T.I.’s Daughter Deyjah Opens Up About Her Father Attending Gynecologist Appointments With Her

Back in November 2019, rapper T.I. came under fire for saying he accompanies his daughter, Deyjah Harris, to the gynecologist to “check her hymen.”

“Deylah’s 18, just graduated high school now, and she’s attending her first year of college, figuring it out for herself,” he said on a since-deleted episode of the Ladies Like Us podcast with actor Nazanin Mandi and makeup artist Nadia Moham. “And yes, not only have we had the conversation—we have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen.

“So it’s this one time we go, I think this might have been after her 16th birthday,” T.I. continued. “This is what we do…. Usually, like the day after the [birthday] party, she’s enjoying her gifts. I put a sticky note on the door: ‘Gyno. Tomorrow. 9:30.’”

He went on, “So we’ll go and sit down, and the doctor will come and talk and the doctor’s maintaining a high level of professionalism. He’s like, ‘Well, you know, sir, I have to, in order to share information’—I’m like, ‘Deyjah, they want you to sign this…so we can share information. Is there anything you would not want me to know? See doc? No problem.’”

Obviously, this is beyond invasive, coercive, and inappropriate. The rapper (rightfully) got torn apart on Twitter for days until he went on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk and claimed he had “embellished” and “exaggerated” his story.

After claiming he joined appointments only when Deyjah was younger—which directly contradicted his original statement—he alleged Deyjah was completely fine with his involvement. “She did have a problem with me talking about it, however, and I understand that, and I am incredibly apologetic to her for that,” he said. “She understands my intentions and she knows who I am, who I’ve always been.”