Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Her single ‘Savage’ featuring Beyoncé, and her feature on Cardi B’s single ‘WAP’, each reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. She has received several accolades, including two BET Awards, five BET Hip Hop Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and four nominations at the Grammy Awards. In 2020, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list.
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Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She first garnered attention when videos of her freestyling became popular on social media platforms such as Instagram. She has received several accolades, including two BET Awards, five BET Hip Hop Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, and four nominations at the Grammy Awards. In 2020, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list. Her single ‘Savage’ featuring Beyoncé, and her feature on Cardi B’s single ‘WAP’, each reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2018, she released the mixtape Fever, the extended play Suga, and her debut studio album, Good News ; all of which peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. On January 22, 2019, Megan released ‘Big Ole Freak’ as a single from her EP, Tina Snow, and also filmed a music video for the track ‘Is It Love This Time?’, which is sampled throughout the single ‘Ole Ole Ole Freak’, which was released on April 15, 2019. In November, she announced that she had signed with 300 Entertainment, making her the first female rapper to be signed by the label. It was during this time that she was scheduled to support Australian rapper Iggy Azalea on her Bad Girls Tour, however the tour was later cancelled. She stated in an interview with Mic that she is not afraid to talk about sexuality, nor does she feel boxed in to either the ‘intelligent’ or ‘freak’ dichotomy.
She also said that she doesn’t feel like she has to fit into either of the two categories, as she is ‘just one person at a time’ She has released three singles, including ‘Last Week in HTx’ and ‘Stalli’, as well as an extended play, ‘Tina Snow’, named after her alter ego, which she describes as ‘a more raw version’ of herself. Her debut album, ‘Good News’, was released in September 2018 and is due to be released in February 2019. It is expected to be her first studio album to feature more than one artist. She is currently working on a second album, which will be released later this year. Her first single, ‘Like A Stallion’, was a rework of rapper XXXTentacion’s ‘Look At Me!\”. In 2017, she also released the song’Stalli’, which became her most successful single, amassing several million views on YouTube. She adopted the stage name ‘Stallion’ because she was referred to as a stallion during adolescence due to her height ) and ‘thick’ body frame. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, and moved to Houston at the age of 14. Pete began writing raps at age 16. Her mother, Holly Aleece Thomas, rapped under the name ‘Holly-Wood’, and would bring her daughter to recording sessions instead of putting Pete in daycare.
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