Doja Cat’s Dad Disputes ‘Deadbeat’ Claims, Says She’s ‘Brainwashed’

Doja Cat claims her father is a ‘deadbeat’ and has difficulty connecting with her.
Doja’s father denies abandoning her, saying her mother ‘brainwashed’ her against him.
The feud has played out publicly on social media, with both sides making accusations.

Doja Cat and her dad have brought their beef online, once again.

The Grammy-winning artist’s father has publicly addressed their relationship, fighting back against her claims about him by arguing that Doja Cat has been “brainwashed” by her mother.

In now-deleted videos first shared to Instagram, Doja’s father, Dumisani Dlamini, responded to the rapper’s recent claim that she had difficulty connecting with him while her world tour was in South Africa.

In his response, Dlamini says he’s “worked so hard” to build his name and reputation–citing his work in the 1992 film Sarafina! as an example–insisting that referring to him as “not a good man” is inaccurate.

“Today, I want to tell the world that I’m not gonna be used by a white woman with three kids that I was feeding those kids with the money of Sarafina!,” Dlamini said in the clip. “And my name and my reputation as a good man, I love my kids. I took care of her kids, [Doja’s mother] Deborah [Sawyer]. Three kids, white kids, they hated me. And on top of that, I spoke to Deborah that I would love you to come home, and she came home. She met my family. But no one ever talks about that.”

Dlamini continued:

“And today, just because I gave birth to a superstar with money, and then it happened that white woman brainwashed my baby that I left her. I never left my kid. And everyone saw it. She played the cards because of the influence of her mother. She came to South Africa. She’s got power to see me, and she faked it. So what I want to say is to say to you guys, I am sorry if I’ve touched anyone’s nerve. I’m a man of integrity, respect, and love. Please don’t hate my baby.”