On Monday, April 21, Kanye West went on another revealing rant on X.

This time around, the mogul revealed he use to re-enact photos in Playboy Magazines with his male cousin until he was 14 years old. The revelation supports the mogul’s new song “Cousins.”

Sharing lyrics from a new track titled “Cousins.” The tweet included deeply personal details alongside a snippet of the song.

“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,” West wrote. “Perhaps in my self centered mess I felt it was my fault that I showed him those dirty magazines when he was 6 and then we acted out what we saw.’ He continued, “My dad had playboy magazines but the magazines I found in the top of my moms closet were different. My name is Ye and I sucked my cousins till I was 14. Tweet sent.”

While he clarifies, “I’m not attracted to a man,” the track avoids labeling or justification. Instead, it presents an unfiltered snapshot of memory, guilt, and unresolved pain. Whether interpreted as a plea for understanding, a form of self-therapy, or pure provocation, “Cousins” marks one of West’s most emotionally volatile pieces to date.

In the provocative new track “Cousins,” the controversial billionaire dives into one of the most unsettling and personal revelations of his career. The song recounts a traumatic childhood experience involving a male cousin, blending confessional lyrics with raw, emotional storytelling.

West describes how they were exposed to explicit magazines as children and, lacking context or understanding, began reenacting what they had seen. This early experience, he suggests, became a source of shame, secrecy, and long-lasting psychological impact.

The lyrics are blunt and disturbing, especially as West raps, “That’s when I gave my cousin head,” followed by lines expressing fear of judgment and a plea for silence: “Told my cousin not to tell nobody.”

These verses echo the emotional complexity of childhood sexual trauma, highlighting the confusion and guilt often carried into adulthood. Kanye West also references the same cousin’s future—now serving a double life sentence for the murder of a pregnant woman at age 17.

The line, “This song is called Cousins about my cousin that’s locked in jail for life,” suggests a lingering sense of responsibility or emotional connection between the two events.

Though West stops short of drawing a direct link between their childhood and the crime, the juxtaposition raises difficult questions about cycles of trauma and how early exposure to violence or abuse can shape a life.