"The rants make sense now": Boosie Badazz reacts to Kanye West's X post about relationship with cousin 

On April 21, 2025, Kanye West shared a graphic message on X that coincided with the drop of his new song called "Cousins." The post detailed a childhood encounter of sexual activity between Kanye and his cousin. He also disclosed that this cousin is now serving a life sentence for murdering a pregnant woman, an incident previously mentioned by Kim Kardashian in a documentary.

Boosie Badazz did not waste an opportunity to quickly react to Kanye West's latest X post:

“The rants make sense now this man was sucking d*** as a child”

Boosie's response quickly went viral and was met with different interpretations by the media and fans. Largely, Boosie's reaction was seen as an unhinged response to the gruesome nature of the post.

Kanye West's post: A graphic confession linked to new song "Cousins"

Kanye's post contained the following words,

"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"

He also added:

"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 moms closet were different"

"My name is Ye and I s*cked my cousins d*ck till I was 14"

The post was greeted with mass attention on all social media platforms, with most users responding to the openness of the content and the private information revealed.

A very private confession

The early life experience narrated by Kanye had never before been revealed to the public until the April 21 post, and it sent netizens into a spin.

Kanye West's graphic post has reopened the question of trauma, celebrity confessions, and the blurred lines of confession and publicity.

The post is one of Kanye's darkest public declarations, eliciting polarized responses from concern to outrage. Like much of his previous revelations, the full significance, both personal and public, remains to be played out in real time.

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