The Harlem rapper A$AP Ferg, who's built a brand from raw storytelling and unapologetic expression, publicly supported Kanye West this week, but not everyone clapped for it.
Ferg sent the tweet message that has since thundered far beyond the walls of Twitter. It was in response to Kanye West's deeply personal and troubling revelation, a confession tethered to his childhood trauma and highlighted in his latest track, "Cousin." The track is dark and creepy AF, and it has set the internet on fire with discussion. In the song, West recounts a traumatic sexual experience with a family member that persisted through his teen years.
Ferg sent the tweet message that has since thundered far beyond the walls of Twitter. It was in response to Kanye West's deeply personal and troubling revelation, a confession tethered to his childhood trauma and highlighted in his latest track, "Cousin." The track is dark and creepy AF, and it has set the internet on fire with discussion. In the song, West recounts a traumatic sexual experience with a family member that persisted through his teen years.
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Ferg didn't back away from the uncomfortable reality but stood up about it and showed some love to Yeezy.
"Good for @kanyewest; now you can be complete," Ferg wrote. All people are in trouble; you never know what the problem will be when people start acting out! Sending Love, brother; you're a goat.
It was a solidarity of the compassionate sort, and Ferg himself has been publicly candid about his past, dealing with being sexually abused as a child on his 2023 album, 'Darold,' on the track "Pool." It's evident he viewed West's revelation through the eyes of someone who's traveled a similarly rocky road.
Within hours, Twitter was ablaze with a flood of responses, some full of support and compassion and some even more full of harsh pokes and immature comments. One user taunted Ferg, "He's not gonna fuck you bro," making a crass reference to the details of West's admission.
Some fans of Ferg commended him for showing compassion at a time when most would run from it. "Don't pay these clowns any mind Ferg you getting that good word, nothin negative about it… All Love," said one tweet.
Another user, though, took issue with Ferg's take in pointing out that West's recent bizarre public behavior might be an expression of untreated trauma. "Why everybody play him like he crazy?" they asked. "Y'all in the industry watch all the f### s### going on and not say a damn thing about it or call anybody out."
The discussion Ferg kicked off is a heady one and a story about trauma, truth-telling, and the tightrope artists must walk when they talk publicly about pain, especially during an era when support may look suspect and honesty can be weaponized.
No matter where people fall on Ferg's tweet, honest talk about mental health, about childhood trauma and its ripple effects, is making itself heard. And while the backlash is deafening, the courage on all sides is hard to ignore.
Whether this becomes a footnote or a turning point in the ongoing conversation about healing in hip-hop is an open question. But for now, Ferg's words are a reminder that compassion still counts, even if not everyone gets the message right away.
Ferg didn't back away from the uncomfortable reality but stood up about it and showed some love to Yeezy.
"Good for @kanyewest; now you can be complete," Ferg wrote. All people are in trouble; you never know what the problem will be when people start acting out! Sending Love, brother; you're a goat.
It was a solidarity of the compassionate sort, and Ferg himself has been publicly candid about his past, dealing with being sexually abused as a child on his 2023 album, 'Darold,' on the track "Pool." It's evident he viewed West's revelation through the eyes of someone who's traveled a similarly rocky road.
Within hours, Twitter was ablaze with a flood of responses, some full of support and compassion and some even more full of harsh pokes and immature comments. One user taunted Ferg, "He's not gonna fuck you bro," making a crass reference to the details of West's admission.
Some fans of Ferg commended him for showing compassion at a time when most would run from it. "Don't pay these clowns any mind Ferg you getting that good word, nothin negative about it… All Love," said one tweet.
Another user, though, took issue with Ferg's take in pointing out that West's recent bizarre public behavior might be an expression of untreated trauma. "Why everybody play him like he crazy?" they asked. "Y'all in the industry watch all the f### s### going on and not say a damn thing about it or call anybody out."
The discussion Ferg kicked off is a heady one and a story about trauma, truth-telling, and the tightrope artists must walk when they talk publicly about pain, especially during an era when support may look suspect and honesty can be weaponized.
No matter where people fall on Ferg's tweet, honest talk about mental health, about childhood trauma and its ripple effects, is making itself heard. And while the backlash is deafening, the courage on all sides is hard to ignore.
Whether this becomes a footnote or a turning point in the ongoing conversation about healing in hip-hop is an open question. But for now, Ferg's words are a reminder that compassion still counts, even if not everyone gets the message right away.
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