A viral video showing rapper Kanye West reportedly eating his earwax has shocked the Twitterati. The fan-captured clip has also sparked a debate online.

The video was shot at the 42-year-old musician's Sunday service, where he stands among a sea of people. At one point, Kanye digs into the lower part of his inner ear, and then brings out the finger only to quickly puts it into his mouth, reports "aceshowbiz".

"So I didn't even notice but I got a video of @kanyewest eating his earwax," the uploader wrote alongside the video. The video has been retweeted 20.4K times and has gained 111.7K likes and 2.7M views as of now.

Fan reactions have been mixed.

One user wrote: "Woke up and saw kanye eat his ear wax. Logging off for da day". Another quipped: "Kanye eats ear wax, maybe he knows something we don't?"

However, many fans jumped to his defense. "Cap he didn't even dig in his ear he scratched his earlobe and took gum out his mouth," one tweeted.

Another wrote: "Trying to get some seconds of fame. Scratched his ear and removed something from his mouth. Simple."