Rapper Kid Cudi "broke down" in tears after watching the video of 18-year-old Ben Breedlove who says he saw Cudi in a near-death experience while in the hospital, just days before he actually died.

The brave teen passed away on Christmas Day after a life long battle with heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but left a heartfelt video about his life which his family posted on YouTube, and has now received over 2.3 million hits.

"I am so sad about Ben Breedlove," Kid Cudi wrote on his blog this week. "I watched the video he left for the world to see, and him seeing me in detail, in his vision really warmed my heart.