Momma Dee

About

Deborah Bryant (née Gaither; born September 21, 1963), better known as Momma Dee, is an actress, singer and reality television personality, best known for her appearances on the VH1 hit reality show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. She is the mother of rapper and fellow Love & Hip Hop cast member Lil Scrappy.

Dee was born in 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Decatur, Georgia and Turner High. She graduated with an associate degree in nursing at Georgia State University. In 1996, Dee was involved in a car accident that left her in a wheelchair for three years. Unable to work a traditional job due to her disability, Dee became a pimp and drug dealer to provide for her family. She ran a brothel for ten years under the name “Lady Dee”.

Starting in 2012, Dee appeared with her son, rapper Lil Scrappy, as a supporting cast member on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. On the show, she details her own fledgling music career, documenting the recording and releasing of the singles “I Deserve” and “In That Order”.
In 2016, she embarked on an acting venture, appearing as a pimp in the independent film The Products of the American Ghetto, as well as portraying the mother of the titular…