Doechii Explains Why Her Slide on Tour Keeps Malfunctioning & Insists It’s Not ‘On Purpose’

Doechii says her continuous slide malfunctions on her tour are not deliberate, and that it just keeps happening.

Doechii hopped on Instagram on Sunday (Oct. 26) to clear up the drama surrounding her slide. 50 Cent was among users online who trolled the rapper for getting stuck halfway down the slide during a performance of “Denial Is a River.” Doechii clarified that the issues came from having to put grip tape on the desk, another prop being used in the show.

“I wanna talk about what’s going on with the slide because some of you are speculating that I’m doing it on purpose, which I’m not,” she says in a video posted to her social media. “This mechanical desk jerks when it moves, and in order for me to not fly off of it — which I did a couple times in rehearsal — we had to put grip tape on the desk. The grip tape is basically like sandpaper, so when I’m standing on it or sitting on it, I don’t move and fall over.”

She added that thanks to her wardrobe when she’s performing, she often finds herself getting stuck on the slide — even when she and her team try to find creative solutions. “What’s happening is, my performance stockings are ripping because I’m sitting on sandpaper … so by the time I get to the part in the song for the slide, my bare ass cheeks are sticking to the slide because I’m sweating. They put the towel there, but as soon as I put the towel there, the wind from my big fat booty blows the towel away.”

Doechii is in the midst of her Live From the Swamp Tour, which kicked off on Oct. 14 in Chicago. The 16-date tour stops in New York City, Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, and San Francisco, before wrapping on Nov. 15 in Los Angeles.

Check out Doechii’s response below.