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In recent months, the social media landscape has become the battleground for a never-ending war between the generations, with epithets such as “millennial snowflake” and “ok boomer” serving as the ammunition.

But on Tuesday, both sides laid down their arms in order to focus on a more urgent threat presented by an unlikely villain.

T.I. Scares Us
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Yes, that’s the early-2000s rapper T.I., and yes, we learned this week that he’s the absolute worst.

This article is about to go to some dark and nauseating places, so if you’re a survivor of child abuse or sexual trauma, or if you’d simply prefer that your image of T.I. remain unsullied by knowledge of his horrifying life choices, you may want to stop reading here.

For the rest of you, get ready to have that catchy “Live Your Life” jam from 2008 ruined forever.

Speaking with Nazanin Mandi and Nadia Moham on their Ladies Like Us podcast, the rapper – whose real name is Clifford Harris – was asked if he’s had “the sex talk” with his daughter Deyjah.

T.I. at Dinner
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His response left millions both deeply enraged and thoroughly grossed out:

“Have I? This is the thing: Deyjah’s 18, just graduated high school now and she’s attending her first year of college, figuring it out for herself,” Harris said.

“And yes, not only have we had the conversation, we have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen.

“This is what we do. Right after the birthday we celebrate,” he continued.

T.I. on the Red Carpet
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“Usually like the day after the party she’s enjoying her gifts. I put a sticky note on the door: ‘Gyno. Tomorrow. 9:30.'”

Believe it or not, things got even more awful from there:

“We’ll go and sit down and the doctor will come and talk, and the doctor is maintaining a high level of professionalism,” Harris explained.

“He’s like, ‘You know sir, I have to… in order for me to share information…’

“I’m like, ‘Deyjah they want you to sign this. They want you to sign this so we can share information. Is there anything you wouldn’t want me to know? Okay. See doc? No problem.'”

T.I. and Tameka in 2015
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“I say, ‘Look doc, she don’t ride no horses, she don’t ride no bike, she don’t play no sports, man. Just check the hymen please and give me back my results, expeditiously,'” Harris continued.

So on the bright side, at least T.I. checks his word of the day calendar before he heads out to traumatize his daughter.

“I will say as of her 18th birthday, her hymen is still intact,” he proudly concluded his tale of misogyny and woe.

“Somebody check on Deyjah, she’s a prisoner!” one of the hosts joked in response to Harris’ horror story anecdote.

When it was pointed out to Harris that his strategy could backfire, as a certain type of “vulture” might be inclined to seek out virgins as sex partners, the rapper responded:

“They’re no fun. Who wants a virgin? Like really? All that work.”

On social media, many spoke out against Harris’ policy, including Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, who tweeted:

“The double standard of the patriarchy is truly insane. Young women are fully capable of making their own informed decisions about their bodies and their sexuality.”

Of course, Tip was probably more disturbed by a tweet from Ellen Barkin.

“I have bad news for T.I. – After 6 months of vaginal sex… my hymen broke,” the actress wrote.

Sadly, T.I. has a long history of making disgusting remarks and defending sexual predators.

Hopefully this time, the public will turn its back on his problematic ass for good.