Content Warning: This story discusses sexual contact of minors.
Kanye West is sharing his side of a traumatic childhood encounter.
The “Stronger” rapper alleged that he had a sexual relationship with one of his relatives as kid—an experience that he said inspired his forthcoming song called “Cousins.”
“This song is called COUSINS,” Kanye said in an April 21 post on X (formerly Twitter) teasing the new track, “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.”
The Grammy winner went on to say that he felt responsible for engaging in the activity with his cousin, who he did not identify.
“Perhaps in my self centered mess I felt it was my fault that I showed him those dirty magazines when he was 6,” Kanye continued, “and then we acted out what we saw.”
And the 47-year-old also also shared where he allegedly found the X-rated publications, saying, “My dad had playboy magazines but the magazines I found in the top of my moms closet were different.”
