Controversial couple make official debut in a music video

Sep 1, 2015 09:28 GMT  ·  By
Tyga and Kylie Jenner go public as a couple in the music video for “Stimulated”
   Tyga and Kylie Jenner go public as a couple in the music video for “Stimulated”

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck did it, and before them, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. More recently, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West got plenty of attention for doing it, so when Tyga asked his barely-legal girlfriend Kylie Jenner to appear in his music video and thus make their first public outing as a couple, she didn’t have to look too far from home.

Tyga has released the controversial track “Stimulated” as single, and because he didn’t stir enough trouble with the lyrics, he cast Kylie in the video.

In case you’re new to the controversy, know that, on “Stimulated,” Tyga brags about having relations with Kylie, who was 15 or 16 when they started dating. He even raps at one point: “They say she young/ I shoulda waited,/ But she a big girl, dawg/ When she stimulated.”

Before Kylie turned 18 and she and Tyga went public as a couple (which was not news to anyone), there was a lot of talk about how he should be in jail for statutory rape. However, in the absence of a formal complaint against him, there was nothing to be done.

Kylie is of age now, so Tyga had her in his video playing, what else?, his girlfriend. There’s some awkward kissing and hugging and a lot more posing for the camera, against a backdrop that aims for classy. To those who know the backstory of this so-called romance, it’s anything but.

The fact that “Stimulated” samples Robert Miles’ “Children” somehow makes this track even more wrong. The video is available in full on YouTube, but before viewing, *please be advised that it contains graphic language that might offend.