Love is a tricky thing. But love is tricky enough without involving your family members. Sadly, rapper Kevin Gates (real name Kevin Gilyard), who's known for his street album "Stranger Than Fiction," has been doing a little loving on his family members- he's actually been having sex with his cousin for two years.
Gates, a Louisiana rapper, has revealed in a series of Instagram videos that he had been having sex with his cousin for two years.
TMZ reached out to Gates to clarify such a strange story, and here's what they found out: Gates had been dating the woman in question for three months, at which point his grandmother contacted him to tell him the woman was actually his cousin. But Gates didn't care, and continued sleeping with her for a good two years after finding out the weird, horrible truth.
Their relationship started in 2006, and apparently they're still on good terms today. Which makes sense, given that they're family.
Gates later explained on Instagram (via The Daily Mail): "Everythang beautiful. And yo grandmama come and tell you one day 'You know, that's your cousin.' Y'all done got the hard part out the way. Why f*** up a good thing?"
Later, the rapper added: "If you doing something you're ashamed of, you ain't got no business doing it."
"I got a real real big family and it's impossible for me to know every person that I'm related to in my family. I've never seen this person until that day."
This may end up helping Gates's online popularity. According to Hollywood Take, Gates was sent to jail on drug charges early in his career, which ended up making him a more popular musician. Maybe this will end up doing the same.
But whether it does or it doesn't, it certainly is weird.
Check back soon for the latest updates on Kevin Gates and his relationship with his cousin. Maybe he'll have a few more Instagram videos in the future- or maybe he'll just wrap it up here. But either way, he's bound to be in the news for a while.
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