Her discography often operates as a set of commandments that echo these guidelines.
When life started getting crazy, I didnt have her.
Music has always been in my life.
Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the Hot Girl Summer Tour at Toyota Center on June 14, 2024 in Houston, Texas.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
I wouldnt be here without my mom, she adds.
My mama was like a gangster rapper.
I was like, when I get older, I really want to be like that.
And thus,Megan Thee Stallionemerged.
Two weeks after her mothers death, her great-grandmother also died.
This led to ayears-long legal battleand themass antagonizationof the rapper by people who refused to believe her.
In August 2023, Lanez wassentenced to 10 years in prisonfor the shooting.
Im not having fun right now.
I dont want to do it, she says.
And I feel like, how can I be Megan Thee Stallion and Im not having fun?
It went against her ethos.
I really had a real breakdown.
Tearfully, she adds: I want people to understand how this is affecting me.
I want people to see how I feel.
In a clip from a public appearance, she tells the audience: you might get help.
There are people that are willing to listen.
We gotta holler about it.
We gotta scream about it.
No matter how hard it is.
To be heard, you have to speak.
