Getty Rapper Kevin Gates with his wife, Dreka.
A sex tape that some people think shows rapper Kevin Gates with an unidentified woman hit Twitter, but it hasn’t been confirmed that the rapper is actually in it. People weren’t giving the sex tape rave reviews.
According to Hip Hop DX, the video leaked on May 16, and #KevinGatesVideo quickly trended on Twitter as a result, but Gates hasn’t confirmed or denied whether he’s in it. Gates, in case you are wondering, is married to wife Dreka Haynes. In fact, Gates wrote a single devoted to his wife, who is also his manager.
Gates‘ “I’M HIM” debuted as the No. 1 album on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales chart and No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, and he’s had four top 10 albums, according to Greensboro.com.
The video leak ignited a round of Twitter jokes about Gates, with some declaring it looked like Gates and some saying it didn’t. People on Twitter trashed the sexual performance of the man in the sex tape video.
If Kevin Gates was filming, who leaked the mf? Oh and Sir, where’s the condom?
#kevingatesvideo
Here’s what you need to know:
People Trashed the Sex Tape on Twitter & Raised Questions About Whether it Was Gates
Gates hasn’t addressed the controversy on Twitter or his other social media pages.
Distractions come and go but by all means stay focused!!!!#EyesOnThePrize 💪#StillHoldUp
He frequently posts pictures of his children on social media. His wife hasn’t addressed the controversy on her Instagram page either. His reps haven’t returned a query from Heavy.
Haynes and Gates have children Khaza and Islah together and live in Calabasas, California. On her LinkedIn page, Haynes wrote that she went to Louisiana State University to become a fashion merchandiser and is “manager to artist Kevin Gates.”
In a January 2020, Gates had high praise for Haynes, saying, “Without a strong woman in your corner, a man lacks stability.”
“Without a strong woman in your corner, a man lacks stability” – Kevin Gates 💯💯💯
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In an interview with Rolling Out in 2018, Haynes said, “For the last 12 years, I basically spent all of my time building Kevin’s career. I am a businesswoman and I guess I’m responsible for his career you could say. I’m his wife, but I’m also his music manager. So, basically from day one I just did any and everything I could possibly do. Not knowing anything about the business, I just did what I had to do because his dream was to be everyone’s favorite rapper.”
Some of the Twitter reaction to the sex tape was brutal. People wrote things like: “Kevin gates tape was trash” and “I knew I didn’t like Kevin Gates for a reason lmao.” Here are some of the other Twitter reactions:
“Kevin gates really disappointed me.”
“How y’all judge someone’s whole sex life off a 45 second video.. coulda been his intermission.. #KevinGates.”
“Bro… that was so weak! Your words do not line up with your actions!!!”
#kevingatesvideo me when i seen kevingates leaked video beacuse all this hype in his songs arent cause for 🤦🏽
“@iamkevingates lmfao all I’m going to say is you better redeem ya self all that talk but what we seen.”
“Kevin Gates’ sextape was….lackluster.”
I just wanna ask Kevin Gates what was all that talk in D U Down…
“I’ve watched that sex tape of Kevin Gates like 50 times already. Not for him, I’m tryna see who that girl is.”
“This is not Kevin Gates y’all crazy.”
“I’m never gonna listen to another Kevin Gates song the same 🤦🏻♀️.”
“All that nasty talk and Kevin gates sex tape was weak.”
“I just want to hear from Kevin Gates himself, about this video.”
It’s not clear who leaked the video.
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