[1] Met with critical and commercial success, the album peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 and received Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

[8] The two continued to work on Cudi's debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009), with West serving as an executive producer.

By 2018, Cudi had contributed to every West album since 2008, with their 2016 effort "Father Stretch My Hands" reaching the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

At that time, West's only two live appearances since had both been with Cudi, who also sought mental health treatment in the fall of 2016, for performances of “Father Stretch My Hands Pt.

[14] On April 19, 2018, West announced via Twitter that a collaborative album with Kid Cudi would be released in June.

[16][17] On April 22, again via Twitter, West unveiled the album artwork, which was composed by Tokyo-based artist Takashi Murakami.

[19][20] On April 25, West revealed the album would be accompanied by a short film, directed by Dexter Navy, a music video director notable for his collaborations with The Neighbourhood and ASAP Rocky.

[18][21] On June 8, their first album Kids See Ghosts was released following a live listening party in Santa Clarita, California.

[22][23] Kids See Ghosts debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with 142,000 album-equivalent units, of which 79,000 were pure album sales.

"[27] The duo made their live debut under the moniker at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival on November 11, 2018.

At Cudi's 2019 Coachella set, West joined him onstage for performances of "Feel the Love", "Reborn", "Father Stretch My Hands Pt.

In a September 2019 interview with Complex, Kid Cudi assured fans that more material from him and Kanye West would be coming.