Kevin Gates has left his Instagram followers reaching for the Visine after sharing a graphic clip of a live birth on social media.
The “Really Really” lyricist reposted the NSFW video on his Instagram Story on Sunday (May 7), which originated from the @indiebirths IG account that details midwifery work and often shares clips of at-home births.
“The Most Beautiful thing on earth is the gift of Life [palms up together and heart hands emojis],” Gates captioned the clip, which shows a mother delivering her baby into the father’s hands.
The blowback was swift, with many unsuspecting fans sending out warnings to those who had yet to stumble on Gates’ IG Story.
“Don’t watch Kevin gates insta story don’t do it,” warned one fan on Twitter, while another echoed that sentiment and wrote: “DO NOT LOOK AT KEVIN GATES INSTAGRAM STORY. TRUST ME.”
“Why did I watch Kevin gates story,” one disgruntled fan wrote alongside a clip of Rick and Morty sobbing.
Gates has yet to respond to any of the backlash, but the Baton Rouge rhymer is no stranger to unsettling fans with his bizarre interests. In January, he admitted to drinking a cup of a woman’s urine while operating a motor vehicle, and said he loved the taste because she was “super clean.”
In a bizarre interview with Fancy Talk Show, Gates was asked if he’d ever partaken in any Golden Showers during sex. The “Thinking With My Dick” rapper adamantly spoke about how he enjoyed drinking women’s pee even when the connotation wasn’t sexual.
“I love for a woman to piss in my mouth,” he said. “I love for a woman to piss in my mouth that’s beautiful … I had a woman pee in a cup while I was driving and I drink it, right there. Because there was just nothing — I was so infatuated with this woman to where there was nothing about her that was nasty.”
He continued: “She super clean, she like me she drink nothing but water all day so her piss ain’t got no taste.”
After a brief conversation about whether or not drinking urine could help a human survive in the desert, Gates confirmed he’s had a threesome, but said he’s foggy on just how many partners he’s actually had in the bedroom at the same time.
“I had went to a swindlers resort and it was an orgie, but I didn’t participate in it. It was just beautiful being in that environment. Like everybody being naked, everybody being free, and it was just beautiful being in that environment…We did this other thing where they had fluffers come in and fluff us.”
On the music side of things, Gates recently dropped off his new single “Do It Again” exclusively on YouTube. The new track arrives after he dropped off the single “Breakfast” back in February.
On AHHCade, PNAU are leaning fully into emotion for their upcoming seventh studio album.
“There’s something deeply connected about music and the path we’ve been on,” PNAU’s Nick Littlemore shares while introducing the new project, which is scheduled to arrive July 31 through Sydney independent label etcetc, under the TMRW Music umbrella.
“We’re creating songs from the heart,” he says. “Even though these tracks are built with electronics and technology, at their core they are emotional expressions. Peter, myself and everyone we worked with wanted to create a feeling of home, whether that’s on the dancefloor or inside the listener’s mind.”
The upcoming record includes the recently unveiled “Tu Corazon (Your Heart)” featuring Mexican rock band The Warning, as well as the energetic new track “Nirvana” with EARTHGANG and sadMONTH, which officially dropped today, May 8.
“Nirvana” pairs PNAU with Atlanta duo EARTHGANG and also marks the first collaboration with sadMONTH, the new creative venture from Littlemore alongside Toronto artist Dom Dias.
Littlemore describes the song as “the beginning of an entirely new chapter. It’s intense, chaotic and taps into a future version of punk electronic music. Expect something restless, rhythmic and completely untamed.”
EARTHGANG added: “With ‘Nirvana,’ we locked into this euphoric and elevated energy together with PNAU and rode that electro wave. Huge love to everyone involved in bringing this track to life and making it hit the way it does.”
Representatives for the group have also hinted that additional unexpected collaborations will be revealed in the near future.
PNAU, made up of longtime friends Littlemore and Peter Mayes, are following up their 2024 release Sambanova. Over the years, the duo have built a career filled with major records and industry recognition. Their global breakthrough came after teaming up with Elton John for the 2012 remix album Good Morning to the Night, which reached No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. They later reunited with Elton for the 2021 remix Cold Heart featuring Dua Lipa, creating one of the biggest worldwide hits of the decade.
To celebrate the release of the new album, PNAU will launch the Australian run of their Nirvana Tour 2026 next month. The East Coast regional dates begin June 19 at Gilligan's in Cairns before finishing July 4 at Woodport Hotel in Erina.
Stream “Nirvana” below.
