Megan Thee Stallion is a bright and outrageous American rap star who is not afraid of bold experiments in creativity and is ready to talk with listeners on the frankest topics. Now there are no prohibitions for the singer – in many ways, the artist acts as a revolutionary. For example, she signed with the record label 300 Entertainment and became the label’s first woman to rap.
Childhood and youth
Megan Ruth Peet was born on February 15, 1995, in Texas. As a child, the girl was brought up by her mother Holly Thomas, who performed as a singer under the pseudonym Holly-Wood. Rather than going to a regular kindergarten, the child often went with the mother to the recording studio. There is no information about the artist’s biological father.
At a young age, the future performer was fond of music, rap became the favorite genre of a teenager. At 16, the girl began to compose her tracks. The mother, having learned about her daughter’s melodic addictions, demanded that the schoolgirl first receive a decent education, and then engage in creativity. At the same time, Holly remarked that the lines written by the young singer were too serious for a teenage author. Pete graduated from Pearland High School in 2013.
Music
While still at university, the black artist shot her first video. The video immediately went viral on social media. The young American had an entire army of fans who were charmed by the bright performer. At the same time, the singer’s creative pseudonym appeared.
Megan admitted in an interview that she was called that in adolescence because she was tall (the height of the American is 178 cm, weight – 67 kg). In 2016 was born Rich Ratchet’s debut mixtape, exposing her potential. A year later, was published the first EP called Make It Hot. For the song Last Week in HTX, which was included in the album, a hot video was shot, which gathered millions of views on the YouTube platform.
Megan Thee Stallion actively included in her songs acute social themes and also profanity, which gave the artist’s hits a spice. In the same year, fans were able to enjoy the unusual composition Stalli (Freestyle), which became a remix of the hit Look At Me! rapper XXXTentacion.
Megan Thee Stallion – Cry Baby
The singer’s musical career developed rapidly. In early 2018, the American signed a contract with the label 1501 Certified Entertainment, owned by former baseball player Carl Crawford. In the summer of the same year, the dark-skinned beauty released an EP, which included 10 tracks. In this album, the performer appeared under a second pseudonym – Tina Snow.
Megan explained that Tina Snow is her alter ego, reflecting previously hidden sides of her personality. Music critics highly appreciated the new disc, noting that in terms of impact force, “pressure”, power, and rigidity of the lyrics, the songs are not inferior to the compositions performed by male rappers.
In May 2019, the vocalist released her second Fever mixtape. Fans received the album with a bang, and articles appeared in the press comparing Megan’s performance with the work of a machine gun: the artist presents sharpened “fire” stanzas as only musicians with a deep understanding of “early practices of combat rap” could do.
On August 2, the show “Black Lady” premiered on HBO. In the screensaver, the creators of the project used a fragment of Megan’s new song called Hot Girl Summer. Several days later, the public heard the full version of this track. Popular singer Nicki Minaj and rapper Ty Dolla Sign also joined in the recording of the composition.
In October, the girl first tried her hand at the cinema. The first job for the star was a role in the horror serial Hottieween, directed by Teyana Taylor.
In January 2020, the vocalist, together with the performer Normani, published the single Diamonds, written especially for the soundtrack to the film “Birds of Prey: The Fabulous Story of Harley Quinn. ” In the same month, the discography was renewed again – a track with the intriguing name B.I.T.C.H. The composition was featured on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show.
At the beginning of March, the singer told the press that the publicity of her finished album Suga was being delayed. The reason for this choice was the artist’s disagreements with the 1501 Certified Entertainment label. On March 6, Megan Thee Stallion released an album, despite the ban of the company with which she signed a contract. The disc, which changed the title to Good News, included, among others (Body, Cry-Baby), the social themes and Savage, which is replete with profanity.
In the same month, the hit went viral after Keara Wilson used it in a dance video for TikTok. In April, Megan, together with Beyoncé, made a remix for the controversial song. Later, the fans were pleased with the new duet work of the rap star with another performer – the video Cardi B – WAP feat. Megan Thee Stallion.
Megan Thee Stallion now
The beginning of 2021 was a successful career for the singer. Maroon 5 and Megan Thee Stallion released a joint song called Beautiful Mistakes in early March, a romantic song about lost love. That same month, Meghan won Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards.
Country singer Ingrid Endress, Canadian DJ Luis Celestin, and other bright musicians who have recently become popular also fought for this title. But the surprises for the Americans did not end there either. On the same evening, her collection was replenished with another coveted award in the category “Best Rap Performance”. The “winning” track was a remix of the hit Savage performed by Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé.
