Latest News: Kanye West recently made shocking claims during an interview, alleging that he participated in incestuous acts with his cousin when he was a child.

He also said that the relative is in prison for “killing a pregnant lady

Kanye West has claimed that he took part in incestuous acts with his male cousin as a child.

The rapper – who now goes by Ye – told fans on X/Twitter yesterday (April 21), while unveiling a new song called ‘Cousins’. While sharing the clip, he wrote in the caption that it was about his own relative who is incarcerated for the murder of a pregnant woman.

According to the update he shared, the two engaged in incestuous behaviour as children, and West claims to blame himself for suggesting that they looked at “dirty magazines” together when he was just six years old.

This song is called ‘COUSINS’ about my cousin that’s locked in jail for life for killing a pregnant lady a few years after I told him we wouldn’t ‘look at dirty magazines together’ anymore,” Ye wrote.

“Perhaps in my self-centered mess I felt it was my fault that I showed him those dirty magazines when he was six, and then we acted out what we saw,” he added.

“My dad had Playboy magazines but the magazines I found in the top of my mom’s closet were different. My name is Ye and I sucked my cousin’s dick till I was 14.”

In the song, West is heard repeating the lines “I gave my cousin head” and “I told my cousin not to tell nobody”. He also says: “The truth will set you free someday, I don’t think they understand that I’m not attracted to a man.”

The music video features a bizarre assortment of clips and gifs, including nudity and Nazi imagery. The lyrics also seem to reference his recent separation from Bianca Censori, as he says: “I told you, don’t leave me/ I need you by my side/’That one time you left me, I didn’t get no sleep that night/ If you don’t leave me, I’ll probably be alright.”

In response to the initial tweet, fellow rapper Ferg reached out to Ye on X and said: “Good for @kanyewest now you can be whole. When people start to act out you never know the root of the issue ! Sending love brother [you’re] a goat.” West then re-shared this with a black heart emoji.

While little is known about West’s cousin, outlets including the Daily Mail have highlighted how there was reference to him in a documentary made by Ye’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. There, the reality star told the director of Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative how her then-partner’s cousin “has a double life sentence for a murder that he committed when he was 17”.

The outlet also shared that Ye has seemingly only ever mentioned his cousin publicly back in 2018, during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel.

During the conversation, which was predominantly about Donald Trump, the rapper said: “My cousin is locked up for murder and I love him. So he did a bad thing, but I still love him.”