Kid Cudi: 'Marijuana video an R.I.P. to smoking'

Kid Cudi has described his new video for 'Marijuana' as an "R.I.P." to his time as a weed smoker.

The rapper, who revealed that he had given up the substance on his Tumblr page in April, told MTV News that he decided to go ahead with the clip despite filming it before announcing that he had quit smoking.

"It's something I did before I decided to quit smoking marijuana," he explained.

"However, I didn't want to deprive people of the footage, deprive people of the video because of my personal decisions. It was almost like an R.I.P. video to my whole smoking career."

'Marijuana' was shot by actor Shia LaBeouf in Amsterdam after the two were introduced via a mutual friend and decided that the collaboration would be the "right thing".

He explained: "It just hit me one day, like, 'Yo, I can have Shia come with me and film the whole trip and we could do it like a real vintage documentary style of the entire trip'. What could be iller than that?"

Kid Cudi previously announced that he had left his record label Dream On and split from managers Patrick Reynolds and Emile Haynie.

He pleaded guilty to drug possession in September 2010 and was scheduled to two days of community service.

Watch Kid Cudi's video for 'Marijuana' below"