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Kanye is 'hiding sex tape' with $
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Kanye West paid a quarter of a million dollars to a family member who threatened to release a sex tape of the star to the media, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The incident led the rapper to cut himself off and become distrustful of those in his inner circle - which ultimately led to his breakdown, according to his cousin Lawrence Franklin.
Speaking just days after Kanye, 39, was taken to a Los Angeles hospital for psychiatric issues, Franklin told how Kanye was forced to cough up $250,000 after a family member discovered a video of the hip hop artist having sex with an unknown woman on a laptop the rapper had given away as a gift.
Franklin, 31, also revealed how Kanye, still grieving for his beloved mother Donda, struggles to live in the Kardashians' world as it is so different from his proud African American upbringing.
He believes Donda, who died in 2007 from complications following elected plastic surgery, would not approve of Kanye's wife Kim Kardashian and says that had she still been alive Kanye would not have had to be admitted to the hospital for his breakdown.
'The sex tape episode started his decline - he stopped trusting people,' Franklin explained.
'At the end of the day if a member of your family had taken you for a quarter of a million dollars - so they can complete their own ambitions - who can you trust within your circle?
'This was also around the time when his mother has just died and he takes a lot of responsibility for that.
'When you go from being a regular person to being a huge star - and having all of these mounting issues and being completely void of the normalcy that you once had - it's tough.
'Where do you go? Who do you trust at the end of the day?'
Franklin, an entrepreneur and producer, says the sex tape was discovered in late 2012 - the same year Kanye had started dating his now-wife.
Kanye had gifted a family member a laptop - and the family member in turn had lent the laptop to another family member.
Franklin, who is based out of Los Angeles, said: 'I was at my aunt's house when the family member who had the laptop called me, a friend of his, and my uncle to the kitchen where he opened the laptop to show a video of Kanye in clear view having sex with a fair-skinned black woman.
'The family member knew what he had was gold, and later called an old friend of his that was an attorney.
'He put together a small team him and his attorney went after Kanye, and to show that they meant business they leaked a little information publicly to let it be know they indeed had the footage.
'The family member tried to keep a low profile but it was not long before Kanye's team learned who it was that had the sex tape.'
The person received numerous offers for the tape - including from a **** website, Franklin claims.
Desperate to stop the tape from being leaked, Kanye enlisted a team of friends and attorneys who did everything they could to get the laptop back.
'Kanye was adamant that the tape would never get released,' Franklin said.
'I'm not entirely sure why but one can only assume that because the woman in the video was not Amber Rose or Kim, or any woman he was linked with - that could have been the reason.
'Eventually the family member agreed to give Kanye the laptop for a large amount of money - more than $250,000, and ensure there were no other copies.
'He was was also required to take a lie detector test regarding the laptop.
'The family member got this money and started to buy himself a lifestyle he dreamed about.
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