T.I. takes Deyjah, left, to the doctor every year (Picture: Prince Williams/Wireimage)

Rapper T.I. has claimed he brings his daughter to the doctor every year to check that her hymen is intact.

The Live Your Life star has sparked controversy by revealing that he accompanies his 18-year-old daughter to the gynaecologist every year to ensure that she is still a virgin.

Never mind that a number of things other than sex can break the hymen.

T.I., real name Clifford Joseph Harris Jr, was on the Ladies Like Us podcast with hosts Nazanin and Nadia when he was asked whether he has given his kids the sex talk.


Speaking about his daughter Deyjah, who he welcomed in 2001 with then-girlfiend Ms Nico, T.I., 39, said: ‘I think that most kids in hindsight, looking back, they always thank their parents for not allowing them to damage themselves as much as they could have,



‘Deyjah’s 18, just graduated high school now and she’s attending her first year of college, figuring it out for herself. And yes, not only have we had the conversation, we have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen.’

T.I. wants to ensure his daughter is still a virgin Picture: Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

The hosts cracked up laughing, saying: ‘I’m done with you right now.’

The rapper – who is also dad to Messiah, 19, and Domani, 18, with ex Lashon Dixon and Clifford (King), 15, Major, 11, and three-year-old Heiress with wife Tiny, as well as being stepdad to Tiny’s 23-year-old daughter Zonnique – went on to describe the visits to the gynaecologist.

He said: ‘So it’s this one time we go, I think this might have been after her 16th birthday. This is what we do. Right after the birthday we celebrate. Usually like the day after the party she’s enjoying her gifts. I put a sticky note on the door: “Gyno. Tomorrow. 9:30.”

‘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, “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 wouldn’t want me to know? Oh, ok. See doc, no problem.”

The rapper didnt take into account the other ways a hymen can be broken Picture: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Pandora)

‘And so then they come and say, “Well I just want you to know that there are other ways besides sex that the hymen can be broken, like bike riding, athletics, horseback riding and just other forms of athletic physical activity.”

‘I say, “Look doc, she don’t ride no horses, she don’t ride no bike, she don’t play no sports. Just check the hymen please and give me back my results expeditiously”.’

T.I. added: ‘I will say as of her 18th birthday, her hymen is still intact.’

When the hosts told the Blurred Lines star that men would be like vultures around Deyjah, he responded: ‘[Virgins] no fun. Who wants a virgin? Like really? All that work.’

Unsurprisingly, T.I.’s claims have stunned listeners.

One person commented on social media: ‘TI is so f***ing weird and disgusting to do that to his daughter. It’s invasive as well’, while another wrote: ‘Bro, what?! Worth noting, Deyjah is 18. His sons aren’t virgins. He wants his daughters to stay virgins as long as possible, while noting that he feels other guys feels being virgins will make them less desirable.’



On his reality show T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle, T.I. and his wife discovered that their 15-year-old son was not a virgin.

These comments come just weeks after T.I. claimed on his own podcast ExpediTIously that his wife Tiny’s private parts were half his.

He said: ‘See, you can’t be rationing out stuff, talking about what you’re going to give nobody because what’s yours is mine and what’s mine is yours. That means that little thing you got, that little sex box you got is half mine. So you pick which side you want, and that’s yours. The rest of it is mine.’

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