Doechii made history at the 2025 Grammys, after becoming the third woman to win Best Rap Album for her mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal. However, in the moment, the TDE rapper found herself unprepared.

“Something in my spirit told me, ‘You’ll know what to say when you get up there. Just trust me,’” she tells Cosmopolitan in a recent interview. According to the rapper, the speech was “downloading” in her mind, right as she began to speak. “It’s like my mouth was moving, but it wasn’t me speaking.”

Despite her uneasiness about what to say, her words resonated with millions that night: “Anything is possible. Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you, to tell you that you can’t be here, that you’re too dark or that you’re not smart enough, or that you’re too dramatic or you’re too loud. You are exactly who you need to be to be right where you are, and I am a testimony right now.”

Doechii Says Her Family Keeps Her Humble

In another part of the lengthy interview, the rapper shares how her family keeps her humble. “They’re always keeping me grounded,” Doechii said. “Most of the time, I don’t talk about work with them.” She even recalled a recent interaction with her family that captured how they really get down.

“I was in the car with my family and my team, in a dress looking fab, and my sister chose that moment to ask if I farted. Like, number one, no I didn’t, and number two, why would you say that? Like, I’m a superstar,” she recalled. I don’t fart!”

Docechii, whose real name is Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon, said that “I’m just Jaylah to them.” Family members aren’t the only people allowed to call Doechii by her birth name. “Anybody who truly knows me calls me Jaylah, and I don’t even have to protect it,” she continued. It’s like nobody who knows me calls me Doechii.”