiatives and his daughter Vada’s thirteenth birthday.
My clothes line hittin shops, filmin a pair issues, directing. My daughter turning 13 😩 https://t.co/jEhfTOaP0L
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 21, 2022
In a subsequent string of Tweets on Thursday (December 22), Cudi expounded additional on his plans for MOTR, explaining that objects within the line are being “produced in Italy and components of Europe”, and that its “high quality is A1”. He additionally revealed that the launch will embody sneakers, writing: “To have my very own sneaker is the largest accomplishment. And its uncommon [sic] a brand new model drops [with] sneakers.”
One other tweet declared that each one objects within the MOTR line could be unisex and “pushing the boundaries of trend”, alongside the informal announcement that it will debut at subsequent yr’s Paris Vogue Week (which runs over January 17-26). A proper occasion is but to be introduced.
Cudi went on to notice that he envisions brick-and-mortar shops for MOTR being established sooner or later, with a location in Chicago “def” on his radar for “sooner or later”. On his ambition for the road altogether, he stated: “This line has been years within the making, and [I’m] lastly able to reveal it to the world. I’ve at all times been designing, both for collabs, my album covers and packaging, my levels, merch, however now [I’m] falling into a complete new chapter.”
Motr produced in Italy and components of Europe. The standard is A 1. So so proud man. To have my very own sneaker is the largest accomplishment. And its uncommon a brand new model drops w sneakers.
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 22, 2022
MOTR is Members of the RAGE.
Pronounced Motor for brief.
All unisex. Pushing the boundaries of trend.
Debut in January throughout Paris Vogue Week 2023
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 22, 2022
Ima def have a retailer in Chicago sooner or later https://t.co/rtmZhXLmlr
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 21, 2022
This line has been years within the making, and Im lastly able to reveal it to the world. I’ve at all times been designing, both for collabs, my album covers and packaging, my levels, merch, however now im falling into a complete new chapter.
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 22, 2022
Cudi’s 2023 is shaping as much as be an infinite yr. Final month, the rapper confirmed he’d begun engaged on the follow-up to his eighth album, ‘Entergalactic’, which arrived in September alongside an animated film of the same name. Earlier in December, he teased that the record would sport a collaboration with Young Thug.
Along with his ninth (and likely final) studio album, Cudi’s slate of upcoming initiatives contains Teddy – his first characteristic movie as author and director – in addition to roles within the motion pictures Crater, Silent Night, September 17th and Actual Life. Followers received’t, nonetheless, hear his long-teased collaborative album with Travis Scott; final week, Cudi confirmed that ‘The Scotts’ had been scrapped because “the moment has passed”.
In October, Cudi admitted that he sees himself “nearing the end” of his music career, and is contemplating a pivot to a brand new profession as a kindergarten trainer.
