Kanye West claims he performed sexual acts with male cousin

American rapper, Kanye West, has claimed he took part in incestuous acts with his cousin as a child.

A tweet posted from West's X account on Easter Monday, revealed that he was set to release a song called Cousin.

The track is inspired by a relative who was jailed for life for “killing a pregnant lady”.

In the past, the 47-year-old has spoken about an incarcerated cousin but never revealed his name, only stating that he was jailed aged 17.

West shared a music video for the song and said he blames himself for the violent act that his cousin got involved in.

His tweet read: “This song is called COUSIN 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.

“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. 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 cousins d**k till I was 14. Tweet sent.”