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Rapper Doechii flips out on her team as she attempts to hide her Met Gala look: ‘I need more f***ing umbrellas’

A rapper had a diva meltdown over umbrellas ahead of her Met Gala debut, snapping at her team of assistants inside an elevator.

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Doechii had a diva moment ahead of her Met Gala debut on Monday, snapping at her team when they failed to properly conceal her ensemble.

According to a video posted on TikTok Monday, the Anxiety rapper, 26, rushed to hide her look while inside The Mark Hotel, where many of the stars get ready before fashion’s biggest night.

Rapper Doechii screams at staff during diva moment

However, when photographers in the lobby started flashing their cameras to take pics, she frustratingly and quickly turned around to have her security guards and members of her staff try and cover her.

The team then came up with the idea to hide her inside of a white wardrobe screen and wheel her out.

Doechii had a diva moment in an elevator ahead of her first-ever Met Gala.
Doechii had a diva moment in an elevator ahead of her first-ever Met Gala.
The rapper flipped out when her Met Gala look was revealed in the hotel elevator before her red carpet arrival.
The rapper flipped out when her Met Gala look was revealed in the hotel elevator before her red carpet arrival.

While inside of the contraption, Doechii — whose real name is Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon — could be heard shouting, “Give me another umbrella — now! … I need more f***ing umbrellas.”

The Alter Ego rapper then told a member of her staff, “Move these umbrellas. I don’t want these people f***ing seeing me.”

Doechii could be heard shouting at her team as they frantically tried to hide her outfit under umbrellas.
Doechii could be heard shouting at her team as they frantically tried to hide her outfit under umbrellas.

As they began to roll her out of the lobby, bodyguards shouted at bystanders clear a path.

Doechii was then overheard sternly telling staffers in a video People posted, “Hold the umbrellas there.”

Once outside of The Mark Hotel, the madness continued, as the Denial is a River rapper tried to make her way into her sprinter van without fans or paparazzi outside getting a sneak peek.

The madness continued outside the New York hotel.
The madness continued outside the New York hotel.
She was trying to keep paparazzi from snapping a pic of her look.
She was trying to keep paparazzi from snapping a pic of her look.

“Move the umbrella … Get closer! Get closer,” she shouted at her team, per a third video seen by Page Six.

“Are you blocking it?” she added, prompting a stressed out staffer to sternly reply, “Yes!” They all then repeatedly reassure her that she is blocked.

Page Six has reached out to Doechii’s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.

Doechii eventually showed off her full look at the Met Gala red carpet. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Doechii eventually showed off her full look at the Met Gala red carpet. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
She wore an outfit designed by Pharrell and Louis Vuitton, and pretended to puff on a cigar while there. Picture: Angela WEISS / AFP
She wore an outfit designed by Pharrell and Louis Vuitton, and pretended to puff on a cigar while there. Picture: Angela WEISS / AFP

It’s unclear why the What It Is rapper was so concerned with trying to hide her outfit since many other big stars, including Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Nicki Minaj, all openly departed the hotel.

Doechii eventually hit the Met Gala red carpet, though, to showcase her coat and matching trouser shorts designed by Pharrell and Louis Vuitton for the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme.

“I’m a little nervous,” the Grammy winner then confessed in an interview with Ego Nwodim and Teyana Taylo for Vogue.

“But it feels really good. This is one of the biggest nights in fashion and for it to be so black, I’m present, I’m here.”

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Rapper Doechii flips out on her team as she attempts to hide her Met Gala look: ‘I need more f***ing umbrellas’

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