What happened to Styles P's daughter? The rapper and his wife open up about the 20-year-old's heartbreaking death on 'Marriage Boot Camp.'
In reality TV terms, new Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition stars Styles P and Adjua Styles had been in combination for an eternity. The couple tied the knot in 1995, however as promos for the WE tv series show, the pair has a large number of problems to work via ahead of they reach their 25th wedding ceremony anniversary.
"I’ve lied, I’ve cheated," Styles says via tears in one of the Season 14 trailers. But the biggest strain on the duo’s dating came in 2015 with the death of their daughter, Tai.
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What happened to Styles P’s daughter?
The rapper published on Instagram that Tai took her personal life at the age of 20. "I rarely speak on my personal issues and I usually express my pain through music but today I will share a little with you," Styles wrote on July 26, 2015.
"Last month my wife and I lost a daughter and my son lost a sister... There are no words to describe the [day-to-day] pain we have to endure and maintain through, but in dealing with pain you find yourself dealing with the creator and asking questions and going through emotions most would not understand."
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In a heartbreaking interview on "The Breakfast Club" two years later, Styles and Adjua bravely mentioned Tai’s suicide. "If we knew she was depressed she would’ve been home or with us," the "Good Times" hitmaker, who used to be technically Tai’s stepfather, said. "Some things you can’t see because some people won’t tell you."
According to the devastated folks, Tai were struggling to fill a void left through her biological father, who wasn’t a part of her existence. "It ate me up, because I couldn’t stop the pain," Styles recalled of observing the younger adult sort thru her complicated feelings.
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During a 2018 appearance on OWN’s Black Love docuseries, the D-Block Records co-founder and his wife spread out about how the suicide impacted their relationship. "That has been a total game-changer on our marriage," Adjua confessed.
"I’ve always… heard from people, like, the loss of a child can really be a testament to the marriage, and most couples don’t always make it. And I’d be like, 'Why? I would think it would bring them closer,'" Adjua, who additionally has a son with Styles, admitted. "And I can actually see that now… We’ve literally been forced to grow from that experience."
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The pair continues to be attempting to procedure their grief, which is considered one of the causes they agreed to move on Marriage Boot Camp. "After you suffer a major loss, frustration levels get higher than they used to be," Styles explained on the Feb. 6 premiere. "Things become harder to deal with."
Styles and Adjua in the past weathered a cheating scandal.
On Black Love, Adjua recounted the second she discovered her husband was being unfaithful. "It was a butt-dial and he was having a conversation, but in the conversation, the tone was completely inappropriate," she shared. "I knew what it was right away and I approached him and I was like, 'Where were you yesterday?'"
Adjua mentioned that talking about the infidelity in an instant helped save their marriage. "I was very calm," she revealed. We doubt we’d act the identical method!
New episodes of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition air Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on WE television.
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