New Delhi, April 22 -- Kanye West has opened up about a disturbing childhood experience. According to the rapper, who has renamed himself Ye, his new song Cousins is inspired by his incestuous relationship with his relative.

In a post on Twitter (now X), Kanye shared that he had a sexual encounter with a male cousin as a child. He also revealed that this cousin had later gone to jail for life for killing a pregnant woman.

Kanye feels partly responsible because, when they were kids, he showed his cousin adult magazines. He believes this may have influenced their behaviour.

Kanye West added that his dad had Playboy magazines, but the ones he found hidden in his mother's cupboard were different and more explicit.

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